The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... Early Irish Church ' ; ' Admiral Coligny and the Rise of the Huguenots ' ; ' History of the Christian Church , etc .; and the Uncle Alick ' series of juvenile stories . Blackburn , England , a municipal , parlia- mentary , and county ...
... Early Irish Church ' ; ' Admiral Coligny and the Rise of the Huguenots ' ; ' History of the Christian Church , etc .; and the Uncle Alick ' series of juvenile stories . Blackburn , England , a municipal , parlia- mentary , and county ...
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... early as 1625 or 1626 , and died 26 May 1675 , on Blackstone River , a few miles north of Providence . On the arrival of Gov. Winthrop at Charlestown , in the summer of 1630 , it is stated in the records of that place that " Mr ...
... early as 1625 or 1626 , and died 26 May 1675 , on Blackstone River , a few miles north of Providence . On the arrival of Gov. Winthrop at Charlestown , in the summer of 1630 , it is stated in the records of that place that " Mr ...
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... early the most captivat- ing , magnetic , and brilliant of party leaders . With a prodigious and instant memory both for facts and faces , saturated with political history and the records of all prominent public men , with great charm ...
... early the most captivat- ing , magnetic , and brilliant of party leaders . With a prodigious and instant memory both for facts and faces , saturated with political history and the records of all prominent public men , with great charm ...
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... early life he was a merchant and banker ; subsequently becoming the individual owner of more miles of railroad property than any other man in the world . He acquired a very large fortune ; loaned the Federal gov- ernment more than ...
... early life he was a merchant and banker ; subsequently becoming the individual owner of more miles of railroad property than any other man in the world . He acquired a very large fortune ; loaned the Federal gov- ernment more than ...
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... early day in the construction of railroads and locomotives , and in boats contrived to ascend rapid rivers . He also invented a machine for cutting and fold- ing envelopes , a steam wagon , and a process for bending heavy timbers ...
... early day in the construction of railroads and locomotives , and in boats contrived to ascend rapid rivers . He also invented a machine for cutting and fold- ing envelopes , a steam wagon , and a process for bending heavy timbers ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
Page 130 - Authority of Holy Scripture (1891); The Bible, the Church, and the Reason (1892); The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch (1893); The Messiah of the Gospels...
Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...