The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... soon lost ; those in remote parts of the room struggled to reach the window , and a fearful tumult ensued , in which the weakest were trampled or pressed to death . They raved , exhausted on the floor , where suffocation put an fought ...
... soon lost ; those in remote parts of the room struggled to reach the window , and a fearful tumult ensued , in which the weakest were trampled or pressed to death . They raved , exhausted on the floor , where suffocation put an fought ...
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... soon followed by ' King Arthur . In 1700 he published a poem entitled a Satire on Wit , in which he assailed his literary contemporaries on the score of irreligion and grossness . The worthy man became the common butt of his day , being ...
... soon followed by ' King Arthur . In 1700 he published a poem entitled a Satire on Wit , in which he assailed his literary contemporaries on the score of irreligion and grossness . The worthy man became the common butt of his day , being ...
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... soon dissolved , he lost his election for the next , and immediately sought to advance the cause in a military capacity in the war which then broke out between the king and the Par- liament . He soon distinguished himself by his ...
... soon dissolved , he lost his election for the next , and immediately sought to advance the cause in a military capacity in the war which then broke out between the king and the Par- liament . He soon distinguished himself by his ...
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... soon where . He shortly after declared the marriage showed that he had placed his affections else- null , imprisoned the queen in the castle of Medina Sidonia , and is said to have gotten rid of her by poison . Blanche of Castile ...
... soon where . He shortly after declared the marriage showed that he had placed his affections else- null , imprisoned the queen in the castle of Medina Sidonia , and is said to have gotten rid of her by poison . Blanche of Castile ...
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... soon deserted to the patriots , and served with them till the end of the revolution . In 1828 he became a general , and in the same year , when Sucre fell , was made president of Bolivia , but was superseded in the revolution of 31 Dec ...
... soon deserted to the patriots , and served with them till the end of the revolution . In 1828 he became a general , and in the same year , when Sucre fell , was made president of Bolivia , but was superseded in the revolution of 31 Dec ...
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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...