The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 11Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1919 |
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... term for the shelly Tertiary ( Upper Miocene ) strata of Touraine and the Loire . Though generally composed of shelly sand and marl , in some dis- tricts they form a soft building stone , chiefly composed of an aggregate of broken ...
... term for the shelly Tertiary ( Upper Miocene ) strata of Touraine and the Loire . Though generally composed of shelly sand and marl , in some dis- tricts they form a soft building stone , chiefly composed of an aggregate of broken ...
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... term " family " may not be without interest . Under the Homestead and Exemption laws , it has been held that the term " family " includes a house- hold composed of parents and children or other relatives , or domestics and servants ...
... term " family " may not be without interest . Under the Homestead and Exemption laws , it has been held that the term " family " includes a house- hold composed of parents and children or other relatives , or domestics and servants ...
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... term fanatics was applied to such as passed their time in temples , and who , pre- tending to be inspired by the divinity , would burst into wild and frantic gestures , utter pre- tended prophecies , cut themselves with knives , etc. It ...
... term fanatics was applied to such as passed their time in temples , and who , pre- tending to be inspired by the divinity , would burst into wild and frantic gestures , utter pre- tended prophecies , cut themselves with knives , etc. It ...
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... term of various applications . It was used to denote the cloth in which the deacon in the ancient or early me- diæval Church received the oblations , and is now generally applied to a striped , oblong piece of silk gauze worn on the ...
... term of various applications . It was used to denote the cloth in which the deacon in the ancient or early me- diæval Church received the oblations , and is now generally applied to a striped , oblong piece of silk gauze worn on the ...
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... term came into general use in the second half of the 19th century , when both China and Japan were drawn into nearer contact with Western nations . For a long time these countries segregated themselves from the West and pursued a policy ...
... term came into general use in the second half of the 19th century , when both China and Japan were drawn into nearer contact with Western nations . For a long time these countries segregated themselves from the West and pursued a policy ...
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Stran 346 - Henry Phipps Institute for the Study, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis and was appointed its medical director.
Stran 304 - If it be discovered, and fairly proved, that a flag of truce has been abused for surreptitiously obtaining military knowledge, the bearer of the flag thus abusing his sacred character is deemed a spy.
Stran 74 - Lambeth conference, he received the degree of Doctor of Laws from the university of Cambridge, England.
Stran 295 - He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and was called to the Irish bar. In 1832, however, he emigrated to Canada, and settled in the township of Oro in Upper Canada.
Stran 84 - Rico is a party in the circuit court of appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States are being most efficiently prepared and argued by Mai.
Stran 85 - Commission, on the charges set forth in this complaint, at which time and place you will have the right under said Act to appear and show cause why an order should not be entered requiring you to cease and desist from the violations of law charged In this complaint.
Stran 79 - To acquire and dispose of — (a) Such property, real or personal, as may be necessary or convenient for the transaction of its business, which, however, may be in part leased to others for revenue purposes.
Stran 175 - The Pilot' ; 'Lionel Lincoln' ; 'The Last of the Mohicans'; 'The Bravo'; 'The Prairie' ; and 'The Red Rover' ; and for 30 years, until his death 14 Sept. 1851, Cooper was the pre-eminent American novelist who was equally expert in chronicling the life of the Indians and in writing the narratives of perilous adventures by sea. During this period the American novel and the American novelist proved that their position was secure. John Pendleton Kennedy, with his 'Swallow Barn' ; 'Rob of the Bowl' ;...
Stran 303 - This flag for the future is meant to stand for the just use of undisputed national power. No nation is ever going to doubt our power to assert its rights; and we should lay it to heart that no nation shall ever henceforth doubt our purpose to put it to the highest uses to which a great emblem of justice and government can be put. It is henceforth to stand for self-possession, for dignity, for the assertion of the right of one nation to serve the other nations of the world...