The United Service, 17. köideL.R. Hamersly & Company, 1897 |
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... base an intelligent judgment , I shall not attempt to impute blame to either the civil or military officials connected with this affair ; indeed , had I such information , I should have neither the dis- position nor the right to ...
... base an intelligent judgment , I shall not attempt to impute blame to either the civil or military officials connected with this affair ; indeed , had I such information , I should have neither the dis- position nor the right to ...
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... base of supplies that one day about five hundred of them came in , hungry and cross , asking for food . At the beginning of the council they were glum and moody , but not insolent . I received them kindly , but told them that I could ...
... base of supplies that one day about five hundred of them came in , hungry and cross , asking for food . At the beginning of the council they were glum and moody , but not insolent . I received them kindly , but told them that I could ...
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... base was the best counter - move he could make , and it was magnificently executed . But with fifteen thousand men more than Lee , why was it necessary to wait a month at the Chickahominy so patiently , and there be fully re ...
... base was the best counter - move he could make , and it was magnificently executed . But with fifteen thousand men more than Lee , why was it necessary to wait a month at the Chickahominy so patiently , and there be fully re ...
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... bases of other privileges than those of princes ; it has exterminated other prerogatives than those of blood ; it has suppressed other rights than those of birth . The revolutionary spirit is swelling beyond politics and parliaments ...
... bases of other privileges than those of princes ; it has exterminated other prerogatives than those of blood ; it has suppressed other rights than those of birth . The revolutionary spirit is swelling beyond politics and parliaments ...
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... base of all abstract numbers , and it becomes the base of any denomination of a compound number by simply naming the particular denomination to which it is applied . The other units , as units of time , may be separately considered , so ...
... base of all abstract numbers , and it becomes the base of any denomination of a compound number by simply naming the particular denomination to which it is applied . The other units , as units of time , may be separately considered , so ...
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1.-Having given 66 RULE Admiral Jouett American amount arms army attack base battle Blakeley Boston Buckner called Captain castle cent character Cheyennes Colonel command Commodore Conner Corestone court Cruz decimal deck denominator difference divide dividend divisor duty equal expressed Farragut fire force fraction French greatest common divisor guns hand Harold Herron honor hundred fathoms Indian James Edward Jouett Juan de Ulloa judge-advocate land least common multiple Lee-Metford legion Lieutenant matter McClellan ment Metacomet miles military Mobile Bay multiply Mutiny National Rifle Association naval navy never night North Atlantic Station officers passed percentage President Problem 2.-Having given quotient Rear-Admiral regiment rifle San Juan ship shooting shot side soldiers squadron steel subtract sword thousand tion troops United United States navy Vera Cruz vessel WALTER BAKER Washington whole numbers write York
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Page 83 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Page 83 - An unalterable determination to promote and cherish between the respective states that union and national honor so essentially necessary to their happiness and the future dignity of the American empire: To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers, this spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the society, toward those officers and their families who unfortunately...
Page 213 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator.
Page 83 - The Officers of The American Army, having generally been taken from the Citizens of America, possess high Veneration for the Character of that illustrious Roman Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus, and being resolved to follow his Example by returning to their Citizenship, they think they may with Propriety denominate themselves The Society of the Cincinnati.
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Page 63 - The enormous disproportion between the mean height of the land and the mean depth of the ocean, which would render it very difficult for new land to reach the surface till long after the total submergence of the sinking continent. (2) The wonderful uniformity of level over by far the greater part of the ocean floor, which indicates that it is not subject to the same disturbing agencies which...
Page 85 - I swear, on my honor, to devote myself to the service of the republic, to the preservation of the integrity of its territory, to the defence of its government, its laws, and the property by them consecrated ; to oppose, by every means which justice, reason and the laws authorize, all acts tending to reestablish the feudal system, or to revive the titles and distinctions belonging to it ; finally, to contribute, to the utmost of...
Page 216 - RULE. Multiply as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there are decimal places in both factors.
Page 25 - Resolved, By the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that our senators in Congress be...