Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Bazin and Ellsworth, 1859 |
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Page 25
... command . He spent every day two hours with the king , and revised his literary productions , when , as he him- self said , he never failed to praise the good , and quietly to strike out the bad . But this friendship continued hardly a ...
... command . He spent every day two hours with the king , and revised his literary productions , when , as he him- self said , he never failed to praise the good , and quietly to strike out the bad . But this friendship continued hardly a ...
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... command the best for the same labor is the best paid . In making the comparison , we may regard the money that each can earn ; but then we must go further , and inquire what the same weight of silver or gold will pur- chase in each of ...
... command the best for the same labor is the best paid . In making the comparison , we may regard the money that each can earn ; but then we must go further , and inquire what the same weight of silver or gold will pur- chase in each of ...
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... command , on the whole , more of the things for which he wishes to exchange it . During the same time , the laborer will re- ceive , for the same labor , a less quanti- ty and less proportion of the raw products : and yet , taking into ...
... command , on the whole , more of the things for which he wishes to exchange it . During the same time , the laborer will re- ceive , for the same labor , a less quanti- ty and less proportion of the raw products : and yet , taking into ...
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... undertake an expedition against the pacha of Bagdad , Jussuff Pacha , and his allies , the Wahabees . The pacha of Acre obeyed this command with equa activity and bravery , and conquered Bag- dad , the 4 * WAHABEES . 4i.
... undertake an expedition against the pacha of Bagdad , Jussuff Pacha , and his allies , the Wahabees . The pacha of Acre obeyed this command with equa activity and bravery , and conquered Bag- dad , the 4 * WAHABEES . 4i.
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... command only over a his particular followers . The Scottish army , under the steward of the kingdom , and Comyn , of Badenoch , waited the ap- proach of Edward at Falkirk ( q . v ) , where an engagement took place in the summer of 1298 ...
... command only over a his particular followers . The Scottish army , under the steward of the kingdom , and Comyn , of Badenoch , waited the ap- proach of Edward at Falkirk ( q . v ) , where an engagement took place in the summer of 1298 ...
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