The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... portion , is found in the veins which traverse the mass in all direc- tions ; in these are found minute sacs , each containing several spores , the surface of which is covered with spines or is honeycombed . But little is known about ...
... portion , is found in the veins which traverse the mass in all direc- tions ; in these are found minute sacs , each containing several spores , the surface of which is covered with spines or is honeycombed . But little is known about ...
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... portion of the estate to the purpose of the trust , he will be considered as to that por- | tion as having discharged his duty as executor and entered upon his duty as trustee . - An im- portant doctrine of the law of trusts , familiar ...
... portion of the estate to the purpose of the trust , he will be considered as to that por- | tion as having discharged his duty as executor and entered upon his duty as trustee . - An im- portant doctrine of the law of trusts , familiar ...
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... portion of the desert between Fezzan and Egypt , are considered a branch of the same family . The total number of the Tuariks is estimated at somewhat less than 200,000 . TUBERCLE . See CONSUMPTION . TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS . See BRAIN ...
... portion of the desert between Fezzan and Egypt , are considered a branch of the same family . The total number of the Tuariks is estimated at somewhat less than 200,000 . TUBERCLE . See CONSUMPTION . TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS . See BRAIN ...
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... portion between shaft and proposed western portal of tunnel .... Leaving to be excavated under the mountain .. 1,850 ... portions of the work had been let out by contract , Messrs . Dull , Gowan , and White having the east and central ...
... portion between shaft and proposed western portal of tunnel .... Leaving to be excavated under the mountain .. 1,850 ... portions of the work had been let out by contract , Messrs . Dull , Gowan , and White having the east and central ...
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... portion of the metropolitan district , Khodavendighiar or Brusa , Aidin , Konieh , Angora , Kastamuni , Trebizond , Sivas , and Adana , all in Asia Minor ; Erzerum ( Árme- nia ) , Diarbekir ( Kurdistan ) , Bagdad ( Irak Arabi ) , Aleppo ...
... portion of the metropolitan district , Khodavendighiar or Brusa , Aidin , Konieh , Angora , Kastamuni , Trebizond , Sivas , and Adana , all in Asia Minor ; Erzerum ( Árme- nia ) , Diarbekir ( Kurdistan ) , Bagdad ( Irak Arabi ) , Aleppo ...
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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.
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