XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Τόμος 2Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... coast of Bel- gium . Blan'kenburg , a town of Germany , duchy of Brunswick , on the northern slope of the Hartz Mountains , a favourite resort of tou- rists . On the summit of a height is the ducal palace . Pop . 5117 . Blan'kenese ...
... coast of Bel- gium . Blan'kenburg , a town of Germany , duchy of Brunswick , on the northern slope of the Hartz Mountains , a favourite resort of tou- rists . On the summit of a height is the ducal palace . Pop . 5117 . Blan'kenese ...
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... coast races of the Japanese islands , the Kuriles , & c . The whole quan- tity yielded by one whale ordinarily amounts to 40 or 50 , but sometimes to 80 or more cwts . Blücher ( blü'her ) , GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON , distinguished Prussian ...
... coast races of the Japanese islands , the Kuriles , & c . The whole quan- tity yielded by one whale ordinarily amounts to 40 or 50 , but sometimes to 80 or more cwts . Blücher ( blü'her ) , GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON , distinguished Prussian ...
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... coast of Africa , one of the projecting points of the Sahara ; till the fifteenth century the south- ern limit of African navigation . The coast of the Sahara from Cape Blanco to this cape and a considerable portion of the in- terior ...
... coast of Africa , one of the projecting points of the Sahara ; till the fifteenth century the south- ern limit of African navigation . The coast of the Sahara from Cape Blanco to this cape and a considerable portion of the in- terior ...
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... coast territory , covering about 29,000 square miles , with a population of 22,000 . The total pop . is 1,192,162 . An unascer tained proportion of the inhabitants belong to aboriginal races ( the Aymaras and the Qui- chuas 35.
... coast territory , covering about 29,000 square miles , with a population of 22,000 . The total pop . is 1,192,162 . An unascer tained proportion of the inhabitants belong to aboriginal races ( the Aymaras and the Qui- chuas 35.
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... coast of India , and capital of the presidency of the same name , stands at the southern extremity of the island of Bombay , and is divided into two portions , one known as the Fort , and for- merly surrounded with fortifications , on a ...
... coast of India , and capital of the presidency of the same name , stands at the southern extremity of the island of Bombay , and is divided into two portions , one known as the Fort , and for- merly surrounded with fortifications , on a ...
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Σελίδα 480 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Σελίδα 159 - It is difficult to comprehend how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near to the truth. * * * Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal...
Σελίδα 480 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Σελίδα 119 - that the crown is, by common law and constitutional custom, hereditary; and this in a manner peculiar to itself; but that the right of inheritance may, from time to time, be changed or limited by act of parliament; under which limitations the crown still continues hereditary (2).
Σελίδα 119 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
Σελίδα 137 - Dating his first call from 1790, he announced himself, in 1793, the apostle of a new religion, "the nephew of the Almighty, and prince of the Hebrews, appointed to lead them to the land of Canaan.
Σελίδα 107 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments; as...
Σελίδα 70 - Stainville, in the campaign of 1761, in Germany: After the peace, he entered the navy, and became one of the greatest naval officers in France. He persuaded the inhabitants of St. Malo to...
Σελίδα 358 - Hampden began his career of resistance to the king's arbitrary measures by refusing to pay ship-money, the right to levy which, without authority of parliament, he was determined to bring before a court of law. His cause was argued for twelve days in the Court of Exchequer ; and although he lost it by the decision of eight of the judges out of twelve, the discussion of the question produced a very powerful impression on the public mind. It was in Scotland, however, that formal warlike opposition...
Σελίδα 120 - Another capacity, in which the king is considered in domestic affairs, is as the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace of the kingdom. By the fountain of justice, the law does not mean the author or original, but only the distributor. Justice is not derived from the king, as from his free gift; but he is the steward of the public, to dispense it to whom it is due.