The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 1Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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... caused by assimilation of the a - sound to the i - sound of the closing letter . ( 9 ) ate . This , in usual order the ... cause appears to have been originally as- similation with a final vowel ( the sonant e now so often silent but ...
... caused by assimilation of the a - sound to the i - sound of the closing letter . ( 9 ) ate . This , in usual order the ... cause appears to have been originally as- similation with a final vowel ( the sonant e now so often silent but ...
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... caused a breach between himself and his allies , in 1091 Seville was captured and El Motamid was made a prisoner by ... cause , wrote an elaborate defense of it , and a history of the conspiracy of 1696 from materials furnished by the ...
... caused a breach between himself and his allies , in 1091 Seville was captured and El Motamid was made a prisoner by ... cause , wrote an elaborate defense of it , and a history of the conspiracy of 1696 from materials furnished by the ...
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... cause of this astonishing rapidity of preferment ; but once in his seat , at least , Abbot felt no need of such tactics . opposed the scandalous divorce suit of Lady Frances Howard against the Earl of Essex , though the court favored ...
... cause of this astonishing rapidity of preferment ; but once in his seat , at least , Abbot felt no need of such tactics . opposed the scandalous divorce suit of Lady Frances Howard against the Earl of Essex , though the court favored ...
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... cause developed this , - the exemption of abbeys from control of the bishops . They were originally all subject to episcopal jurisdiction , and in the West generally continued so till the 11th century ; this is ex- pressly ordered in ...
... cause developed this , - the exemption of abbeys from control of the bishops . They were originally all subject to episcopal jurisdiction , and in the West generally continued so till the 11th century ; this is ex- pressly ordered in ...
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... cause to have possession , - a legal writ . Hab . fa . seis.— Habere facias seisinam , that you cause to have seisin , - a legal writ . H.B.M.- His or Her Britannic Majesty . H.M.S. His ( or Her ) Majesty's Ship . H.C.M.- His or Her ...
... cause to have possession , - a legal writ . Hab . fa . seis.— Habere facias seisinam , that you cause to have seisin , - a legal writ . H.B.M.- His or Her Britannic Majesty . H.M.S. His ( or Her ) Majesty's Ship . H.C.M.- His or Her ...
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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.