The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... English in a bat- tle off the Guinea coast , in which his father was killed . Subsequently he was prominent on various occasions , especially under Admiral Heijn . In 1639 , as admiral of Holland , he inflicted great damage upon the ...
... English in a bat- tle off the Guinea coast , in which his father was killed . Subsequently he was prominent on various occasions , especially under Admiral Heijn . In 1639 , as admiral of Holland , he inflicted great damage upon the ...
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... English lawyers and frequently applied in English courts , is known by the name of the cy - pres doctrine . This phrase means literally near to it ; " and this doctrine is applied when a trust is certainly created , and it is impossible ...
... English lawyers and frequently applied in English courts , is known by the name of the cy - pres doctrine . This phrase means literally near to it ; " and this doctrine is applied when a trust is certainly created , and it is impossible ...
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... English it is easily bent to any required shape , which Puritanism and its Leaders " ( 1861 ) ; " Begin- makes it useful in building circular staircases ning Life : Chapters for Young Men " ( 1862 ) ; and other curved work ; it is much ...
... English it is easily bent to any required shape , which Puritanism and its Leaders " ( 1861 ) ; " Begin- makes it useful in building circular staircases ning Life : Chapters for Young Men " ( 1862 ) ; and other curved work ; it is much ...
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... English channel at Do- ver , that the number was constantly increas- ing , and that if a tunnel were built it would probably be doubled . The idea of a tunnel under the channel was first broached by M. Mathieu , a French engineer , who ...
... English channel at Do- ver , that the number was constantly increas- ing , and that if a tunnel were built it would probably be doubled . The idea of a tunnel under the channel was first broached by M. Mathieu , a French engineer , who ...
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... English author , These last were numerous , warlike , and pow- born in London , July 17 , 1810. He graduated erful , and were regarded by other tribes as a at Oxford in 1832 , and in 1835 was admitted peculiarly noble race . They ...
... English author , These last were numerous , warlike , and pow- born in London , July 17 , 1810. He graduated erful , and were regarded by other tribes as a at Oxford in 1832 , and in 1835 was admitted peculiarly noble race . They ...
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Page 385 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 186 - 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 186 - 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 175 - ... 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 186 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 176 - 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 171 - 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 175 - That the government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Page 176 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Page 174 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...