The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 8Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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... island . The island is ex- posed to ocean storms , and this makes the cul- tivation of the soil unprofitable ; a few crops are raised in the sheltered localities . The chief industries are trade and fishing . San José is the only town ...
... island . The island is ex- posed to ocean storms , and this makes the cul- tivation of the soil unprofitable ; a few crops are raised in the sheltered localities . The chief industries are trade and fishing . San José is the only town ...
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... island in the Mediterranean belonging to France . It is sep- arated from the island of Sardinia , on the south , by the Strait of Bonifacio , about 10 miles wide , and its shortest distance from the mainland is 50 miles . It is distant ...
... island in the Mediterranean belonging to France . It is sep- arated from the island of Sardinia , on the south , by the Strait of Bonifacio , about 10 miles wide , and its shortest distance from the mainland is 50 miles . It is distant ...
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... island produces scarcely a sufficient amount for local consumption . Large tracts of land are uncultivated ; the farming implements in use are of the crudest form . The slopes are covered with vineyards , and the olive trees appear to ...
... island produces scarcely a sufficient amount for local consumption . Large tracts of land are uncultivated ; the farming implements in use are of the crudest form . The slopes are covered with vineyards , and the olive trees appear to ...
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... Island Light Artillery , rising from private to captain during the war . Then he re - entered Brown , obtaining successfully the degrees of B.A. , M.A. , and in 1894 Sc.D. He took up engineering work , mainly in the Mis- sissippi Valley ...
... Island Light Artillery , rising from private to captain during the war . Then he re - entered Brown , obtaining successfully the degrees of B.A. , M.A. , and in 1894 Sc.D. He took up engineering work , mainly in the Mis- sissippi Valley ...
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... islands are sometimes in- Icluded as a fourth sub - family . CORVINUS , kôr - vi'nus , Matthias . See MATTHIAS I. CORVINUS . Azores ( q.v. ) or Western Islands and the near- CORVO , the westernmost island of the est European point to ...
... islands are sometimes in- Icluded as a fourth sub - family . CORVINUS , kôr - vi'nus , Matthias . See MATTHIAS I. CORVINUS . Azores ( q.v. ) or Western Islands and the near- CORVO , the westernmost island of the est European point to ...
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Stran 283 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the United States and the people residing therein.
Stran 121 - The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crime shall have been committed...
Stran 282 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Stran 282 - That the Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba...
Stran 282 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Stran 302 - If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Stran 115 - No freeman," ran the memorable article that lies at the base of our whole judicial system, "shall be seized or imprisoned, or dispossessed, or outlawed, or in any way brought to ruin : we will not go against any man nor send against him, save by legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Stran 186 - Agglutinins begin to appear in the blood serum about the end of the first, or the beginning of the second, week of the disease, with low titers of 1:20 to 1:40.
Stran 225 - Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of his Sons Richard and Henry. Illustrated by Original Letters, and other Family Papers.