Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volume 14Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1846 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... miles , and having the gulf of Manaar to the S. of it . A direct communication between this gulf and the ocean , on the N. of the bridge , can only take place by means of the channels which are situated between the islands and coasts ...
... miles , and having the gulf of Manaar to the S. of it . A direct communication between this gulf and the ocean , on the N. of the bridge , can only take place by means of the channels which are situated between the islands and coasts ...
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... miles which he continues to fill with reputation . across . What is most remarkable con- He is also one of the most active members cerning it is , that its surface is not less of the Royal Academy of Medicine ; one than 570 feet below ...
... miles which he continues to fill with reputation . across . What is most remarkable con- He is also one of the most active members cerning it is , that its surface is not less of the Royal Academy of Medicine ; one than 570 feet below ...
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... miles distant from the coast . By the draining of the neighbouring lands , the health of the place has been latterly much improved , and it has begun to revive . Its population is estimated to amount to 9000 . ADRIANOPLE . * The Russian ...
... miles distant from the coast . By the draining of the neighbouring lands , the health of the place has been latterly much improved , and it has begun to revive . Its population is estimated to amount to 9000 . ADRIANOPLE . * The Russian ...
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... miles above the level of the sea , which is considerably higher than the lof- tiest peak of the Andes .-- In an ... miles long ( including all its windings ) , a mile broad , and 30 feet high , appeared , for a short time , to bal- ance ...
... miles above the level of the sea , which is considerably higher than the lof- tiest peak of the Andes .-- In an ... miles long ( including all its windings ) , a mile broad , and 30 feet high , appeared , for a short time , to bal- ance ...
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... miles on the Niger higher up than Rabba . Concern- ing Ashantee , the latest information which has reached us is from a missionary of the name of Freeman , published in Burton's work on the Slave Trade , & c . Mr. F. visited Ashantee in ...
... miles on the Niger higher up than Rabba . Concern- ing Ashantee , the latest information which has reached us is from a missionary of the name of Freeman , published in Burton's work on the Slave Trade , & c . Mr. F. visited Ashantee in ...
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Page 219 - EVELINA; or, The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World. By Miss BURNEY (Madame D'Arolay).
Page 181 - China who may be guilty of any criminal act towards citizens of the United States, shall be arrested and punished by the Chinese authorities according to the laws of China: and citizens of the United States, who may commit any crime in China, shall be subject to be tried and punished only by the Consul, or other public functionary of the United States, thereto authorized according to the laws of the United States.
Page 56 - That the subjects of examination shall be one of the four Gospels or the Acts of the Apostles in the original Greek, Paley's Evidences of Christianity, one of the Greek and one of the Latin Classics.
Page 99 - Orientale;' but for correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination, it far surpasses all European imitations; and bears such marks of originality, that those who have visited the East will find some difficulty in believing it to be more than a translation. As an Eastern tale, even Rasselas must bow before it; his 'Happy Valley' will not bear a comparison with the 'Hall of Eblis.
Page 173 - De la nouvelle proposition relative au bannissement de Charles X et de sa famille, ou suite de mon dernier écrit : De la Restauration et de la Monarchie élective.
Page 275 - ... the buying of corn or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again in the same market, or within four miles of the place.
Page 513 - Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to become Rich : Wherein the several growths and products of these Countries are demonstrated to be a sufficient Fund for a flourishing Trade. Humbly submitted to the Legislative Authority of three Colonies. . . . Printed and sold by S. Keimer, in Philadelphia, MDCCXXV.
Page 582 - England," says Horace Binney, (art. Edward Tilghman, Encyclopedia Amerkana, vol. xiv.,) ''and by each of them men have succeeded in public estimation to an almost equal extent. One of them, which may be called the old way, is a methodical study of the general system of law, and of its grounds and reasons, beginning with the fundamental law of estates and tenures, and pursuing the derivative branches in logical...
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Page 259 - Carthage, sustained their deadly struggles upon its waters ; and until the discovery of the passage round the Cape of Good Hope, the commerce of the world passed through the ports of the Mediterranean.