XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Volumen2Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... present little difficulty , and in regard to which readers can hardly go far wrong . A great many of the entries , however , cannot be treated in this way , but must have their pronunciation repre- sented by a uniform series of symbols ...
... present little difficulty , and in regard to which readers can hardly go far wrong . A great many of the entries , however , cannot be treated in this way , but must have their pronunciation repre- sented by a uniform series of symbols ...
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... present in all mammalia , destined to receive and retain for a time the urine which is secreted by the kidneys . It occupies the anterior and median portion of the pelvis , and in the male of the human subject is situated behind the ...
... present in all mammalia , destined to receive and retain for a time the urine which is secreted by the kidneys . It occupies the anterior and median portion of the pelvis , and in the male of the human subject is situated behind the ...
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... present with him , and he saw in all the workings of nature upon his mind a revelation of God , and even imagined himself favoured by divine inspirations . His first work ap- peared in 1616 , and was called Aurora . It nature . Among ...
... present with him , and he saw in all the workings of nature upon his mind a revelation of God , and even imagined himself favoured by divine inspirations . His first work ap- peared in 1616 , and was called Aurora . It nature . Among ...
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... present the best known bole of commerce is a coarse pigment known as Berlin and Eng- lish red . Boler'o , a popular Spanish dance of the ballet class for couples , or for a single female dancer . The music , which is in triple measure ...
... present the best known bole of commerce is a coarse pigment known as Berlin and Eng- lish red . Boler'o , a popular Spanish dance of the ballet class for couples , or for a single female dancer . The music , which is in triple measure ...
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... present value of goods on hand , and the profit and loss account , when complete , the result of the business . In this system the risk of omit- ting any entry , which is a very common occur- rence in single book - keeping , is reduced ...
... present value of goods on hand , and the profit and loss account , when complete , the result of the business . In this system the risk of omit- ting any entry , which is a very common occur- rence in single book - keeping , is reduced ...
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Página 480 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Página 159 - It is difficult to comprehend how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near to the truth. * * * Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal...
Página 480 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Página 119 - that the crown is, by common law and constitutional custom, hereditary; and this in a manner peculiar to itself; but that the right of inheritance may, from time to time, be changed or limited by act of parliament; under which limitations the crown still continues hereditary (2).
Página 119 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
Página 137 - Dating his first call from 1790, he announced himself, in 1793, the apostle of a new religion, "the nephew of the Almighty, and prince of the Hebrews, appointed to lead them to the land of Canaan.
Página 107 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as...
Página 70 - Stainville, in the campaign of 1761, in Germany: After the peace, he entered the navy, and became one of the greatest naval officers in France. He persuaded the inhabitants of St. Malo to...
Página 358 - Hampden began his career of resistance to the king's arbitrary measures by refusing to pay ship-money, the right to levy which, without authority of parliament, he was determined to bring before a court of law. His cause was argued for twelve days in the Court of Exchequer ; and although he lost it by the decision of eight of the judges out of twelve, the discussion of the question produced a very powerful impression on the public mind. It was in Scotland, however, that formal warlike opposition...
Página 120 - Another capacity, in which the king is considered in domestic affairs, is as the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace of the kingdom. By the fountain of justice, the law does not mean the author or original, but only the distributor. Justice is not derived from the king, as from his free gift; but he is the steward of the public, to dispense it to whom it is due.