The Little Giant Cyclopedia and Treasury of Ready Reference: 1,000,001 Figures and FactsHistory Company, 1889 - 488 pages |
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... , To part with the profit Which you shall have of it . " -The Key to Unknown Knowledge . BOSTON , MASS .: GEO . M. SMITH & CO , 657 WASHINGTON ST . . " The era is fast approaching when no writer 2 • EDITION · · 1891 FOR.
... , To part with the profit Which you shall have of it . " -The Key to Unknown Knowledge . BOSTON , MASS .: GEO . M. SMITH & CO , 657 WASHINGTON ST . . " The era is fast approaching when no writer 2 • EDITION · · 1891 FOR.
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... Washington 154 155 Statistical Map of Wisconsin 158 Statistical Map of Wyoming 159 Map of Mexico 162 Map of Central America and the West Indies 163 CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS . THE WORLD'S HISTORY AT A GLANCE . From Abraham to Cyrus 193 From ...
... Washington 154 155 Statistical Map of Wisconsin 158 Statistical Map of Wyoming 159 Map of Mexico 162 Map of Central America and the West Indies 163 CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS . THE WORLD'S HISTORY AT A GLANCE . From Abraham to Cyrus 193 From ...
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... originated with Washington Irving , as a satire on the American love for gain . Envelopes were first used in 1839 . Telescopes were invented 9 This rule to all when I am dead : Gems of Knowledge-Handy Facts to Settle Arguments •
... originated with Washington Irving , as a satire on the American love for gain . Envelopes were first used in 1839 . Telescopes were invented 9 This rule to all when I am dead : Gems of Knowledge-Handy Facts to Settle Arguments •
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... national colors of the United States were not adopted by Congress until 1777. The flag was first used by Washington at Cambridge , January 1 , 1776 . Paris was known as Lutetia until 1184 , when the 13 GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE .
... national colors of the United States were not adopted by Congress until 1777. The flag was first used by Washington at Cambridge , January 1 , 1776 . Paris was known as Lutetia until 1184 , when the 13 GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... Washington monu- ment , being 555 feet . The highest structure of any kind is the Eiffel Tower , Paris , finished in 1889 and 989 feet high . It is claimed that crows , eagles , ravens and swans live to be 100 years old ; herons , 59 ...
... Washington monu- ment , being 555 feet . The highest structure of any kind is the Eiffel Tower , Paris , finished in 1889 and 989 feet high . It is claimed that crows , eagles , ravens and swans live to be 100 years old ; herons , 59 ...
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Page 425 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 202 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 291 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 425 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 274 - States, be considered as citizens thereof; and the children of persons who now are or have been citizens of the United States shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, be considered as citizens thereof...
Page 427 - SHALL I, wasting in despair, Die because a woman's fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care 'Cause another's rosy are? Be she fairer than the day, Or the flowery meads in May, If she think not well of me, What care I how fair she be?
Page 202 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 428 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 268 - Office, to any person who has invented or discovered any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter or any new and useful improvement thereof, not known or used by others in this country...
Page 147 - That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances. That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation.