The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... nearly destitute of trees , and is used by the Arabs for pasturing their horses and camels . S. of this plain the country is be- lieved to be nearly desert , though in ancient times it was celebrated for its fertility . Sil- ver , lead ...
... nearly destitute of trees , and is used by the Arabs for pasturing their horses and camels . S. of this plain the country is be- lieved to be nearly desert , though in ancient times it was celebrated for its fertility . Sil- ver , lead ...
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... nearly $ 500,000 . The Kingwood tunnel , 4,100 ft . long , was begun in September , 1849 , and finished in May , 1852 , at a total cost , in- cluding excavation and arching , of $ 724,000 . The Broadtree tunnel , 2,350 ft . long , on ...
... nearly $ 500,000 . The Kingwood tunnel , 4,100 ft . long , was begun in September , 1849 , and finished in May , 1852 , at a total cost , in- cluding excavation and arching , of $ 724,000 . The Broadtree tunnel , 2,350 ft . long , on ...
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... nearly as possible without shock , and shall leave it with the least possible velocity . Turbines are generally , but not al- ways , set in the horizontal plane , their axes being vertical ; their size diminishes as the height of fall ...
... nearly as possible without shock , and shall leave it with the least possible velocity . Turbines are generally , but not al- ways , set in the horizontal plane , their axes being vertical ; their size diminishes as the height of fall ...
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... nearly all the old pedigrees . In the reign of Charles II . racing was again regularly established at Newmarket , where it has flourished ever since . During the short reign of James II . there is little to be said of the turf . In that ...
... nearly all the old pedigrees . In the reign of Charles II . racing was again regularly established at Newmarket , where it has flourished ever since . During the short reign of James II . there is little to be said of the turf . In that ...
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... nearly straight , but a rider might diverge within certain limits marked by flags . Few could see the steeple chase from end to end . At that time the vale of Aylesbury was chiefly rich pasture land . The sod was old , and very tough in ...
... nearly straight , but a rider might diverge within certain limits marked by flags . Few could see the steeple chase from end to end . At that time the vale of Aylesbury was chiefly rich pasture land . The sod was old , and very tough in ...
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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.