The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... received this name from the fact that the first ones seen by white men wore leggings blackened by traveling over the burnt prairie . They call themselves " plainsmen . " At the end of the first quarter of the 19th century they numbered ...
... received this name from the fact that the first ones seen by white men wore leggings blackened by traveling over the burnt prairie . They call themselves " plainsmen . " At the end of the first quarter of the 19th century they numbered ...
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... received the degree of M.D. in the United States : b . Bristol , England , 3 Feb. 1821. Elizabeth , a girl of 17 years at the time of her father's death , and one of the elder of nine children , opened a school , which she con- ducted ...
... received the degree of M.D. in the United States : b . Bristol , England , 3 Feb. 1821. Elizabeth , a girl of 17 years at the time of her father's death , and one of the elder of nine children , opened a school , which she con- ducted ...
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... received one of the city charges , that of Lady Yester's church , and in 1758 one of the charges of the High Church . In 1759 he commenced a course of lectures to students upon the principles of literary composition ; and in 1762 he was ...
... received one of the city charges , that of Lady Yester's church , and in 1758 one of the charges of the High Church . In 1759 he commenced a course of lectures to students upon the principles of literary composition ; and in 1762 he was ...
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... received an academical education , and , between 1855 and 1865 , practised law in Missouri , California , and Nevada , and was engaged for some time in min- ing . In 1865 he settled in Rolla , Mo. , and practised there till he removed ...
... received an academical education , and , between 1855 and 1865 , practised law in Missouri , California , and Nevada , and was engaged for some time in min- ing . In 1865 he settled in Rolla , Mo. , and practised there till he removed ...
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... received books of the Old and New Testament , he is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceed- ing five years ... receiving the raw material , the mechanism for elevating it to the top of the stack , with sufficient blowing engines ...
... received books of the Old and New Testament , he is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceed- ing five years ... receiving the raw material , the mechanism for elevating it to the top of the stack , with sufficient blowing engines ...
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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...