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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... schools of France and Belgium . In 1844 and Transit of Venus and The Edict of the Court - Leet for 1845 he ... School and Southern Academy in perceive the merits of his designs , and he was generous that city . In 1838 he emigrated with ...
... schools of France and Belgium . In 1844 and Transit of Venus and The Edict of the Court - Leet for 1845 he ... School and Southern Academy in perceive the merits of his designs , and he was generous that city . In 1838 he emigrated with ...
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... School , " now rented to private parties and occupied , as at first , for a preparatory school , was erected in 1810 , the cost having been defrayed by subscription . Hope College was erected in 1822 at the expense ... schools , BRUCH . 15.
... School , " now rented to private parties and occupied , as at first , for a preparatory school , was erected in 1810 , the cost having been defrayed by subscription . Hope College was erected in 1822 at the expense ... schools , BRUCH . 15.
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... school of Egyptology at Cairo . " It was while in this post that he was sent as commissioner to several inter- national ... schools . Gen. Oglethorpe , the founder of Georgia , had a garrison here and laid out the town in 1735 , and here ...
... school of Egyptology at Cairo . " It was while in this post that he was sent as commissioner to several inter- national ... schools . Gen. Oglethorpe , the founder of Georgia , had a garrison here and laid out the town in 1735 , and here ...
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... schools , founded 2 relig- there , obtained an honorable dismission at the end of ious communities , and increased ... school and the explora- tion of the surrounding country . It was their habit to declaim to the woods and fields the ...
... schools , founded 2 relig- there , obtained an honorable dismission at the end of ious communities , and increased ... school and the explora- tion of the surrounding country . It was their habit to declaim to the woods and fields the ...
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... School and University of Glasgow , and in his twentieth year went to London to devote himself to journalism and ... schools of his native town he was sent to the University of Geis- sen in the spring of 1843. For a year he studied ...
... School and University of Glasgow , and in his twentieth year went to London to devote himself to journalism and ... schools of his native town he was sent to the University of Geis- sen in the spring of 1843. For a year he studied ...
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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.