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... Italy and Sicily . That of Vulci ( anciently Dulcinium ) in the ancient Etruria , accidentally dis- covered in 1829 , has excited considerable interest from the large number of amphora , arms , statues , bass - reliefs , works in terra ...
... Italy and Sicily . That of Vulci ( anciently Dulcinium ) in the ancient Etruria , accidentally dis- covered in 1829 , has excited considerable interest from the large number of amphora , arms , statues , bass - reliefs , works in terra ...
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... Italian corruption of Negropont ( Negroponte ) has arisen . At the narrowest part this strait is not more than 200 ... Italy , on the island of Sicily , and on the Thracian Penin- sula , which took from Chalcis the name of Chalcidice ...
... Italian corruption of Negropont ( Negroponte ) has arisen . At the narrowest part this strait is not more than 200 ... Italy , on the island of Sicily , and on the Thracian Penin- sula , which took from Chalcis the name of Chalcidice ...
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... Italy , about 17 miles south of Rome . It is evidently the crater of an extinct vol- cano , the sides of which are formed partly of basalt and partly of consolidated scoria . It stands 1022 feet above the level of the sea , and has a ...
... Italy , about 17 miles south of Rome . It is evidently the crater of an extinct vol- cano , the sides of which are formed partly of basalt and partly of consolidated scoria . It stands 1022 feet above the level of the sea , and has a ...
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... Italy . Baronius , one of his most distinguished disciples , assisted him in his last sickness . He died May 26 , 1595. His letters were published at Padua in 1751. He wrote several other works ; also poems , to be found in vol . i . of ...
... Italy . Baronius , one of his most distinguished disciples , assisted him in his last sickness . He died May 26 , 1595. His letters were published at Padua in 1751. He wrote several other works ; also poems , to be found in vol . i . of ...
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... Italy . The wood , used in coach - making and in the construction of musical instruments , is susceptible of a high polish . The young branches are boiled and the infusion used as a remedy for dysentery and blenorrhoea ; the fruit is ...
... Italy . The wood , used in coach - making and in the construction of musical instruments , is susceptible of a high polish . The young branches are boiled and the infusion used as a remedy for dysentery and blenorrhoea ; the fruit is ...
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Página 484 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 620 - With the exception of these few relics of ordeals, the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century are to be regarded as the closing period of them in Europe.
Página 600 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Página 501 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Página 708 - The tract of which they thus became possessed was subsequently allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Página 765 - The advance of money by way of loan to a person engaged or about to engage in any business on a contract with that person that the lender shall receive a rate of interest varying with the profits...
Página 501 - Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force and takes place in the direction of the straight line in which the force acts.
Página 484 - ... Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment of men. Thirdly, to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and, as to all persons within its jurisdiction, to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligations and duties.
Página 526 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Página 576 - I do swear that I will well and truly serve our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria in the Office of , and I will do Right to all Manner of People after the Laws and Usages of this Realm, without Fear or Favour, Affection or Illwill. So help me God.