The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volumen15George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 |
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... length except a tuft at the tip ; feet very large , with a fringe of ciliated hairs ; muzzle very slender . In the genus sorex ( Linn . ) , which contains a great part of the species of the new and old worlds , the ears are large and ...
... length except a tuft at the tip ; feet very large , with a fringe of ciliated hairs ; muzzle very slender . In the genus sorex ( Linn . ) , which contains a great part of the species of the new and old worlds , the ears are large and ...
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... length 1,350 m . , breadth 450 m .; area estimated at about 300,000 sq . m .; pop . about 5,750,000 . The capital is Bang- kok . Siam proper lies mainly between lat . less continuous and direct , passes through the central regions ; in ...
... length 1,350 m . , breadth 450 m .; area estimated at about 300,000 sq . m .; pop . about 5,750,000 . The capital is Bang- kok . Siam proper lies mainly between lat . less continuous and direct , passes through the central regions ; in ...
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... length , is low and swampy , except at its N. tremity , and at high water the shore is over- flowed for a considerable distance inland . The interior is a vast and arid plain of sand and shingle , traversed throughout its entire length ...
... length , is low and swampy , except at its N. tremity , and at high water the shore is over- flowed for a considerable distance inland . The interior is a vast and arid plain of sand and shingle , traversed throughout its entire length ...
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... length of from 2 to 3 ft . , and is dusky above with numerous whitish spots , and purplish below ; it lives chiefly in the mud and muddy water of the Carolina rice fields , and occasionally comes on land . Its food consists of worms ...
... length of from 2 to 3 ft . , and is dusky above with numerous whitish spots , and purplish below ; it lives chiefly in the mud and muddy water of the Carolina rice fields , and occasionally comes on land . Its food consists of worms ...
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... length about 160 m . , breadth nearly 80 m . It is much deeper on the Norwegian than on the Danish coast , ranging on the former from 150 to 200 fath- oms , and on the latter from 30 to 40. It is subject to severe storms . The harbors ...
... length about 160 m . , breadth nearly 80 m . It is much deeper on the Norwegian than on the Danish coast , ranging on the former from 150 to 200 fath- oms , and on the latter from 30 to 40. It is subject to severe storms . The harbors ...
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Página 101 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Página 101 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 101 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 97 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Página 320 - Star-Chamber censuring the breach and disobedience to those proclamations by very great fines and imprisonment ; so that any disrespect to any acts of state or to the persons of statesmen was in no time more penal, and...
Página 101 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 101 - ... first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemine, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St.
Página 427 - Complete View of the Manners, Customs, Arms, Habits, &c., of the Inhabitants of England from the arrival of the Saxons till the Reign of Henry VIII.
Página 378 - The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre by T. Sternhold, J. Hopkins, and others, conferred with the Ebrue; with apt notes to sing them withall...
Página 97 - It is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law. Whatever inconveniences, therefore, may follow from a decision, I cannot say this case is allowed or approved by the law of England ; and therefore the black must be discharged.