The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Dodd, Mead, 1890 |
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... given have all had reference to the best means of employing a given light . Many attempts have from time Magneto - electric Light . - The electric light , which has of late been greatly developed and improved , and especially adapted to ...
... given have all had reference to the best means of employing a given light . Many attempts have from time Magneto - electric Light . - The electric light , which has of late been greatly developed and improved , and especially adapted to ...
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... given to the brain , in which latter case there is a certain amount of paralysis of motion and sensation . In a case recorded by Boudin in his Géographie Médicale , 1857 , a gentleman who had been struck by lightning remained for an ...
... given to the brain , in which latter case there is a certain amount of paralysis of motion and sensation . In a case recorded by Boudin in his Géographie Médicale , 1857 , a gentleman who had been struck by lightning remained for an ...
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... given to the republic of Genoa in 1797 , when , in consequence of the conquests of Bonaparte in Italy , it was obliged to exchange its aris- tocratic for a democratic constitution . See GENOA . The name was chosen because the Genoese ...
... given to the republic of Genoa in 1797 , when , in consequence of the conquests of Bonaparte in Italy , it was obliged to exchange its aris- tocratic for a democratic constitution . See GENOA . The name was chosen because the Genoese ...
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... given off , but the carbonate of lime remains uninfluenced , becoming gradually concentrated , until it has supersaturated the water , when a precipitation takes place . In this way are formed the stalactites which hang icicle - like ...
... given off , but the carbonate of lime remains uninfluenced , becoming gradually concentrated , until it has supersaturated the water , when a precipitation takes place . In this way are formed the stalactites which hang icicle - like ...
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... given is that a straight line is the shortest path between any two given points ; a curved line is one not straight , i.e. between any two geometrical points in its extent a shorter line may be drawn ; the term mixed line is used to ...
... given is that a straight line is the shortest path between any two given points ; a curved line is one not straight , i.e. between any two geometrical points in its extent a shorter line may be drawn ; the term mixed line is used to ...
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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.