The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... latter as New Ilium . The name was shared also by a third place . in the same region , the xóun ' Initwv , " the village of the Ilians , " about 3 m . from New Ilium , which claimed to occupy the site of the original Ilium . - Accord ...
... latter as New Ilium . The name was shared also by a third place . in the same region , the xóun ' Initwv , " the village of the Ilians , " about 3 m . from New Ilium , which claimed to occupy the site of the original Ilium . - Accord ...
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... latter 10 sites with 1,000 horse power ; labor of 6,000 hands , chiefly women . The lar- in the United States is in this city , as is also one while the state dam across the Hudson , at the gest manufactory of mathematical instruments ...
... latter 10 sites with 1,000 horse power ; labor of 6,000 hands , chiefly women . The lar- in the United States is in this city , as is also one while the state dam across the Hudson , at the gest manufactory of mathematical instruments ...
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... latter part of his life in New York , and was president of the American academy of fine arts from its foundation in 1816 until the formation of the national acad- of Connecticut , of which in 1739 he became speaker . He was chosen an ...
... latter part of his life in New York , and was president of the American academy of fine arts from its foundation in 1816 until the formation of the national acad- of Connecticut , of which in 1739 he became speaker . He was chosen an ...
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... latter there are men owning thousands of reindeers , one rich among the Tunguses . Unlike most other tribes , they never break up their tents without leaving a pole as a landmark for resuming the same habitation on returning from their ...
... latter there are men owning thousands of reindeers , one rich among the Tunguses . Unlike most other tribes , they never break up their tents without leaving a pole as a landmark for resuming the same habitation on returning from their ...
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... latter university , and flora ; this is also called sour gum and black then studied at Padua . He became rector of gum , and is described , together with the char- Harrow - on - the - Hill in 1511 , and in 1515 arch - acters of the ...
... latter university , and flora ; this is also called sour gum and black then studied at Padua . He became rector of gum , and is described , together with the char- Harrow - on - the - Hill in 1511 , and in 1515 arch - acters of the ...
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Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens...
Page 179 - Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 167 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Page 151 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 168 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 163 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 168 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 178 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 167 - That the new dogma, that the constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent ; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Page 439 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.