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... Italian village from which he takes his name , in 1246 or 1250 ; d . 1316. He visited the East in order to acquire a thorough knowl- edge of Greek , and then completed his studies at the University of Paris . Returning to Italy he ...
... Italian village from which he takes his name , in 1246 or 1250 ; d . 1316. He visited the East in order to acquire a thorough knowl- edge of Greek , and then completed his studies at the University of Paris . Returning to Italy he ...
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... Italy they are called abbate . ABBESS , the female superior of some con- vents of nuns , corresponding to the abbot over monks . She was elected from the monastery by secret votes , inducted by a bishop's consecra- tion , and held ...
... Italy they are called abbate . ABBESS , the female superior of some con- vents of nuns , corresponding to the abbot over monks . She was elected from the monastery by secret votes , inducted by a bishop's consecra- tion , and held ...
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... Italy and the kings in France assuming to themselves the right of appointment . Otherwhere the choice was by secret election of and from the monks of the house , unless it furnished no fit candidate , when choice might 16 be made from ...
... Italy and the kings in France assuming to themselves the right of appointment . Otherwhere the choice was by secret election of and from the monks of the house , unless it furnished no fit candidate , when choice might 16 be made from ...
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... Italy and Sicily . In 1842 he was appointed to the chair of min- eralogy in the university at Dorpat , and in 1853 was elected a member of the Academy of Sci- ences in Saint Petersburg , for whom he wrote exhaustive reports of the ...
... Italy and Sicily . In 1842 he was appointed to the chair of min- eralogy in the university at Dorpat , and in 1853 was elected a member of the Academy of Sci- ences in Saint Petersburg , for whom he wrote exhaustive reports of the ...
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... Italy 49 and France amounted to $ 14,247 — about one- third the normal value . Ohio leads in the pro- duction of scythestones , New Hampshire , Ver- mont and Michigan contributing important shares . Pumice ( q.v. ) , a spongy lava , or ...
... Italy 49 and France amounted to $ 14,247 — about one- third the normal value . Ohio leads in the pro- duction of scythestones , New Hampshire , Ver- mont and Michigan contributing important shares . Pumice ( q.v. ) , a spongy lava , or ...
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Stran 267 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Stran 133 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Stran 74 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier...
Stran 242 - Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not.
Stran 180 - Captive. — A balloon restrained from free flight by means of a cable attaching it to the earth.
Stran 359 - Spain, and other countries, and it is called by many various names; but its nature and properties are everywhere the same. The people of Spain, in particular, brew this liquor so well that it will keep good for a long time. So exquisite is the ingenuity of mankind in gratifying their vicious appetites that they have thus invented a method to make water itself intoxicate.
Stran 77 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime...
Stran 141 - General ia charged with the duty of recording, authenticating, and communicating to troops and individuals in the military service all orders, instructions, and regulations issued by the Secretary of War through the Chief of Staff, or...
Stran 70 - An accessory after the fact is one who, knowing a felony to have been committed, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon.
Stran 77 - Accord," says Sir Wm. Blackstone, "is a satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured ; which, when performed, is a bar to all actions upon this account.