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... entered in 1760 William and Mary College , at that time the best institution of learning in America . The student Jefferson is described as tall and raw- boned , with reddish hair and grayish hazel eyes . He was not then regarded as ...
... entered in 1760 William and Mary College , at that time the best institution of learning in America . The student Jefferson is described as tall and raw- boned , with reddish hair and grayish hazel eyes . He was not then regarded as ...
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... entered the Virginia legisla- ture with the hope of revising and modifying her laws so that they might accord with re- publican government . For three years he served in the House of Delegates . During this time he succeeded in breaking ...
... entered the Virginia legisla- ture with the hope of revising and modifying her laws so that they might accord with re- publican government . For three years he served in the House of Delegates . During this time he succeeded in breaking ...
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... entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Company , of which he became general superintendent in 1877-85 , and general manager in 1885-89 , when he resigned . He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889 as the representative of ...
... entered the employ of the Illinois Central Railroad Company , of which he became general superintendent in 1877-85 , and general manager in 1885-89 , when he resigned . He visited the Paris Exposition in 1889 as the representative of ...
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... entered the navy in 1872 and served as a lieutenant during the Egyp- tian War , 1882. About that time he began to concentrate his attention on naval gunnery and came under the influence of Lord Fisher ( q.v. ) , the captain of the ...
... entered the navy in 1872 and served as a lieutenant during the Egyp- tian War , 1882. About that time he began to concentrate his attention on naval gunnery and came under the influence of Lord Fisher ( q.v. ) , the captain of the ...
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... entered Amherst College , but indif- ferent health compelled him to leave . He graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1884. In 1888 he was appointed assistant dis- trict attorney , in which position he saw much of the political ...
... entered Amherst College , but indif- ferent health compelled him to leave . He graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1884. In 1888 he was appointed assistant dis- trict attorney , in which position he saw much of the political ...
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Stran 104 - His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Stran 176 - Johnson long afterwards owned that, though he had saved appearances, he had taken care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it...
Stran 182 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles."* To this may be added the sentiments of the very man whose life I am about to exhibit.
Stran 302 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Stran 117 - The psychiatrists stepped in at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th, centuries.
Stran 232 - The judges are the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, and former Lord Chancellors.
Stran 372 - ... was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Stran 374 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Stran 189 - Any seven or more persons, or, where the company to be formed will be a private company, any two or more persons, associated for any lawful purpose may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act in respect of registration, form an incorporated company, with or without limited liability.
Stran 184 - The test of merit in my profession, with the people, is success. It is a hard rule, but I think it right.