The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary for General Knowledge, Tom 15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton and Company, 1883 |
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... length except a tuft at the tip ; feet very large , with a fringe of ciliated hairs ; muzzle very slender . In the genus sorex ( Linn . ) , which contains a great part of the species of the new and old worlds , the ears are large and ...
... length except a tuft at the tip ; feet very large , with a fringe of ciliated hairs ; muzzle very slender . In the genus sorex ( Linn . ) , which contains a great part of the species of the new and old worlds , the ears are large and ...
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... length 1,350 m . , breadth 450 m .; area estimated at about 300,000 sq . m .; pop . about 5,750,000 . The capital is Bang- kok . Siam proper lies mainly between lat . 13 ° and 18 ° and lon . 98 ° and 102 ° , being bound- ed by its ...
... length 1,350 m . , breadth 450 m .; area estimated at about 300,000 sq . m .; pop . about 5,750,000 . The capital is Bang- kok . Siam proper lies mainly between lat . 13 ° and 18 ° and lon . 98 ° and 102 ° , being bound- ed by its ...
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... length , is low and swampy , except at its N. ex- tremity , and at high water the shore is over- flowed for a considerable distance inland . The interior is a vast and arid plain of sand and shingle , traversed throughout its entire length ...
... length , is low and swampy , except at its N. ex- tremity , and at high water the shore is over- flowed for a considerable distance inland . The interior is a vast and arid plain of sand and shingle , traversed throughout its entire length ...
Strona 69
... length of 554 m . The Feroze canal , in the S. part of Sirhind , was originally constructed from the Jumna to Hissar by Feroze Shah ( 1351 - '87 ) , in order to water his hunting grounds , and has been restored by the British . The ...
... length of 554 m . The Feroze canal , in the S. part of Sirhind , was originally constructed from the Jumna to Hissar by Feroze Shah ( 1351 - '87 ) , in order to water his hunting grounds , and has been restored by the British . The ...
Strona 74
... length about 160 m . , breadth nearly 80 m . It is much deeper on the Norwegian than on the Danish coast , ranging on the former from 150 to 200 fath- oms , and on the latter from 30 to 40. It is subject to severe storms . The harbors ...
... length about 160 m . , breadth nearly 80 m . It is much deeper on the Norwegian than on the Danish coast , ranging on the former from 150 to 200 fath- oms , and on the latter from 30 to 40. It is subject to severe storms . The harbors ...
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Strona 99 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Strona 99 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Strona 95 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Strona 99 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Strona 95 - It is so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from the decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England; and therefore the black must be discharged.
Strona 99 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
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Strona 99 - ... first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St.
Strona 310 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and those foundations of right by which men valued their security...
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