The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 17Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... River , a head- stream of the Rio Negro , in Southeastern Colom- bia . They derive their name from a small water bird with a smooth and glistening forehead , in al- lusion to their habit of rubbing the face with certain leaves to render ...
... River , a head- stream of the Rio Negro , in Southeastern Colom- bia . They derive their name from a small water bird with a smooth and glistening forehead , in al- lusion to their habit of rubbing the face with certain leaves to render ...
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... river already discovered were identified as the Ubangi . In great part the river flows through a populous country . Ubangi is also the name of a district in the northwestern part of the Congo Free State . UBASTET . An Egyptian goddess ...
... river already discovered were identified as the Ubangi . In great part the river flows through a populous country . Ubangi is also the name of a district in the northwestern part of the Congo Free State . UBASTET . An Egyptian goddess ...
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... rivers , the Potomac , James , and other streams , is well called a drowned ' river sys- tem . By this is meant that the trunk valley and its branches were cut out by land streams , and that the sea has entered their lower parts be ...
... rivers , the Potomac , James , and other streams , is well called a drowned ' river sys- tem . By this is meant that the trunk valley and its branches were cut out by land streams , and that the sea has entered their lower parts be ...
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... River . The re- gion is often called , in the same rough way , the Prairies . See PRAIRIE . THE GREAT LAKE REGION . The lands about the Great Lakes have considerable variety . During the recession of the continental glacier the lakes ...
... River . The re- gion is often called , in the same rough way , the Prairies . See PRAIRIE . THE GREAT LAKE REGION . The lands about the Great Lakes have considerable variety . During the recession of the continental glacier the lakes ...
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... River . This great stream confines its drainage , save near its mouth , to an upland several thou- sand feet above ... RIVER PLATEAUS . Large areas drained by these streams in Idaho , Oregon , and Washington are of volcanic origin , and ...
... River . This great stream confines its drainage , save near its mouth , to an upland several thou- sand feet above ... RIVER PLATEAUS . Large areas drained by these streams in Idaho , Oregon , and Washington are of volcanic origin , and ...
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Page 383 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties, appertaining to them.
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Page 142 - We believe that there is one God, whose nature is Love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness.
Page 383 - That the several states who"' -'formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...
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Page 383 - ... by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
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Page 11 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.