The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 18Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1919 |
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... species ( M. cynomolgus ) . One species is isolated in the mountains of Algeria and Morocco , whence they were long ago carried , no doubt , to the island of Gibraltar , where they are known to the English of the garrison as " Barbary ...
... species ( M. cynomolgus ) . One species is isolated in the mountains of Algeria and Morocco , whence they were long ago carried , no doubt , to the island of Gibraltar , where they are known to the English of the garrison as " Barbary ...
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... species of large , long - tailed and strong- flying parrots of gaudy coloring . They belong to the genus Ara , and are natives of the West- ern Hemisphere . They live on the mainland of America from Mexico to Paraguay , being es ...
... species of large , long - tailed and strong- flying parrots of gaudy coloring . They belong to the genus Ara , and are natives of the West- ern Hemisphere . They live on the mainland of America from Mexico to Paraguay , being es ...
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... species of auxiliary organization to the Knights of the Maccabees and the latter exercised over it a kind of guardianship . It has about 50,000 members and since its institution has distributed about $ 7,000,000 in benefits and ...
... species of auxiliary organization to the Knights of the Maccabees and the latter exercised over it a kind of guardianship . It has about 50,000 members and since its institution has distributed about $ 7,000,000 in benefits and ...
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... species on the European side of the Atlantic establishes the existence there of local races , as in the herring , but it appears that the Amer- ican representatives , while constituting a race distinct from the European , are more homo ...
... species on the European side of the Atlantic establishes the existence there of local races , as in the herring , but it appears that the Amer- ican representatives , while constituting a race distinct from the European , are more homo ...
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... species of lofty palms , hard- wooded exogens supplying a great variety of beautifully veined and durable timber and a large number of trees remarkable for the splen- did character of their blossoms . Of all the trees of Madagascar the ...
... species of lofty palms , hard- wooded exogens supplying a great variety of beautifully veined and durable timber and a large number of trees remarkable for the splen- did character of their blossoms . Of all the trees of Madagascar the ...
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Stran 150 - St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Stran 31 - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Stran 181 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Stran 405 - ... and it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Stran 380 - Slavery discourages arts and manufactures. The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. They prevent the immigration of Whites, who really enrich and strengthen a country. They produce the most pernicious effect on manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country.
Stran 405 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Stran 399 - Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual ; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits.
Stran 150 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented...
Stran 380 - This infernal traffic originated in the avarice of British merchants. The British GOvernment constantly checked the attempts of Virginia to put a stop to it. The present question concerns not the importing States alone, but the whole Union.
Stran 31 - Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.