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... produced in its lower course by this accumulation of sedimentary deposit and by the creation or removal of artificial obstructions in its bed . We may add , however , that , according to the testimony of old writers , the Tiber was more ...
... produced in its lower course by this accumulation of sedimentary deposit and by the creation or removal of artificial obstructions in its bed . We may add , however , that , according to the testimony of old writers , the Tiber was more ...
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... produced by the action of the winds , and vary in their height , form , velocity , and extent , from the gentle ripple to enormous waves of great height , breadth , and volume , which break with violence against any opposing obstacle ...
... produced by the action of the winds , and vary in their height , form , velocity , and extent , from the gentle ripple to enormous waves of great height , breadth , and volume , which break with violence against any opposing obstacle ...
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... produced . Marble , raw or worked into different kinds of vessels and ornaments , and silk , raw or manufactured into gloves and stockings , are the principal articles of export . The principal town is St. Nicholas , which has a ...
... produced . Marble , raw or worked into different kinds of vessels and ornaments , and silk , raw or manufactured into gloves and stockings , are the principal articles of export . The principal town is St. Nicholas , which has a ...
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... produced some orig- inal poems , translated Virgil's Bucolica and the elegies of Johannes Secundus , and wrote Histoire complète de la Ré- volution française ( 6 vols . , 1833-36 ) and Mémoires his- toriques sur Carnot ( 1824 ) . Tissot ...
... produced some orig- inal poems , translated Virgil's Bucolica and the elegies of Johannes Secundus , and wrote Histoire complète de la Ré- volution française ( 6 vols . , 1833-36 ) and Mémoires his- toriques sur Carnot ( 1824 ) . Tissot ...
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... produced by diverting , for manufacturing purposes , a portion of the water of the main stream of the Anio . On a rock overlooking the cascades stands the beau- tiful little temple generally called that of the Tiburtine Sibyl , though ...
... produced by diverting , for manufacturing purposes , a portion of the water of the main stream of the Anio . On a rock overlooking the cascades stands the beau- tiful little temple generally called that of the Tiburtine Sibyl , though ...
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Página 6 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Página 182 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of the Union.
Página 218 - Congress has no more power to make a slave than to make a king : no more power to institute or establish slavery than to institute or establish...
Página 183 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 188 - We believe that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character of God, and of the duty, interest, and final •destination of mankind. 2. "We believe that there is one God, whose nature is love ; revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of grace, who will finally restore the whole world of mankind to holiness and happiness.
Página 181 - They were committees from twelve colonies, deputed to consult on measures of conciliation, with no means of resistance to oppression beyond a voluntary agreement for the suspension of importations from Great Britain. They formed no confederacy ; they were not an executive government ; they were not even a legislative body.
Página 88 - In the beginning of creation, the great Vishnu, desirous of creating the whole world, became threefold : creator, preserver, and destroyer. In order to create this world, the supreme spirit produced from the right side of his body himself as Brahma ; then, in order to preserve the world, he produced from the left side of his body Vishnu ; and in order to destroy the world, he produced from the middle of his body the eternal Siva. Some worship Brahma, others Vishnu, others Siva ; but Vishnu, one,...
Página 136 - An artificial machine or method for the impressing or transcribing of letters singly or progressively one after another, as in writing, whereby all writings whatsoever may be engrossed in paper or parchment so neat and exact as not to be distinguished from print...
Página 179 - Senate is invested with certain judicial functions, and its members constitute a High Court of Impeachment. The judgment only extends to removal from office and disqualification. Representatives have the sole power of impeachment. The House of Representatives, or Lower House, is composed...
Página 6 - For times and spaces are, as it were, the places as well of themselves as of all other things. All things are placed in time as to order of succession; and in space as to order of situation. It is from their essence or nature that they are places; and that the primary places of things should be movable is absurd.