The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, 1. köideGeorge Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1873 |
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... court of Pharaoh , and sub- sequently the first high priest . He was recre- ant to his trust in the absence of Moses upon Mount Sinai , and made the golden calf for the people to worship . He died on Mount Hor at the age of 123 years ...
... court of Pharaoh , and sub- sequently the first high priest . He was recre- ant to his trust in the absence of Moses upon Mount Sinai , and made the golden calf for the people to worship . He died on Mount Hor at the age of 123 years ...
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... court of the monarch , the public tribunals , the salon of the fashionable lady , the opera , the playhouse , and the café . An abbé was to be found in almost every wealthy family , either as the friend of the house or the private tutor ...
... court of the monarch , the public tribunals , the salon of the fashionable lady , the opera , the playhouse , and the café . An abbé was to be found in almost every wealthy family , either as the friend of the house or the private tutor ...
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... court was the theatre of incessant in- trigues , amid which the position of the sultan was scarcely more honorable or important than that of a nominally sovereign king in the East Indies . For several years he led a dissolute life , but ...
... court was the theatre of incessant in- trigues , amid which the position of the sultan was scarcely more honorable or important than that of a nominally sovereign king in the East Indies . For several years he led a dissolute life , but ...
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... court of the Alhambra , and , letting loose the fury of their hereditary enemies , had them butchered in cold blood . This tragical tale has been the foundation of many poetical produc- tions . The inexorable criticism of our century ...
... court of the Alhambra , and , letting loose the fury of their hereditary enemies , had them butchered in cold blood . This tragical tale has been the foundation of many poetical produc- tions . The inexorable criticism of our century ...
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... court in the reign of Queen Anne . He opposed the union of Scotland and England from his seat in parliament , and died in 1720 , aged 83. - GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON , 4th earl , born in Edinburgh , Jan. 28 , 1784 , died Dec. 14 , 1860. He ...
... court in the reign of Queen Anne . He opposed the union of Scotland and England from his seat in parliament , and died in 1720 , aged 83. - GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON , 4th earl , born in Edinburgh , Jan. 28 , 1784 , died Dec. 14 , 1860. He ...
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Page 200 - I believe, towards the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, sent out more living writers, in its proportion, than any other school.
Page 290 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 355 - Did we not know the contrary, we might be led to suppose that the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States had combinedly furnished the leading characteristics of this church of the north.
Page 325 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 312 - Real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description" may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a natural-born British subject...
Page 73 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
Page 105 - he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country.
Page 24 - For if a woman is quick with child, and by a potion or otherwise killeth it in her womb; or if any one beat her, whereby the child dieth in her body, and she is delivered of a dead child ; this, though not murder, was by the ancient law homicide or manslaughter (c).
Page 425 - A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is bestowed, from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed.
Page 427 - Case in the Chief Magistrate is this : in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquillity of the Commonwealth ; and which, if suffered to pass unimproved, it may never be possible afterwards to recall.