The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Հատոր 15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1862 |
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... common in Holland and the southern portions of the continent and all over Africa . This curious genus has affinities with the cormorants and pelicans in the dilata- ble and bare gular membrane , with the curlews and herons in the ...
... common in Holland and the southern portions of the continent and all over Africa . This curious genus has affinities with the cormorants and pelicans in the dilata- ble and bare gular membrane , with the curlews and herons in the ...
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... common in limestone regions . It is this rock in which the great caves of the earth are usually found , and a common feature in these is a river large enough sometimes to be navigated by boats . In the Nicojack cave , Dade co . , Ga ...
... common in limestone regions . It is this rock in which the great caves of the earth are usually found , and a common feature in these is a river large enough sometimes to be navigated by boats . In the Nicojack cave , Dade co . , Ga ...
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... common in volcanic countries , in regions of extinct vol- canoes , as that of Auvergne in central France , and in districts where the rock formations are traversed and displaced by long and deep lines of faults , as in central Virginia ...
... common in volcanic countries , in regions of extinct vol- canoes , as that of Auvergne in central France , and in districts where the rock formations are traversed and displaced by long and deep lines of faults , as in central Virginia ...
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... common safety of human society . " Writers on interna- tional law also hold that a commander is justi- fiable in tempting or soliciting , by bribes or otherwise , an enemy's subjects to betray him , or act as spies , though they admit ...
... common safety of human society . " Writers on interna- tional law also hold that a commander is justi- fiable in tempting or soliciting , by bribes or otherwise , an enemy's subjects to betray him , or act as spies , though they admit ...
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... common squid of the New England coast , the L. illecebrosa ( Le- sueur ) , is from 6 to 12 inches long ; the colors vary rapidly , with the will of the animal , from yellowish white to bluish , violet , brown , red , and orange , in ...
... common squid of the New England coast , the L. illecebrosa ( Le- sueur ) , is from 6 to 12 inches long ; the colors vary rapidly , with the will of the animal , from yellowish white to bluish , violet , brown , red , and orange , in ...
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Էջ 306 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Էջ 121 - Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit.
Էջ 27 - the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white, that the Union be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation.
Էջ 403 - Second. Said State when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defense, belonging to said Republic of Texas...
Էջ 404 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Էջ 319 - Taken together, in combination, they propose an amicable arrangement of all questions in controversy between the free and the slave states, growing out of the subject of slavery.
Էջ 306 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Էջ 403 - Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of said Republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
Էջ 236 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Էջ 32 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and...