The New International Encyclopędia, Volume 17Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... coast is also determined . From the island settlement the city grew until it included as a suburb the adjoining coast land , and after the union of island and coast the entire settlement was known as the city of Tyre . From a strategic ...
... coast is also determined . From the island settlement the city grew until it included as a suburb the adjoining coast land , and after the union of island and coast the entire settlement was known as the city of Tyre . From a strategic ...
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... coast forms . Lions and leopards are numerous , living upon antelopes and wild and tame cattle ; and the rivers and lakes abound in crocodiles , feeding upon the fish , many of which are whole- some for food . There are no anthropoid ...
... coast forms . Lions and leopards are numerous , living upon antelopes and wild and tame cattle ; and the rivers and lakes abound in crocodiles , feeding upon the fish , many of which are whole- some for food . There are no anthropoid ...
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... coast opposite Zanzibar . It is a bare , arid pla- teau , about 3500 feet in altitude , inhabited by the Gogo , or Wagogo , a warlike Bantu tribe ( Map : Congo Free State , G 4 ) . inces , which are subdivided into districts or counties ...
... coast opposite Zanzibar . It is a bare , arid pla- teau , about 3500 feet in altitude , inhabited by the Gogo , or Wagogo , a warlike Bantu tribe ( Map : Congo Free State , G 4 ) . inces , which are subdivided into districts or counties ...
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... coast , are low . At Cape Jones , at the entrance to James Bay , and at several other places the plateau approaches the coast . The surface of the plateau is an undulating plain scoured by glacial action , so that the rounded granite ...
... coast , are low . At Cape Jones , at the entrance to James Bay , and at several other places the plateau approaches the coast . The surface of the plateau is an undulating plain scoured by glacial action , so that the rounded granite ...
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... coast , five miles east of Cartagena ( Map : Spain , E 4 ) . The country is a mineral region , producing iron , man- ganese , sulphur , and carbonate of lead . The town was founded in the second half of the nine- teenth century . Its ...
... coast , five miles east of Cartagena ( Map : Spain , E 4 ) . The country is a mineral region , producing iron , man- ganese , sulphur , and carbonate of lead . The town was founded in the second half of the nine- teenth century . Its ...
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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.
Page 245 - He was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of queen Anne...
Page 11 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.