The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 1Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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... later pre- tensions and their theocratic ideal of Judaism . In the earliest or Elohistic ( q.v. ) portions of the Hexateuch , he is brother of Miriam ( Ex . xv , 20 ) ; but it is Joshua who is Moses ' min- ister for religious rites and ...
... later pre- tensions and their theocratic ideal of Judaism . In the earliest or Elohistic ( q.v. ) portions of the Hexateuch , he is brother of Miriam ( Ex . xv , 20 ) ; but it is Joshua who is Moses ' min- ister for religious rites and ...
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... later , of Lord Kitchener , successively British Con- suls - General in Egypt . At the outbreak of the European War ( 1914 ) the Khedive was in Constantinople , the guest of the Sultan , and was credited with devoting his energies to ...
... later , of Lord Kitchener , successively British Con- suls - General in Egypt . At the outbreak of the European War ( 1914 ) the Khedive was in Constantinople , the guest of the Sultan , and was credited with devoting his energies to ...
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... later took the title of caliphate . On Abu ' l - Abbas ' death , his suc- cessor Al - Mansur removed the seat of royalty to Bagdad , and won successes against Turko- mans and Greeks in Asia Minor ; but by this time the warlike impulse ...
... later took the title of caliphate . On Abu ' l - Abbas ' death , his suc- cessor Al - Mansur removed the seat of royalty to Bagdad , and won successes against Turko- mans and Greeks in Asia Minor ; but by this time the warlike impulse ...
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... later , he was appointed aid in the United States Geological Survey and , in 1906 , he be- came research observer in the Weather Bureau . From 1908 to 1910 he was assistant editor of the Monthly Weather Review , after which he was ...
... later , he was appointed aid in the United States Geological Survey and , in 1906 , he be- came research observer in the Weather Bureau . From 1908 to 1910 he was assistant editor of the Monthly Weather Review , after which he was ...
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... later became promi- nent figures in American history , notably Daniel Webster , George Bancroft , Edward Everett and Jared Sparks . ABBOT , Charles , first Baron of Colches- ter , speaker of the British House of Commons : b . Abingdon ...
... later became promi- nent figures in American history , notably Daniel Webster , George Bancroft , Edward Everett and Jared Sparks . ABBOT , Charles , first Baron of Colches- ter , speaker of the British House of Commons : b . Abingdon ...
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Stran 263 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Stran 42 - Secondly, That he shall, at the time of his application to be admitted, declare, on oath or affirmation, before some one of the courts aforesaid, that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject ; which proceedings shall...
Stran 133 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Stran 74 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier...
Stran 238 - Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not.
Stran 77 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime...
Stran 201 - That which has characteristic or individual expressiveness for sense-perception or imagination, subject to the conditions of general or abstract expressiveness in the same medium.
Stran 399 - K most usual and universal method of acquiring a title to real estates is that of alienation, conveyance, or purchase in its limited sense : under which may be comprised any method wherein estates are voluntarily resigned by one man, and accepted by another: whether that be effected by sale, gift, marriage, settlement, devise, or other transmission of property by the mutual consent of the parties.
Stran 355 - Spain, and other countries, and it is called by many various names; but its nature and properties are everywhere the same. The people of Spain, in particular, brew this liquor so well that it will keep good for a long time. So exquisite is the ingenuity of mankind in gratifying their vicious appetites that they have thus invented a method to make water itself intoxicate.
Stran 126 - Hancock were the only patriots excepted from amnesty; and it was Gage's attempt to seize them — under government orders, and with London forecasts that their heads would soon adorn Temple Bar — that brought on the battle of Lexington and opened the Revolutionary War. They escaped by Paul Revere's warning. He led in pushing forward the Declaration of Independence, of which he was one of the signers ; and was active in Congressional work till the close of the Revolution. With much creditable service,...