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10. oldal
... British , French and Russian fleets under Sir Edward Codrington , the British admiral , and brought about Greek independence . Pop . ( est . ) 3,000 . Consult Memoir of Sir Edward Codrington , ' by his daughter ( 1873 ) ; Baedeker , K ...
... British , French and Russian fleets under Sir Edward Codrington , the British admiral , and brought about Greek independence . Pop . ( est . ) 3,000 . Consult Memoir of Sir Edward Codrington , ' by his daughter ( 1873 ) ; Baedeker , K ...
15. oldal
... British Parliament in 1651 for the protection of British shipping and commerce . In relation to early American conditions the act provided that all colonial trade should be carried on in ships built and owned in England in the colonies ...
... British Parliament in 1651 for the protection of British shipping and commerce . In relation to early American conditions the act provided that all colonial trade should be carried on in ships built and owned in England in the colonies ...
18. oldal
... British Navy League , with sections in all the British colonies , has nearly as many members , and is a great power in Great Britain . The French Navy League , with a former Presi- dent of the republic as its president , has the support ...
... British Navy League , with sections in all the British colonies , has nearly as many members , and is a great power in Great Britain . The French Navy League , with a former Presi- dent of the republic as its president , has the support ...
64. oldal
... British colonies . Nelson's indomitable spirit in insisting upon enforcing the Naviga- tion Acts against all foreign nations brought him into conflict with his commander , Sir Rich- ard Hughes , and made him unpopular in com- mercial ...
... British colonies . Nelson's indomitable spirit in insisting upon enforcing the Naviga- tion Acts against all foreign nations brought him into conflict with his commander , Sir Rich- ard Hughes , and made him unpopular in com- mercial ...
65. oldal
... British squadron off Cape Trafalgar . Then occurred the famous battle of Trafalgar , as desperate an engage- ment as ever took place upon the high seas . The engagement ended in a glorious victory for the British , but it cost them the ...
... British squadron off Cape Trafalgar . Then occurred the famous battle of Trafalgar , as desperate an engage- ment as ever took place upon the high seas . The engagement ended in a glorious victory for the British , but it cost them the ...
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384. oldal - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
163. oldal - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
272. oldal - But it shall be allowed to the Subjects of France, to catch fish and to dry them on land, in that part only, and in no other besides that, of the said Island of Newfoundland, which stretches from the place called Cape Bonavista, to the northern point of the said Island, and from thence running down by the western side, reaches as far as the place called Point Riche.
168. oldal - Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many be they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be they that find it.
275. oldal - Secondly, I was confident in the truth of a certain definite religious teaching, based upon this foundation of dogma, viz. that there was a visible Church, with sacraments and rites, which are the channels of invisible grace.
210. oldal - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
361. oldal - And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him : upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land ; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
313. oldal - Nicholas, that is a boy habited like a bishop in pontificalibus, went abroad in most parts of London, singing after the old fashion, and was received with many ignorant but well-disposed people into their houses, and had as much good cheer as ever was wont to be had before, at least in many places.
265. oldal - On the Secular Variations, and Mutual Relations of the Orbits of the Asteroids...
48. oldal - ... attempts at insurrection, — in 1800 under Gabriel in Virginia, in 1822 under Vesey in Carolina, and in 1831 again in Virginia under the terrible Nat Turner. In the Free States, on the other hand, a new and curious attempt at self-development was made. In Philadelphia and New York colorprescription led to a withdrawal of Negro communicants from white churches and the formation of a peculiar socio-religious institution among the Negroes known as the African Church, — an organization still living...