The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary for General Knowledge, 14. kötetGeorge Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton and Company, 1883 |
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18. oldal
... side , and that unarmed merchant ships on both sides shall pursue their voyages unmo- lested . " Dr. Franklin procured the insertion of both these propositions in the treaty with Prussia . In the subsequent treaty of 1799 with that ...
... side , and that unarmed merchant ships on both sides shall pursue their voyages unmo- lested . " Dr. Franklin procured the insertion of both these propositions in the treaty with Prussia . In the subsequent treaty of 1799 with that ...
26. oldal
... sides led to a general confederation of the va- rious Hussite parties under his banner . With this considerable army ... side . PROCRUSTES ( Gr . IIpoкpoborns , the stretcher ) , the surname of Polypemon or Damastes , a legendary robber ...
... sides led to a general confederation of the va- rious Hussite parties under his banner . With this considerable army ... side . PROCRUSTES ( Gr . IIpoкpoborns , the stretcher ) , the surname of Polypemon or Damastes , a legendary robber ...
42. oldal
... sides of Provi- dence river , which is crossed by a draw bridge and four fixed span bridges . Above this , and within ... side a hill rises to the height of 204 ft . above tide water . the west it is level , with little elevation for a ...
... sides of Provi- dence river , which is crossed by a draw bridge and four fixed span bridges . Above this , and within ... side a hill rises to the height of 204 ft . above tide water . the west it is level , with little elevation for a ...
43. oldal
... side , is the finest of the kind in the United States . It extends from Westminster to Weybosset street , 225 ft . in length by 80 in width , a portion in the centre being about 50 ft . wider ; it is three stories high , has 78 shops ...
... side , is the finest of the kind in the United States . It extends from Westminster to Weybosset street , 225 ft . in length by 80 in width , a portion in the centre being about 50 ft . wider ; it is three stories high , has 78 shops ...
62. oldal
... sides of the body supported by the ribs . The form of the wings is also remarkable and unique ; in birds the fingers ... side . The P. brevirostris ( Cuv . ) had a shorter muzzle , the head resembling more that of a goose just hatched ...
... sides of the body supported by the ribs . The form of the wings is also remarkable and unique ; in birds the fingers ... side . The P. brevirostris ( Cuv . ) had a shorter muzzle , the head resembling more that of a goose just hatched ...
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349. oldal - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
354. oldal - A felonious taking of money or goods, to any value, from the person of another or in his presence, against his will, by violence or putting him in fear.
242. oldal - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
345. oldal - ... without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water itself, but a simple usufruct while it passes along. Aqua currit et debet currere ut currere solebat is the language of the law.
268. oldal - The present capacity of taking effect in possession, if the possession were to become vacant, and not the certainty that the possession will become vacant before the estate limited in remainder determines, universally distinguishes a vested remainder from one that is contingent.
352. oldal - It was conducted over pathless sierras buried in snow ; galleries were cut for leagues through the living rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung suspended in the air; precipices were scaled by stairways hewn out of the native bed; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid masonry ; in short, all the difficulties that beset a wild and mountainous region, and which might appall the most courageous engineer of modern times, were encountered and successfully overcome.
355. oldal - A hue, from huer, to shout, and cry, hutesium et clamor, is the old common law process of pursuing, with horn and with voice, all felons, and such as have dangerously wounded another.
268. oldal - A future interest is vested when there is a person in being who would have a right, defeasible or indefeasible, to the immediate possession of the property, upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent interest. 695. A future interest is contingent, whilst the person in whom, or the event upon which, it is limited to take effect remains uncertain.
101. oldal - Edmund Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as a spy lurking within our lines ; he has been tried as a spy, condemned as a spy, and shall be executed as a spy ; and the flag is ordered to depart immediately. " ISRAEL PUTNAM. " PS — He has, accordingly, been executed.
204. oldal - For instance: if the witness be of good fame; if she presently discovered the offence, and made search for the offender ; if the party accused fled for it : these and the like are concurring circumstances which give greater probability to her evidence.