The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 14George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1862 |
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... river , and drained by a number of its tributa- ries , the principal of which are the Madawas- ka , the Bonne Chère , and the Petawauwe , all of which intersect the county ; area , 1,333 sq . m .; pop . in 1851 , 9,415 . Its surface is ...
... river , and drained by a number of its tributa- ries , the principal of which are the Madawas- ka , the Bonne Chère , and the Petawauwe , all of which intersect the county ; area , 1,333 sq . m .; pop . in 1851 , 9,415 . Its surface is ...
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... river , and drained by the Hoosick and Little Hoosick rivers , and Kinder- hook creek ; area , 690 sq . m .; pop . in 1860 , 86,325 . Its surface is rough and hilly , two ranges of mountains , Taghkanick and Peters- burg , traversing it ...
... river , and drained by the Hoosick and Little Hoosick rivers , and Kinder- hook creek ; area , 690 sq . m .; pop . in 1860 , 86,325 . Its surface is rough and hilly , two ranges of mountains , Taghkanick and Peters- burg , traversing it ...
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... river originates in the Lepontine Alps in 3 branches , the most western of which is con- sidered the principal source . It rises in two small lakes , situated on the E. side of a moun- tain of the St. Gothard group about 7,500 feet ...
... river originates in the Lepontine Alps in 3 branches , the most western of which is con- sidered the principal source . It rises in two small lakes , situated on the E. side of a moun- tain of the St. Gothard group about 7,500 feet ...
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... river . The Kromme Ryn runs N. W. to Utrecht , where it divides for the last time into the Vecht , which flows to the Zuyder Zee , and the Oude Ryn ( Old Rhine ) , which continues westward past Leyden . The mouth of the Oude Ryn was ...
... river . The Kromme Ryn runs N. W. to Utrecht , where it divides for the last time into the Vecht , which flows to the Zuyder Zee , and the Oude Ryn ( Old Rhine ) , which continues westward past Leyden . The mouth of the Oude Ryn was ...
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... river rises in Massachusetts , runs south , and flows into Providence river . At Pawtucket it has a fall of from 30 to 40 feet , below which it bears the name of Seekonk river . The Woonasquatucket and Mooshassuck discharge themselves ...
... river rises in Massachusetts , runs south , and flows into Providence river . At Pawtucket it has a fall of from 30 to 40 feet , below which it bears the name of Seekonk river . The Woonasquatucket and Mooshassuck discharge themselves ...
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The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 14 George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Visualização integral - 1862 |
The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 14 George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Visualização integral - 1862 |
The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General ..., Volume 14 George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Visualização integral - 1862 |
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 112 - 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.
Página 24 - 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.
Página 288 - sale" is a word of precise legal import, both at law and in equity. It means at all times a contract between parties to give and to pass rights of property for money, which the buyer pays or promises to pay to the seller for the thing bought and sold.
Página 214 - PAINTERS : Their Superiority in the ART of LANDSCAPE PAINTING to all the Ancient Masters, proved by examples of the True, the Beautiful, and the Intellectual, from the Works of Modern Artists, especially from those of JM Turner, Esq., RA By a GRADUATE of OXFORD.
Página 95 - ... 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.
Página 311 - It is not necessary, I conceive, that the distress should be actual or immediate, or that the danger should 'be imminent and absolute. It will be sufficient if, at the time the assistance is rendered, the vessel has encountered any damage or misfortune which might possibly expose her to destruction if the services were not rendered.
Página 93 - Mansfield, when he began to sum up the evidence, stated to the jury, that it was the unanimous opinion of the court, that an attempt, by intimidation and violence, to force the repeal of a law, was a levying war against the king ; and high treason.
Página 129 - In January, 1813, the news of the declaration of war by the United States against Great Britain, reached Astoria by persons who had been sent by Mr.
Página 40 - There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons.
Página 113 - ... 1793. He was graduated at the University of Edinburgh in 1741, and in 1743 was presented to the living of Gladsmuir. In the General Assembly he was a leading advocate of lay patronage. In 1757 he defended John Home, who was censured for writing the tragedy of " Douglas." In 1761 he was made a Dean of the Chapel Royal ; in 1762 Principal of the University of Edinburgh and minister of the Old Greyfriars.