The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Latest Edition. A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideDay Otis Kellogg, Thomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith Werner, 1902 |
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... English plenipotentiary , Sir H. Pottinger , to dictate peace on his own terms , and on terms of perfect equality with the emperor . After the conclusion of the treaty of Nanking in August 1842 the British forces were withdrawn ; and ...
... English plenipotentiary , Sir H. Pottinger , to dictate peace on his own terms , and on terms of perfect equality with the emperor . After the conclusion of the treaty of Nanking in August 1842 the British forces were withdrawn ; and ...
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... English Royal Society . GOUR . See GAUR . GOURD , a name given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but ... English and American gardeners appear to belong to this species , or to hybrids between it and another valuable member ...
... English Royal Society . GOUR . See GAUR . GOURD , a name given to various plants of the order Cucurbitaceae , but ... English and American gardeners appear to belong to this species , or to hybrids between it and another valuable member ...
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... English poli- of the king kept pace with the aggregation of the English tics . The normal state of government in England is that tribes under one king . The conception that the land the cabinet of the day shall represent that which is ...
... English poli- of the king kept pace with the aggregation of the English tics . The normal state of government in England is that tribes under one king . The conception that the land the cabinet of the day shall represent that which is ...
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... English system , has been the most widely inner council of the empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United ...
... English system , has been the most widely inner council of the empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United ...
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... English custom makes the ministry dependent on the will of the House of Commons ; and , on the other hand , the ... English constitution is more democratic than the American , in the sense that the popular will can more speedily be ...
... English custom makes the ministry dependent on the will of the House of Commons ; and , on the other hand , the ... English constitution is more democratic than the American , in the sense that the popular will can more speedily be ...
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