The New International Encyclopæeia, Volume 11Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby Dodd, Mead, 1909 |
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... appointed by the King , and may or may not be members of Parliament . Whether members or not , they are entitled to seats in either Chamber , but may vote only in the Chamber of which they are members . In Parliament , the Ministers ...
... appointed by the King , and may or may not be members of Parliament . Whether members or not , they are entitled to seats in either Chamber , but may vote only in the Chamber of which they are members . In Parliament , the Ministers ...
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... appointed by the King , and under the control of the Minister of the Interior . He is therefore the agent of the central Government , and in this as in other respects corresponds to his French prototype . He is charged with the ...
... appointed by the King , and under the control of the Minister of the Interior . He is therefore the agent of the central Government , and in this as in other respects corresponds to his French prototype . He is charged with the ...
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... appointed by the executive . The water - works are owned and operated by the municipality . Jackson was set- tled in 1829 , but it did not develop rapidly until after railroad communication was opened by the Michigan Central in 1841. It ...
... appointed by the executive . The water - works are owned and operated by the municipality . Jackson was set- tled in 1829 , but it did not develop rapidly until after railroad communication was opened by the Michigan Central in 1841. It ...
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... appointed public prosecutor in the region now forming the State of Tennessee . It was a new and wild country , and in the prosecu- tion of his duties Jackson needed chiefly force and persistence , qualities which gained him strong ...
... appointed public prosecutor in the region now forming the State of Tennessee . It was a new and wild country , and in the prosecu- tion of his duties Jackson needed chiefly force and persistence , qualities which gained him strong ...
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... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the Southern Division , and Congress voted thanks for his services . His next active work was in the war against the Seminoles in Florida , in the course of which occurred an- other of his acts ...
... appointed com- mander - in - chief of the Southern Division , and Congress voted thanks for his services . His next active work was in the war against the Seminoles in Florida , in the course of which occurred an- other of his acts ...
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Page 396 - 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 229 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 190 - 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; by whom all things were made...
Page 288 - 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 263 - 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.
Page 396 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise 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...
Page 351 - That no person who shall hereafter come to the possession of this crown shall go out of the dominions of England, Scotland or Ireland without consent of Parliament.
Page 277 - ... industrious. They have their noses cut off if they do wrong. They raise watermelons, pumpkins, and squashes of all kinds. Also three crops of corn in a year. One crop is gathered while another is springing from the ground." It was doubtless a matter of regret to Joliet that he was compelled to admit that the Mississippi emptied into the Gulf of Mexico, and not into the more desirable Gulf of California. But he had hopes to offer even in that direction. "It would have been very fortunate...
Page 322 - Justice. 2. The plaintiff shall, subject to the provisions of Order XX., and at such time and in such manner as therein prescribed, deliver to the defendant a statement of his claim, and of the relief or remedy to which he claims to be entitled.
Page 395 - Representatives by an overwhelming majority. That bill was based on the principle of excluding slavery from the new Territory. It was not taken up for consideration in the Senate and consequently failed to become a law. At the present session a new Nebraska bill has been reported by the Senate Committee...