The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Tom 7Dodd, Mead, 1890 |
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... England and on the continent . - His late brother , GEORGE R. GRAY , who was an officer in the zoological department of the British museum from 1831 till his death in 1872 , was the author of many memoirs on zoology , but is best known ...
... England and on the continent . - His late brother , GEORGE R. GRAY , who was an officer in the zoological department of the British museum from 1831 till his death in 1872 , was the author of many memoirs on zoology , but is best known ...
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... England and Wales , in the Cambrian and silurian districts , have the same moun- tainous character as similar districts in Scotland ; but as so much of England is occupied with newer strata , it may be considered on the whole as a level ...
... England and Wales , in the Cambrian and silurian districts , have the same moun- tainous character as similar districts in Scotland ; but as so much of England is occupied with newer strata , it may be considered on the whole as a level ...
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... England there is , as might be expected , a closer correspondence with that of the n . w . of France ; and some plants found in the Channel islands and on the French coast appear nowhere in Britain but in the s.w. of England . The ...
... England there is , as might be expected , a closer correspondence with that of the n . w . of France ; and some plants found in the Channel islands and on the French coast appear nowhere in Britain but in the s.w. of England . The ...
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... England was not stated . For administrative purposes , Great Britain , with its surrounding islands ( excepting the Channel islands and the isle of Man , which are under peculiar jurisdiction ) , is divided into 84 counties or shires ...
... England was not stated . For administrative purposes , Great Britain , with its surrounding islands ( excepting the Channel islands and the isle of Man , which are under peculiar jurisdiction ) , is divided into 84 counties or shires ...
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... England and Wales ; to Scotland , 2,609 ; and to Ireland , 2,127 . To the total capital paid up , England and Wales contributed £ 508,720,097 ; Scotland , £ 71,327,140 ; and Ireland , £ 29,902,682 . At the end of 1883 there were 13,251 ...
... England and Wales ; to Scotland , 2,609 ; and to Ireland , 2,127 . To the total capital paid up , England and Wales contributed £ 508,720,097 ; Scotland , £ 71,327,140 ; and Ireland , £ 29,902,682 . At the end of 1883 there were 13,251 ...
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Strona 135 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Strona 207 - To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
Strona 458 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
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Strona 207 - Of great importance to the public is the preservation of this personal liberty ; for if once it were left in the power of any, the highest, magistrate to imprison arbitrarily whomever he or his officers thought proper, (as in France it is daily practised by the crown) (K), there would soon be an end of all other rights and immunities.
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Strona 72 - ... projected and established will live and flourish long after I shall have mouldered into forgotten dust, being guided by a larger wisdom, a more unerring sagacity to discern the right, though not by a more unfaltering readiness to embrace and defend it at whatever personal cost ; and that the stone which covers my ashes may bear to future eyes the still intelligible inscription, " Founder of The New York Tribune.
Strona 72 - Fame is a vapor ; popularity an accident ; riches take wings ; the only earthly certainty is oblivion ; no man can foresee what a day may bring forth ; while those who cheer to-day will often curse to-morrow : and yet I cherish the hope that the journal I projected and established will live and flourish long after I shall have mouldered into forgotten dust, being guided by a larger wisdom, a more unerring sagacity to discern the right, though not...
Strona 33 - Europe. It is bounded on the N. by the Atlantic, on the E. by the North Sea, on the S. by the English Channel, and on the W. by the Atlantic, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. The most northerly point is...
Strona 288 - in hopes,' he said, 'of meeting his good God, his sweet Lord and Saviour, on the day of his resurrection.