The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Dodd, Mead, 1890 |
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... carried out by Deschamps . See BRASDOR'S OPERATION . The next operation on the distal side of the aneurism was performed by Dupuytren , in 1829 , but did not result in recovery , the patient dying of exhaustion on the 7th day . There ...
... carried out by Deschamps . See BRASDOR'S OPERATION . The next operation on the distal side of the aneurism was performed by Dupuytren , in 1829 , but did not result in recovery , the patient dying of exhaustion on the 7th day . There ...
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... carried on . Two members are returned to the house of commons for the city . Pop . '61 , 20,999 ; '81 , 37,312 Lincoln , under the Romans , was a place of some importance , and under the Saxons and the Danes it preserved a good position ...
... carried on . Two members are returned to the house of commons for the city . Pop . '61 , 20,999 ; '81 , 37,312 Lincoln , under the Romans , was a place of some importance , and under the Saxons and the Danes it preserved a good position ...
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... carry it on . In 1848 he favored the nomination of Taylor ( whig ) for president , and made a strong political speech ... carried off the prize . During the Kansas excitement Lin- coln's sympathies were all in favor of the free - state ...
... carry it on . In 1848 he favored the nomination of Taylor ( whig ) for president , and made a strong political speech ... carried off the prize . During the Kansas excitement Lin- coln's sympathies were all in favor of the free - state ...
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... carried both branches of the legislature ; Douglas was re - elected U. S. senator , and Lincoln was bitterly disappointed . When asked how he felt , he said " like the boy who stubbed his toe ; it hurt too bad to laugh , and he was too ...
... carried both branches of the legislature ; Douglas was re - elected U. S. senator , and Lincoln was bitterly disappointed . When asked how he felt , he said " like the boy who stubbed his toe ; it hurt too bad to laugh , and he was too ...
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... carried to Lon- don , and detained a prisoner in the Tower and Windsor castle . He was released by the " long " parliament in 1660 , on the recall of the secluded members , and was reinstated in his offices and dignities at the ...
... carried to Lon- don , and detained a prisoner in the Tower and Windsor castle . He was released by the " long " parliament in 1660 , on the recall of the secluded members , and was reinstated in his offices and dignities at the ...
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Page 127 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Page 50 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government...
Page 50 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 173 - Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this Sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.
Page 50 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 269 - She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 231 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 51 - I hope it will not be irreverent for me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me...
Page 50 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 48 - Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the Convention ; to the rights of all the States and Territories, and people of the nation ; to the inviolability of the Constitution, and the perpetual union, harmony, and prosperity of all, — I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the Convention.