Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Količina 7David Patrick, William Geddie W. & R. Chambers, limited, 1926 |
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Stran 1
... town , though they are governed by indepen- dent corporations . The origin of Manchester can be traced back to Roman times , but there is still doubt as to the name with which it began . Mancunium is the usually accepted Latin name ...
... town , though they are governed by indepen- dent corporations . The origin of Manchester can be traced back to Roman times , but there is still doubt as to the name with which it began . Mancunium is the usually accepted Latin name ...
Stran 2
... town is that of cotton in all its varieties . ' By ' cotton ' he meant cotton proper , and not the coarse woollens which under the name of cottons had won for them- selves a reputation generations before . For some years in and about ...
... town is that of cotton in all its varieties . ' By ' cotton ' he meant cotton proper , and not the coarse woollens which under the name of cottons had won for them- selves a reputation generations before . For some years in and about ...
Stran 3
... town in England is better served with railways . Moreover , in order to avoid tran- shipment of goods and to render Manchester an inland port , the gigantic work of making a ship . canal was carried out in 1887-94 at a cost of about ...
... town in England is better served with railways . Moreover , in order to avoid tran- shipment of goods and to render Manchester an inland port , the gigantic work of making a ship . canal was carried out in 1887-94 at a cost of about ...
Stran 5
... town of Upper Burma , stands 2 miles from the left bank of the Irawadi , a little N. of Amarapura ( q.v. ) , the former capital , and 410 miles by rail ( 1888 ) N. of Rangoon . Founded in 1860 , it was the capital of independent Burma ...
... town of Upper Burma , stands 2 miles from the left bank of the Irawadi , a little N. of Amarapura ( q.v. ) , the former capital , and 410 miles by rail ( 1888 ) N. of Rangoon . Founded in 1860 , it was the capital of independent Burma ...
Stran 8
... town of South Kanara district , in Madras . A clean , picturesque town , embosomed in coconut groves , it ships much coffee ( from Coorg and Mysore ) in small Arabian and Indian vessels . Pop . 54,000 , including a large body of Roman ...
... town of South Kanara district , in Madras . A clean , picturesque town , embosomed in coconut groves , it ships much coffee ( from Coorg and Mysore ) in small Arabian and Indian vessels . Pop . 54,000 , including a large body of Roman ...
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Stran 282 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Stran 195 - I now had opinions; a creed, a doctrine, a philosophy; in one among the best senses of the word, a religion; the inculcation and diffusion of which could be made the principal outward purpose of a life.
Stran 249 - Sirat. which they say is laid over the midst of hell, and described to be finer than a hair, and sharper than the edge of a sword...
Stran 317 - We believe that through the atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Stran 80 - ... any person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer, whether by way of manual labour, clerical work, or otherwise, and whether the contract is expressed or implied, is oral or in writing...
Stran 81 - ... in the case of partial incapacity the weekly payment shall in no case exceed the difference between the amount of the average weekly earnings of the workman before the accident and the average weekly amount which he is earning or is able to earn in some suitable employment or business after the accident...
Stran 317 - We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands , by those who are in authority to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
Stran 317 - We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
Stran 158 - But wherever this is really fixed in the soul, it will be shown by its fruits. It is, therefore, expected of all who continue therein, that they should continue to evidence their desire of salvation — First, By doing no harm, by avoiding evil...
Stran 79 - An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable on the ground only that it induces some other person to break a contract of employment or that it is an interference with the trade, business, or employment of some other person, or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital or his labour as he wills.