The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... produced his first modern historical picture , the " Battle of Bunker Hill , " and soon after his " Death of Montgomery before Quebec , " the former of which was engraved by J. G. Müller of Stuttgart , and the latter by F. Clem- VOL ...
... produced his first modern historical picture , the " Battle of Bunker Hill , " and soon after his " Death of Montgomery before Quebec , " the former of which was engraved by J. G. Müller of Stuttgart , and the latter by F. Clem- VOL ...
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... produced by the bite of the mosquito or flea . Südamerika ( 5 vols . , Leipsic , 1866 - ' 9 ) . He It produces no immediate effect in the ox or has also edited , in conjunction with Don Ma- horse , but in a few days there appears an exu ...
... produced by the bite of the mosquito or flea . Südamerika ( 5 vols . , Leipsic , 1866 - ' 9 ) . He It produces no immediate effect in the ox or has also edited , in conjunction with Don Ma- horse , but in a few days there appears an exu ...
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... produced abroad , and their culture is rapidly extending . The old tubers produce around the base numerous offsets , which serve for propa- gation ; these are cultivated in rows , like onions , for one or two years , according to size ...
... produced abroad , and their culture is rapidly extending . The old tubers produce around the base numerous offsets , which serve for propa- gation ; these are cultivated in rows , like onions , for one or two years , according to size ...
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... produces its flower and leaves ; its foliage , after flourishing for a while , suddenly dies off , and a bulb may be dug up apparently like the one planted ; but that has been expended in producing the flow- er , and this bulb is due to ...
... produces its flower and leaves ; its foliage , after flourishing for a while , suddenly dies off , and a bulb may be dug up apparently like the one planted ; but that has been expended in producing the flow- er , and this bulb is due to ...
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... produced by an obstruction in its duct to the secretion of a gland . A blow on the head may cause an ef- fusion of blood beneath the scalp , which , by its | outward pressure and irritation , can produce and excite the formation of a ...
... produced by an obstruction in its duct to the secretion of a gland . A blow on the head may cause an ef- fusion of blood beneath the scalp , which , by its | outward pressure and irritation , can produce and excite the formation of a ...
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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...