The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 2George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1873 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... origin ; its import is still a mat- ter of question . The estimates of the area of Asia differ very considerably . That of Elisée Reclus gives the extent of the continents as follows , in square miles : Asia , 16,771,879 ; America ...
... origin ; its import is still a mat- ter of question . The estimates of the area of Asia differ very considerably . That of Elisée Reclus gives the extent of the continents as follows , in square miles : Asia , 16,771,879 ; America ...
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... origin . The flowers are notable for their brilliancy of color . The island of Ceylon , which may be regarded as the southern extremity of the Indian penin- sula , is the home of those species of laurel of which the bark constitutes ...
... origin . The flowers are notable for their brilliancy of color . The island of Ceylon , which may be regarded as the southern extremity of the Indian penin- sula , is the home of those species of laurel of which the bark constitutes ...
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... origin , while others derive it from the remains of ani- mals . It is also called bitumen , mineral pitch , and Jews ' pitch ( from Lacus Asphaltites ) . ( See BITUMEN . ) It is more bituminous than the coals , and when pure is of the ...
... origin , while others derive it from the remains of ani- mals . It is also called bitumen , mineral pitch , and Jews ' pitch ( from Lacus Asphaltites ) . ( See BITUMEN . ) It is more bituminous than the coals , and when pure is of the ...
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... origin . He is first mentioned in Genesis , in the history of Abraham , who , when he went down to Egypt on account of the famine in Palestine , found that Pharaoh was possessed of " sheep , and oxen , and he asses , and man servants ...
... origin . He is first mentioned in Genesis , in the history of Abraham , who , when he went down to Egypt on account of the famine in Palestine , found that Pharaoh was possessed of " sheep , and oxen , and he asses , and man servants ...
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... origin and reigns little is known , until the 17th century , when a formidable attempt was made by the Mogul emperors to attach it to their dominions . This was defeated ; but from that time the country became the prey of revolutions ...
... origin and reigns little is known , until the 17th century , when a formidable attempt was made by the Mogul emperors to attach it to their dominions . This was defeated ; but from that time the country became the prey of revolutions ...
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Page 281 - ... shall be received at par in all parts of the United States in payment of taxes, excises, public lands, and all other dues to the United States, except for duties on imports; and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to individuals, corporations, and associations within the United States, except interest on the public debt, and in redemption of the national currency.
Page 202 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Page 291 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the church...
Page 281 - And that one hundred and fifty millions of dollars of the entire amount of circulating notes authorized to be issued shall be apportioned to associations in the states, in the District of Columbia, and in the territories, according to representative population, and the remainder shall be apportioned by the Secretary of the Treasury among associations formed in the several states, in the District of Columbia, and in the territories, having due regard to the existing banking capital, resources, and...
Page 291 - Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it, or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated.
Page 442 - Permit me, sire, farther to observe, that whoever has already dared, or shall hereafter endeavour, by false insinuations and suggestions, to alienate your Majesty's affections from your loyal .subjects in general, and from the city of London in particular,' and to withdraw your confidence...
Page 424 - KARAMANIA; OR, A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SOUTH COAST OF ASIA MINOR. And of the Remains of Antiquity : with Maps, Plans, Views, &c.
Page 204 - Upon advised consideration of the charges," said he, "descending into my own conscience, and calling my memory to account so far as I am able, I do plainly and ingenuously confess that I am guilty of corruption, and do renounce all defence.
Page 291 - Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life: which sacrament is, by Christ's own appointment, to be continued in his Church until the end of the world.
Page 281 - ... of one per centum each half year upon the average amount of its deposits, and a duty of one quarter of one per centum each half year, as aforesaid, on the average amount of its capital stock beyond the amount invested in United States bonds...