Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 7; Volume 22D. Appleton & Company, 1883 |
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... four and four and one half feet in length , are much more shapely in their pro- portions than the bulls , and have handsome heads and eyes , and an expression of consider able intelligence . They resort to the islands for the purpose of ...
... four and four and one half feet in length , are much more shapely in their pro- portions than the bulls , and have handsome heads and eyes , and an expression of consider able intelligence . They resort to the islands for the purpose of ...
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... four hundred men come forth from the General As- sembly of the Established Church of Scot- land , leaving behind them their parsonages and their incomes , on a question which was al- most exactly the same as in the present case , an I ...
... four hundred men come forth from the General As- sembly of the Established Church of Scot- land , leaving behind them their parsonages and their incomes , on a question which was al- most exactly the same as in the present case , an I ...
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... four feet eight and a half inches — standard . St. Louis , Iron Mountain , and Southern Railroad ...... Little Rock , Mississippi River , and Texas Railway .. Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway .. Memphis and Little Rock Railway ...
... four feet eight and a half inches — standard . St. Louis , Iron Mountain , and Southern Railroad ...... Little Rock , Mississippi River , and Texas Railway .. Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway .. Memphis and Little Rock Railway ...
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... four in the northern hemisphere and four in the southern - were selected for the observations . Each party of observers con- sists of four members - a chief astronomer , a photographer , and an assistant to each . The stations and ...
... four in the northern hemisphere and four in the southern - were selected for the observations . Each party of observers con- sists of four members - a chief astronomer , a photographer , and an assistant to each . The stations and ...
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... four bodies . This hypothesis was provisionally accepted by several astronomers , who account- ed for the rapid shortening of the period by the comet's motion in perihelion through the corona , or the outermost strata of the solar at ...
... four bodies . This hypothesis was provisionally accepted by several astronomers , who account- ed for the rapid shortening of the period by the comet's motion in perihelion through the corona , or the outermost strata of the solar at ...
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Page 400 - ... and such notes herein authorized shall be receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against the United States of every kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest...
Page 134 - Let us believe that in the silence of the receding world he heard the great waves breaking on a farther shore, and felt already upon his wasted brow the breath of the eternal morning JAMES G.
Page 134 - What brilliant broken plans, what baffled high ambitions, what sundering of strong, warm, manhood's friendships, what bitter rending of sweet household ties! Behind him a proud, expectant nation; a great host of sustaining friends; a cherished and happy mother wearing the full, rich honors of her early toil and tears; the wife of his youth, whose whole life lay in his; the little boys not yet emerged from childhood's...
Page 129 - General Thomas, who promptly offered Garfield one of its divisions. He was extremely desirous to accept the position, but was embarrassed by the fact that he had, a year before, been elected to Congress, and the time when he must take his seat was drawing near. He preferred to remain in the military...
Page 78 - All property, except as hereinafter in this section provided, shall be assessed in the county, city, city and county, town, township, or district in which it is situated, in the manner prescribed by law.
Page 134 - He trod the wine-press alone. With unfaltering front he faced death. With unfailing tenderness he took leave of life. Above the demoniac hiss of the assassin's bullet he heard the voice of God. With simple resignation he bowed to the divine decree.
Page 346 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Page 454 - I. To bring within the folds of organization every department of productive industry, making knowledge a standpoint for action, and industrial, moral worth, not wealth, the true standard of individual and national greatness. "II. To secure to the toilers a proper share of the wealth...
Page 346 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Page 136 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.