The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volume 5Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1898 |
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... success . In 1837 , his desire for a political career being unabated , he contested Maidstone in the conservative ... successful parlia mentary orators , making few speeches . It was not till 1849 that he began to attract notice , and ...
... success . In 1837 , his desire for a political career being unabated , he contested Maidstone in the conservative ... successful parlia mentary orators , making few speeches . It was not till 1849 that he began to attract notice , and ...
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... management in 1735 with great success . The proceeds resulting from the pub lication of these his first two works enabled D to commence business as a bookseller . 35 Dodington . Dog . in which trade he was Dodington . 34.
... management in 1735 with great success . The proceeds resulting from the pub lication of these his first two works enabled D to commence business as a bookseller . 35 Dodington . Dog . in which trade he was Dodington . 34.
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... successful work was a tragedy called Cleone , which was acted at Covent Garden with extraordinary success . On its publication , 2,000 copies were sold the first day , and within the year the work ran through four editions . With Cleone ...
... successful work was a tragedy called Cleone , which was acted at Covent Garden with extraordinary success . On its publication , 2,000 copies were sold the first day , and within the year the work ran through four editions . With Cleone ...
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... success . DOLLY SHOP , the name popularly given in London to a shop where rags and other kinds of old articles are bought , and over the door of which a black doll is usually suspended . It is understood that dolly shops are in many ...
... success . DOLLY SHOP , the name popularly given in London to a shop where rags and other kinds of old articles are bought , and over the door of which a black doll is usually suspended . It is understood that dolly shops are in many ...
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... success in applying it to large buildings , we have abundant proof in the ancient domes still to be seen in Rome and its neighborhood . The D. of the Pantheon is still probably the most magnificent D. in existence , and others of ...
... success in applying it to large buildings , we have abundant proof in the ancient domes still to be seen in Rome and its neighborhood . The D. of the Pantheon is still probably the most magnificent D. in existence , and others of ...
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Page 392 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 392 - ... respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 219 - By the seventeenth section, it is enacted that " no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of £10 sterling, or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 20 - One man draws out the wire, another straights it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head; to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands...
Page 392 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 115 - Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall.
Page 392 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 392 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be, free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 403 - The stationariness of religion; the assumption that the age of inspiration is past, that the Bible is closed; the fear of degrading the character of Jesus by representing him as a man — indicate with sufficient clearness the falsehood of our theology.
Page 407 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.