Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Količina 1Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 - 13 strani |
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... mountains are fertile . The Achanese are stouter , taller and darker - colored than the other people of the island , more in- dustrious , have more general knowledge , and deal , as merchants , in a more liberal manner . They are ...
... mountains are fertile . The Achanese are stouter , taller and darker - colored than the other people of the island , more in- dustrious , have more general knowledge , and deal , as merchants , in a more liberal manner . They are ...
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... mountains , and falls , near Prevesa , into the Ionian sea . It is now called Velchi . A branch of the Nile , in the neighborhood of Memphis , is also called Acheron , and a lake , Acherusia . Over this the Egyptians ferried their dead ...
... mountains , and falls , near Prevesa , into the Ionian sea . It is now called Velchi . A branch of the Nile , in the neighborhood of Memphis , is also called Acheron , and a lake , Acherusia . Over this the Egyptians ferried their dead ...
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... - barked in the French frigate Sensible , Nov. 17 , and was forced to land at Corunna , in Spain , from which place he travelled over the mountains to Paris , where he arrived 50 in Feb. 1780. - After remaining a short time JOHN ADAMS . 49.
... - barked in the French frigate Sensible , Nov. 17 , and was forced to land at Corunna , in Spain , from which place he travelled over the mountains to Paris , where he arrived 50 in Feb. 1780. - After remaining a short time JOHN ADAMS . 49.
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... mountain in the island of Ceylon , called by the inhab- itants Ham - al - el . It lies under 6 ° 49 ′ N. lat . , 80 ° 43 ′ E. lon . , and can be seen , in clear weather , from the sea at a distance of 150 miles . It has neither been ...
... mountain in the island of Ceylon , called by the inhab- itants Ham - al - el . It lies under 6 ° 49 ′ N. lat . , 80 ° 43 ′ E. lon . , and can be seen , in clear weather , from the sea at a distance of 150 miles . It has neither been ...
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... MOUNTAINS . These ex- tend , with some interruptions , from Ad- ersbach , a village of Bohemia , to the county of Glatz . Numerous clefts of va- rious size are found among the rocks , which rise in strange forms more than 100 feet high ...
... MOUNTAINS . These ex- tend , with some interruptions , from Ad- ersbach , a village of Bohemia , to the county of Glatz . Numerous clefts of va- rious size are found among the rocks , which rise in strange forms more than 100 feet high ...
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Stran ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Stran 45 - Otis was a flame of fire ! With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eye into futurity, and a torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away everything before him. American Independence was then and there born; the seeds of patriots and heroes were then and there sown.
Stran 508 - And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of the district court, who shall exercise their discretion therein, regarding the nature and circumstances of the offence, and of the evidence and the usages of law.
Stran 182 - York, he published in 1779 a narrative of his observations during his captivity, which has been lately reprinted ; a vindication of the opposition of the inhabitants of Vermont to the government of New York, and their right to form an independent state, 1779; and Allen's theology, or the oracles of reason, 1786.
Stran 48 - The die is now cast. I have passed the Rubicon. Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish with my country is my unalterable determination.
Stran 442 - A treatise on the rectilinear Motion and Rotation of Bodies, with a description of original Experiments relative to the subject,
Stran 48 - We shall infallibly carry all our points ; you will be completely relieved; all the offensive Acts will be repealed; the army and fleet will be recalled, and Britain will give up her foolish project.
Stran 46 - Every man of an immense, crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take up arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child INDEPENDENCE was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free.
Stran 162 - Scotland, from which country his father carne, though the government refused to acknowledge the son's claim, when he repaired to Great Britain in pursuit of this inheritance. He was early remarkable for his fondness for mathematics and astronomy, in which sciences he made considerable progress. — Throughout the revolution, he acted an important part, and distinguished himself particularly in the battles of Long Island, Germantown and Montnouth.
Stran 408 - Therefore, they have, besides, fifthly, a commission of general gaol delivery; (o) which empowers them to try and deliver every prisoner, who shall be in the gaol when the judges arrive at the circuit town, whenever or before whomsoever indicted or for whatever crime committed.