The New International Encyclopaedia, Volume 11Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... northern part , while the south- ern consists of a low marsh , similar to the Ever- glades of Florida , covered with mangrove thickets and presenting a luxuriant wealth of native flora and fauna . The soil of the northern part is sandy ...
... northern part , while the south- ern consists of a low marsh , similar to the Ever- glades of Florida , covered with mangrove thickets and presenting a luxuriant wealth of native flora and fauna . The soil of the northern part is sandy ...
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... Northern Hemi- sphere and two in the Southern , called ' foci , ' at which the force is a maximum ; that is , at each of these points the force is greater than for any point in the immediate vicinity . ISOGAMY , 1 - sogʻå - mi ( from Gk ...
... Northern Hemi- sphere and two in the Southern , called ' foci , ' at which the force is a maximum ; that is , at each of these points the force is greater than for any point in the immediate vicinity . ISOGAMY , 1 - sogʻå - mi ( from Gk ...
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... Northern France also entered Italy at an early date . The jongleurs brought the chansons de geste into the north of Italy , and there , especially in the domain of Venice , great currency was given to the stories of Charlemagne , of his ...
... Northern France also entered Italy at an early date . The jongleurs brought the chansons de geste into the north of Italy , and there , especially in the domain of Venice , great currency was given to the stories of Charlemagne , of his ...
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... Northern Italy there flourished a didactic poetry written for the in- culcating of moral and religious teaching by clerics who stood in close relations with the peo- ple , and who had , moreover , the intention of counteracting the ...
... Northern Italy there flourished a didactic poetry written for the in- culcating of moral and religious teaching by clerics who stood in close relations with the peo- ple , and who had , moreover , the intention of counteracting the ...
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... northern nations , tended to suppress the national consciousness that had stirred so many writers of the preceding century . More stress is laid upon outer form than upon the nature of the subject - matter , and there prevails an ...
... northern nations , tended to suppress the national consciousness that had stirred so many writers of the preceding century . More stress is laid upon outer form than upon the nature of the subject - matter , and there prevails an ...
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Page 393 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 393 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 285 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 187 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible : And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father...
Page 260 - Resolved, That the convention deem it expedient at the present time not to choose between the individuals in nomination, but to leave the decision to their Republican fellowcitizens in the several States, trusting that before the election shall take place their opinions will become so concentrated as to secure the choice of a Vice-President by the Electoral College.
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Page 349 - that the whole Christian world hath not the like office as Justice of the Peace if duly executed.
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