The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volumen16George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1876 |
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... sides , and silvery white below , with a few black spots above the lat- eral line ; it attains a length of 2 to 24 ft . , and , being abundant in the markets of London and Paris , is next in value to the salmon , which it resembles in ...
... sides , and silvery white below , with a few black spots above the lat- eral line ; it attains a length of 2 to 24 ft . , and , being abundant in the markets of London and Paris , is next in value to the salmon , which it resembles in ...
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... side of the Alle- ghany mountains . One of the largest manu- facturing establishments of the country is the Albany and Rensselaer iron and steel company , which owns the Albany iron works , the Rens- selaer iron works , Bessemer steel ...
... side of the Alle- ghany mountains . One of the largest manu- facturing establishments of the country is the Albany and Rensselaer iron and steel company , which owns the Albany iron works , the Rens- selaer iron works , Bessemer steel ...
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... side , and the four following with a broad dark brown band interrupted in the middle ; the wings are con- siderably longer than the body . The blood- sucking apparatus consists of a long horny proboscis , containing a compound bristle ...
... side , and the four following with a broad dark brown band interrupted in the middle ; the wings are con- siderably longer than the body . The blood- sucking apparatus consists of a long horny proboscis , containing a compound bristle ...
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... side of a river while the opposite bank swarms with tsetse . When obliged to pass through a country infested by them , the natives select a moonlight winter night , when they are torpid from cold . The flesh of animals bitten by the ...
... side of a river while the opposite bank swarms with tsetse . When obliged to pass through a country infested by them , the natives select a moonlight winter night , when they are torpid from cold . The flesh of animals bitten by the ...
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... sides that included in the Shanly contract . Work on this arching is still ( March , 1876 ) in progress . Under a law of ... side of the mountain , about one third of the distance through , virtually dividing the tunnel into one third of ...
... sides that included in the Shanly contract . Work on this arching is still ( March , 1876 ) in progress . Under a law of ... side of the mountain , about one third of the distance through , virtually dividing the tunnel into one third of ...
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Página 385 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Página 186 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 186 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens...
Página 175 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
Página 186 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Página 176 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Página 171 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Página 175 - That the government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Página 176 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government...
Página 174 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...