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... chief products are cotton , oil , wine , wheat , fruit , silk , and honey . The inhabitants in the earliest times were Thessalian Histiai in the north , Abantes and Kuretes in the middle , and Dryopes in the south . Afterwards the ...
... chief products are cotton , oil , wine , wheat , fruit , silk , and honey . The inhabitants in the earliest times were Thessalian Histiai in the north , Abantes and Kuretes in the middle , and Dryopes in the south . Afterwards the ...
Página 462
... chief sets , which are to be regarded as essentially distinct , but also as possessing certain re- lations to be hereafter noted . The brain and spinal marrow together constitute the first of these centres , and are collectively ...
... chief sets , which are to be regarded as essentially distinct , but also as possessing certain re- lations to be hereafter noted . The brain and spinal marrow together constitute the first of these centres , and are collectively ...
Página 463
... chief among which may be noted the Pacinian bodies , the touch - corpuscles of Wagner , and the end - bulbs of Krause . The former are princi- pally found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingers and toes , and average th of an inch in ...
... chief among which may be noted the Pacinian bodies , the touch - corpuscles of Wagner , and the end - bulbs of Krause . The former are princi- pally found in the subcutaneous tissue of the fingers and toes , and average th of an inch in ...
Página 467
... chief dikes are roads and canals also joining the rivers , and generally large enough to be navigable . There are no mountains nor rocks in the Dutch Netherlands , which are popu- larly described as a country without mountains , trees ...
... chief dikes are roads and canals also joining the rivers , and generally large enough to be navigable . There are no mountains nor rocks in the Dutch Netherlands , which are popu- larly described as a country without mountains , trees ...
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... chief , namely , the North Holland Canal , which allows the largest ships to pass between Amsterdam and the Helder , a distance of 40 miles , so as to avoid the intricate navi- gation of the Zuider Zee . The Winschoten Canal , also for ...
... chief , namely , the North Holland Canal , which allows the largest ships to pass between Amsterdam and the Helder , a distance of 40 miles , so as to avoid the intricate navi- gation of the Zuider Zee . The Winschoten Canal , also for ...
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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.