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... body . These 1200 were di- vided into two parts , according to their wealth . Out of the wealthiest half , were appointed 300 of the richest citizens , who , upon all exigencies , were to furnish the commonwealth with necessary supplies ...
... body . These 1200 were di- vided into two parts , according to their wealth . Out of the wealthiest half , were appointed 300 of the richest citizens , who , upon all exigencies , were to furnish the commonwealth with necessary supplies ...
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... body , the common council , sher- iffs , aldermen , and other officers for the government of the city , are elected . LIVIA DRUSILLA ; wife of the emperor Augustus , daughter of Livius Drusus Claudianus , who lost his life in the battle ...
... body , the common council , sher- iffs , aldermen , and other officers for the government of the city , are elected . LIVIA DRUSILLA ; wife of the emperor Augustus , daughter of Livius Drusus Claudianus , who lost his life in the battle ...
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... body ; their pantaloons are broad and full , some- what in the Mameluke style . They have blankets ( mantas ) , as is the case with most Indians in habits of intercourse with whites ; many of them have hammocks . They are brave in ...
... body ; their pantaloons are broad and full , some- what in the Mameluke style . They have blankets ( mantas ) , as is the case with most Indians in habits of intercourse with whites ; many of them have hammocks . They are brave in ...
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... body , he added to his previous reputation by a constant application to business . For the greater part of the time , he was chairman of two important committees that on commerce and that on naval affairs ; a station that obliged him to ...
... body , he added to his previous reputation by a constant application to business . For the greater part of the time , he was chairman of two important committees that on commerce and that on naval affairs ; a station that obliged him to ...
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... bodies to pass . They are extremely prolific : doctor Baster says that he counted 12,444 eggs under the tail of a female lobster , besides those that remained in the body unprotruded . The female deposits these eggs in the sand , where ...
... bodies to pass . They are extremely prolific : doctor Baster says that he counted 12,444 eggs under the tail of a female lobster , besides those that remained in the body unprotruded . The female deposits these eggs in the sand , where ...
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Page 368 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 333 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 487 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Page 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 309 - States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself...
Page 370 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 427 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 75 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Page 370 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
Page 345 - Arnold, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of BA in 1846.