Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T.G. Bradford). |
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... military hero is rewarded with a grant of lands and a title of honor , to himself and his heirs ad in- finitum , a man of equal genius , who , by his labors , instructs and delights mankind , and sheds a lasting glory upon the country ...
... military hero is rewarded with a grant of lands and a title of honor , to himself and his heirs ad in- finitum , a man of equal genius , who , by his labors , instructs and delights mankind , and sheds a lasting glory upon the country ...
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... military officer and eminent writer on tactics , born in Wales , in 1729 , was the son of a clergyman , who instructed him in the mathematics and classical literature . At the age of 17 he went abroad , and he was present at the battle ...
... military officer and eminent writer on tactics , born in Wales , in 1729 , was the son of a clergyman , who instructed him in the mathematics and classical literature . At the age of 17 he went abroad , and he was present at the battle ...
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... military fame . In 1822 , the legislature of Massachusetts re- appointed him to the national senate . During another period of five years that he held his seat in that body , he added to his previous reputation by a constant application ...
... military fame . In 1822 , the legislature of Massachusetts re- appointed him to the national senate . During another period of five years that he held his seat in that body , he added to his previous reputation by a constant application ...
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... military service , and obtained his first promotion on the Rhine . Having serv- ed with distinction in Italy , where he was dangerously wounded , he was cre- ated , by the first consul , Bonaparte , general of brigade , and afterwards ...
... military service , and obtained his first promotion on the Rhine . Having serv- ed with distinction in Italy , where he was dangerously wounded , he was cre- ated , by the first consul , Bonaparte , general of brigade , and afterwards ...
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... military hospital at Moscow was intrusted to him ; but , in 1817 , he resigned this trust , though he continued to be active in the service of the hospitals . In 1818 , he was employed in instituting an anatomical theatre at Moscow , at ...
... military hospital at Moscow was intrusted to him ; but , in 1817 , he resigned this trust , though he continued to be active in the service of the hospitals . In 1818 , he was employed in instituting an anatomical theatre at Moscow , at ...
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Page 368 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 333 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 487 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Page 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 309 - States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself...
Page 370 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 427 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 75 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Page 370 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
Page 345 - Arnold, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of BA in 1846.