The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, المجلد 8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... century , and acquired a large property in lands by commerce in cloths . His son , of the same name , continued the occu- pation of weaver , to which he also added that of cloth merchant , and obtained by marriage the right of ...
... century , and acquired a large property in lands by commerce in cloths . His son , of the same name , continued the occu- pation of weaver , to which he also added that of cloth merchant , and obtained by marriage the right of ...
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... century's study has left the subject an undeveloped and disputed field . It is only within a compara- tively short ... centuries , being the result of chance chemical action . - Fungi are of purely cellular growth . They form no woody ...
... century's study has left the subject an undeveloped and disputed field . It is only within a compara- tively short ... centuries , being the result of chance chemical action . - Fungi are of purely cellular growth . They form no woody ...
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... century of the Chris- tian era , fur dresses appear to have been in use and in high estimation with the Romans . They were introduced by the northern tribes , and were probably at that time prepared with much skill . Ancient historians ...
... century of the Chris- tian era , fur dresses appear to have been in use and in high estimation with the Romans . They were introduced by the northern tribes , and were probably at that time prepared with much skill . Ancient historians ...
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... century had elapsed , being estab- lished on Lewis and Columbia rivers . No other business was conducted throughout these regions but what was connected directly with the fur trade ; agriculture and all the other resources of the ...
... century had elapsed , being estab- lished on Lewis and Columbia rivers . No other business was conducted throughout these regions but what was connected directly with the fur trade ; agriculture and all the other resources of the ...
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... century . Ar- ticles of furniture previous to 1500 are of the greatest rarity , and the few specimens that re- main occur in connection with ecclesiastical affairs , as the table in Salisbury cathedral on which the wages of the builders ...
... century . Ar- ticles of furniture previous to 1500 are of the greatest rarity , and the few specimens that re- main occur in connection with ecclesiastical affairs , as the table in Salisbury cathedral on which the wages of the builders ...
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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.