Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 2Henry G. Allen Company, 1891 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... important of Brown's recent works are The the Dominion Senate . In 1874 he went to Washing- Coat of Many Colors , Cordelia's Portion , Elijah and ton as plenipotentiary of the Canadian Government the Widow's Son , Romeo and Juliet , The ...
... important of Brown's recent works are The the Dominion Senate . In 1874 he went to Washing- Coat of Many Colors , Cordelia's Portion , Elijah and ton as plenipotentiary of the Canadian Government the Widow's Son , Romeo and Juliet , The ...
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... important performance , however , was the power and pathos of the narrative and the homeliness equestrian statue of Washington in Union Square , New and sympathy of the style gave it general popularity , York City . This statue was ...
... important performance , however , was the power and pathos of the narrative and the homeliness equestrian statue of Washington in Union Square , New and sympathy of the style gave it general popularity , York City . This statue was ...
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... important performances of into three periods : First , that of his youth and early this kind were his funeral eulogies at different times manhood , when he gained his position as a poet of high upon his contemporaries and friends ...
... important performances of into three periods : First , that of his youth and early this kind were his funeral eulogies at different times manhood , when he gained his position as a poet of high upon his contemporaries and friends ...
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... important work is his splendid edition of the Elder Edda in the original text ( 1867 ) , a work which supersedes all previous editions . Of scarcely less importance are his articles on runes , which he published in the Tidsskrift fer ...
... important work is his splendid edition of the Elder Edda in the original text ( 1867 ) , a work which supersedes all previous editions . Of scarcely less importance are his articles on runes , which he published in the Tidsskrift fer ...
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... important addition was made to this area . dans , it could not recede from any of its previous ac- In September of that year Eastern Roumelia revolted tions , nor would it give any pledges of a less violent from Turkish dominion , by a ...
... important addition was made to this area . dans , it could not recede from any of its previous ac- In September of that year Eastern Roumelia revolted tions , nor would it give any pledges of a less violent from Turkish dominion , by a ...
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Page 259 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 50 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 337 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 236 - Amendment which provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; and that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.
Page 258 - ... with reference to any means of communication by shipcanal which may be constructed between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, by the way of the river San Juan de Nicaragua, and either or both of the lakes of Nicaragua or Managua, to any port or place on the Pacific ocean ; the President of the United States has conferred full powers on John M.
Page 259 - In granting, however, their joint protection to any such canals or railways as are by this article specified, it is always understood by the United States and Great Britain that the parties constructing or owning the same shall impose no other charges or conditions of traffic thereupon than the aforesaid governments shall approve of, as just and equitable...
Page 226 - Parties, the Officers of the American Army do hereby in the most Solemn Manner associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure as long as they shall endure or any of their Eldest Male Posterity, and in failure thereof the Collateral Branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its Supporters and Members.
Page 213 - RULING elders are properly the representatives of the people, chosen by them for the purpose of exercising government and discipline, in conjunction with pastors or ministers. This office has been understood, by a great part of the Protestant Reformed Churches, to be designated in the Holy Scriptures, by the title of governments, and of those who rule well, but do not labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 259 - And the contracting parties likewise agree that each shall enter into treaty stipulations with such of the Central American States as they may deem advisable, for the purpose of more effectually carrying out the great design of this convention — namely, that of constructing and maintaining the said canal as a ship communication between the two oceans for the benefit of mankind, on equal terms to all, and of protecting the same...
Page 134 - ... of the old corporation; with further power to establish new colleges and an institute, and to apply all or any part of the funds to these purposes, subject to the power and control of a board of twenty-five overseers, to be appointed by the Governor and Council. The second act makes further provisions for executing the objects of the first, and the last act authorizes the defendant, the treasurer of the plaintiffs, to retain and hold their property, against their will.