Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volum 1Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 - 13 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... person , the duties of a soldier , though the convents under royal patronage were for a long time retained , to reward the ser- vices of the crown vassals in war , by con- tributions of money and peasants . The superiors of the military ...
... person , the duties of a soldier , though the convents under royal patronage were for a long time retained , to reward the ser- vices of the crown vassals in war , by con- tributions of money and peasants . The superiors of the military ...
Pàgina 12
... persons of color from the burden of legally proving their freedom , when brought into question , and to throw on the claimant of their persons the burden of le- gally proving his right to them : To pro- vide the means of religious ...
... persons of color from the burden of legally proving their freedom , when brought into question , and to throw on the claimant of their persons the burden of le- gally proving his right to them : To pro- vide the means of religious ...
Pàgina 18
... persons receiving them should not reside in that country for six months in the year ; power to grant leave of ab- sence ... person , who stands excommuni- cated , is released from that punishment . The formula of absolution in the Romish ...
... persons receiving them should not reside in that country for six months in the year ; power to grant leave of ab- sence ... person , who stands excommuni- cated , is released from that punishment . The formula of absolution in the Romish ...
Pàgina 27
... person guilty of an offence by connivance or participation , either before or after the act committed , as by ... persons 28 equally concerned in a felony . The name is ACCENT - ACCESSARY . 27.
... person guilty of an offence by connivance or participation , either before or after the act committed , as by ... persons 28 equally concerned in a felony . The name is ACCENT - ACCESSARY . 27.
Pàgina 28
... person who conferred the honor of knighthood . It is more probable that it consisted in an imitation of a blow on the neck , or on the cheek , signifying that this should be the last blow which the new - made knight should endure . The ...
... person who conferred the honor of knighthood . It is more probable that it consisted in an imitation of a blow on the neck , or on the cheek , signifying that this should be the last blow which the new - made knight should endure . The ...
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Pàgina 417 - Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers : now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents : but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Pàgina 502 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Pàgina 48 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Pàgina 171 - O prophet, I am the man: whosoever rises against thee, I will dash out his teeth, tear out his eyes, break his legs, rip up his belly. O prophet, I will be thy vizir over them.
Pàgina 49 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Pàgina 456 - The Unedited Antiquities of Attica, comprising the Architectural Remains of Eleusis, Rhamnus, Sunium and Thoricus, by the Society of Dilettanti;
Pàgina 73 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be...
Pàgina 52 - Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved...
Pàgina 207 - Amendments may be made so as totally to alter the nature of the proposition ; and it is a way of getting rid of a proposition, by making it bear a sense different from what was intended by the movers, so that they vote against it themselves.
Pàgina 328 - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.