Encyclopædia 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; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 9Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... coast of Africa , and the shores of South Amer- ica , which have given instruction to our officers , augmented the number of our seamen , protected the national commerce , and caused the country to be universally respected by distant ...
... coast of Africa , and the shores of South Amer- ica , which have given instruction to our officers , augmented the number of our seamen , protected the national commerce , and caused the country to be universally respected by distant ...
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... coast of Mexico , and expressed his intention of visiting the emperor in his capital , Monte- zuma sent him a rich present , but forbade his farther advance . Cortes , however , heeded not this prohibition , and the em- peror ...
... coast of Mexico , and expressed his intention of visiting the emperor in his capital , Monte- zuma sent him a rich present , but forbade his farther advance . Cortes , however , heeded not this prohibition , and the em- peror ...
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... coast is much indented , forming on the south the gulfs of Kolokythia or Laconia , and the gulf of Coron or Messenia , and on the east , the gulf of Argos or Nauplia . The surface of the country is , in general , moun- tainous ; the ...
... coast is much indented , forming on the south the gulfs of Kolokythia or Laconia , and the gulf of Coron or Messenia , and on the east , the gulf of Argos or Nauplia . The surface of the country is , in general , moun- tainous ; the ...
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... coast of Portugal . The highest summits are not over 3000 feet high . Different parts of it bear the name of Sierra ( Spanish , ridge ) de Cordo- va , Sierra de Guadalcanal , Sierra de Cal- deiraon , and Sierra de Monchique . It is the ...
... coast of Portugal . The highest summits are not over 3000 feet high . Different parts of it bear the name of Sierra ( Spanish , ridge ) de Cordo- va , Sierra de Guadalcanal , Sierra de Cal- deiraon , and Sierra de Monchique . It is the ...
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... coast , and in that part of the Indian sea which passes between the continent and the island of Madagascar . It takes its name from the capital , situated on an island , the chief of three islands which form a part of the king- dom ...
... coast , and in that part of the Indian sea which passes between the continent and the island of Madagascar . It takes its name from the capital , situated on an island , the chief of three islands which form a part of the king- dom ...
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Page 412 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Page 239 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 218 - Amsterdam, whose commerce, at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century...
Page 481 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile. But glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile : for there is no respect of persons with God.
Page 274 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 188 - Christ, as a living witness of the divine power of Christianity ; as a school of Christian experience ; a voice, sounding through the ages, of instruction, of doctrine, and of reproof, for all who are disposed to listen ; this, from the earliest period, has been the leading aim of my life and studies.
Page 519 - FORCES is a term used to denote the composition of forces, or the finding a single force that shall be equivalent to two or more given forces when acting in given directions.
Page 239 - Virginia: Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politic, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...
Page 53 - Maygame and morris consisted of the following characters: Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, the queen or lady of the May, the fool, the piper, and several dancers, variously habited. A hobby-horse and a dragon were afterwards added. In the reign of Henry VIII, the morris-dancers were dressed in gilt leather and silver paper, and sometimes in coats of white and spangled fustian.
Page 205 - ... bereave the parents of their first hopes, they will construct another, even when summer is far advanced, upon the model of their first erection, and with the same precautions against severe weather, when all necessity for such provision has ceased, and the usual temperature of the season rather requires coolness and a free circulation of air.