Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volume 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... period was at the head of a separate de- tachment in Virginia . At the battle of Monmouth , he was engaged as a volun- teer . When reviewing the troops , it was his constant custom to reward the disci- plined soldier with praise , and ...
... period was at the head of a separate de- tachment in Virginia . At the battle of Monmouth , he was engaged as a volun- teer . When reviewing the troops , it was his constant custom to reward the disci- plined soldier with praise , and ...
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... period comprised in the volume . Besides the copious materials of Smith , the author de- rived assistance from the ... periods , by instal- ments of 10 or 15 per cent . , and the terms on which they are made generally occa- sion an ...
... period comprised in the volume . Besides the copious materials of Smith , the author de- rived assistance from the ... periods , by instal- ments of 10 or 15 per cent . , and the terms on which they are made generally occa- sion an ...
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... period , the latter part of the day , or the next settling day , at a price agreed on at the time . Such bargains are called time bargains , and are contrary to law ; and this practice is gam- bling , in every sense of the word . The ...
... period , the latter part of the day , or the next settling day , at a price agreed on at the time . Such bargains are called time bargains , and are contrary to law ; and this practice is gam- bling , in every sense of the word . The ...
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... period , the art of knit- ting stockings was invented . Very dif- ferent accounts are given of the time and country of this important invention , some attributing it to the Scots , and others deriv- ing it from Spain . Woven stockings ...
... period , the art of knit- ting stockings was invented . Very dif- ferent accounts are given of the time and country of this important invention , some attributing it to the Scots , and others deriv- ing it from Spain . Woven stockings ...
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... period of 1821 , at Constanti- nople , where he distinguished himself by talent , firmness and humanity , in the most critical conjunctures , and labored strenu- ously to protect the Greeks and the Greek church . STROKE OF THE SUN ...
... period of 1821 , at Constanti- nople , where he distinguished himself by talent , firmness and humanity , in the most critical conjunctures , and labored strenu- ously to protect the Greeks and the Greek church . STROKE OF THE SUN ...
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Page 412 - ... into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 65 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 304 - ... 2. The scavenger's daughter was a broad hoop of iron, so called, consisting of two parts, fastened to each other by a hinge. The prisoner was made to kneel on the pavement, and to contract himself into as small a compass as he could. Then the executioner, kneeling on his shoulders and having introduced the hoop under his legs, compressed the victim close together, till he was able to fasten the extremities over the small of the back. The time allotted to this kind of torture was an hour and a...
Page 448 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Page 449 - And knowing that our government rests directly on the public will, that we may preserve it, we endeavor to give a safe and proper direction to that public will.
Page 422 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 448 - For the purpose of public instruction, we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question whether he himself have or have not children to be benefited by the education for which he pays.
Page 412 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 448 - ... we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property, and we look not to the question, whether he himself have, or have not, children to be benefited by the education for which he pays. We regard it as a wise and liberal system of police, by which property, and life, and the peace of society are secured. We seek to prevent, in some measure, the extension of the penal code, by inspiring a salutary and conservative principle of virtue and of knowledge in an early age.
Page 446 - Board is, by law, attached to the office of the Secretary of the Navy ; and, under his superintendence discharges all the ministerial duties of that office relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment, of vessels of war, as well as other matters connected with the Naval Establishment of the United States.