The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, المجلد 8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... appointed by the legislature to explore the route of an inland navigation from the Hudson river to the lakes ; and in 1814 he addressed a letter to the president of the board illustrating the advantages of the proposed canal . He also ...
... appointed by the legislature to explore the route of an inland navigation from the Hudson river to the lakes ; and in 1814 he addressed a letter to the president of the board illustrating the advantages of the proposed canal . He also ...
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... Appointed a lieutenant in the engineer corps , he was variously en- gaged in Canada and New York , and after the peace was selected as aide - de - camp of Gen. Jackson in the expedition to examine and report upon the military defences ...
... Appointed a lieutenant in the engineer corps , he was variously en- gaged in Canada and New York , and after the peace was selected as aide - de - camp of Gen. Jackson in the expedition to examine and report upon the military defences ...
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... appointed governor of Montreal in 1760 , and succeeded Gen. Amherst in 1763 in the chief command of the British forces in America . Being appointed to super- sede Hutchinson as governor of Massachusetts , he arrived in Boston , May 17 ...
... appointed governor of Montreal in 1760 , and succeeded Gen. Amherst in 1763 in the chief command of the British forces in America . Being appointed to super- sede Hutchinson as governor of Massachusetts , he arrived in Boston , May 17 ...
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... appointed Cæsar in 292 by Dio- cletian , whose daughter he married . Receiving Thrace and Macedonia for his province , he was defeated by the Persian king Narses , but was so disdainfully received by the emperor at An- tioch on his ...
... appointed Cæsar in 292 by Dio- cletian , whose daughter he married . Receiving Thrace and Macedonia for his province , he was defeated by the Persian king Narses , but was so disdainfully received by the emperor at An- tioch on his ...
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... appointed antiquary to the king . In 1709 he was appointed professor of Arabic in the royal college of France . His works are very numer- ous , but the most popular of them all perhaps is his translation into French of the " Tales of ...
... appointed antiquary to the king . In 1709 he was appointed professor of Arabic in the royal college of France . His works are very numer- ous , but the most popular of them all perhaps is his translation into French of the " Tales of ...
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الصفحة 70 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
الصفحة 237 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
الصفحة 235 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
الصفحة 58 - County as a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State.
الصفحة 170 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
الصفحة 264 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
الصفحة 237 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 140 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
الصفحة 237 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
الصفحة 242 - We hesitate not to say that Annexation, effected by any act or proceeding of the Federal Government, or any of its departments, would be identical with, dissolution.