The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, 1. köideGeorge Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1873 |
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... especially to spread before the great mass of intelli- gent readers a faithful report of the opinions , systems , discoveries , events , actions , and characters that make up the history of the world . A popular method , however , has ...
... especially to spread before the great mass of intelli- gent readers a faithful report of the opinions , systems , discoveries , events , actions , and characters that make up the history of the world . A popular method , however , has ...
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... especially in the Cape Colony , where it is called aard - vark or earth pig . It was for- merly classed with the myrmecophaga , or ant- eaters . The aard - vark is more closely allied in anatomical structure and in its dental sys- tem ...
... especially in the Cape Colony , where it is called aard - vark or earth pig . It was for- merly classed with the myrmecophaga , or ant- eaters . The aard - vark is more closely allied in anatomical structure and in its dental sys- tem ...
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... especially emphasized by modern medical science , that the life of the future human being begins at the very instant of con- ception ; that not only therefore must the old criteria of criminality which depended upon quickening be ...
... especially emphasized by modern medical science , that the life of the future human being begins at the very instant of con- ception ; that not only therefore must the old criteria of criminality which depended upon quickening be ...
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... especially if animate , he is guilty of homicide . " The author of Fleta says : " Whoever shall have done vio- lence to a pregnant woman , or shall have given her drugs or blows so as to produce an abor- tion , or to prevent conception ...
... especially if animate , he is guilty of homicide . " The author of Fleta says : " Whoever shall have done vio- lence to a pregnant woman , or shall have given her drugs or blows so as to produce an abor- tion , or to prevent conception ...
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... especially distinguished for beauty . Instigated possibly by ambition , but ostensibly by the rape of his sister Tamar , he slew Amnon , his eldest half - brother , and subsequently raised a rebellion and obtained a momentary possession ...
... especially distinguished for beauty . Instigated possibly by ambition , but ostensibly by the rape of his sister Tamar , he slew Amnon , his eldest half - brother , and subsequently raised a rebellion and obtained a momentary possession ...
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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.