XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Tom 2Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... South African languages , born in Berlin 1827 , died at Cape Town 1875. In 1855 he went to South Africa and devoted himself to the study of the language , man- ners , and customs of the natives . In 1860 he was appointed public ...
... South African languages , born in Berlin 1827 , died at Cape Town 1875. In 1855 he went to South Africa and devoted himself to the study of the language , man- ners , and customs of the natives . In 1860 he was appointed public ...
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... South Seas and carried her off . He was born at Plymouth in 1753 , died at Lon- don 1817. The Bounty had been fitted out for the purpose of procuring plants of the bread - fruit tree , and introducing these into the West Indies . Bligh ...
... South Seas and carried her off . He was born at Plymouth in 1753 , died at Lon- don 1817. The Bounty had been fitted out for the purpose of procuring plants of the bread - fruit tree , and introducing these into the West Indies . Bligh ...
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... South Africa , 680 miles N.E. of Cape Town , situated in a high but healthy region . Pop . 4600 . Blois ( blwä ) , capital of the French dep . Loir - et - Cher , 99 miles s.s.w. Paris , on the Loire . It consists of an upper town , a ...
... South Africa , 680 miles N.E. of Cape Town , situated in a high but healthy region . Pop . 4600 . Blois ( blwä ) , capital of the French dep . Loir - et - Cher , 99 miles s.s.w. Paris , on the Loire . It consists of an upper town , a ...
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... South - eastern Asia , and the Asiatic archipelago , where , and in India , it has long been cultivated . The plant has been introduced into cultivation in parts of the United States , Algeria , France , & c . , un- der its Malay name ...
... South - eastern Asia , and the Asiatic archipelago , where , and in India , it has long been cultivated . The plant has been introduced into cultivation in parts of the United States , Algeria , France , & c . , un- der its Malay name ...
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... South America , capital of Colombia and of the state or department of Cundina- marca , and seat of an archbishopric , situated on an elevated plain 8863 feet above the sea , at the foot of two lofty mountains , with a healthy though ...
... South America , capital of Colombia and of the state or department of Cundina- marca , and seat of an archbishopric , situated on an elevated plain 8863 feet above the sea , at the foot of two lofty mountains , with a healthy though ...
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Strona 480 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Strona 159 - It is difficult to comprehend how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near to the truth. * * * Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal...
Strona 480 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Strona 119 - that the crown is, by common law and constitutional custom, hereditary; and this in a manner peculiar to itself; but that the right of inheritance may, from time to time, be changed or limited by act of parliament; under which limitations the crown still continues hereditary (2).
Strona 119 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
Strona 137 - Dating his first call from 1790, he announced himself, in 1793, the apostle of a new religion, "the nephew of the Almighty, and prince of the Hebrews, appointed to lead them to the land of Canaan.
Strona 107 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as...
Strona 70 - Stainville, in the campaign of 1761, in Germany: After the peace, he entered the navy, and became one of the greatest naval officers in France. He persuaded the inhabitants of St. Malo to...
Strona 358 - Hampden began his career of resistance to the king's arbitrary measures by refusing to pay ship-money, the right to levy which, without authority of parliament, he was determined to bring before a court of law. His cause was argued for twelve days in the Court of Exchequer ; and although he lost it by the decision of eight of the judges out of twelve, the discussion of the question produced a very powerful impression on the public mind. It was in Scotland, however, that formal warlike opposition...
Strona 120 - Another capacity, in which the king is considered in domestic affairs, is as the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace of the kingdom. By the fountain of justice, the law does not mean the author or original, but only the distributor. Justice is not derived from the king, as from his free gift; but he is the steward of the public, to dispense it to whom it is due.