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... called Gulf of Lyons . The name is derived from lion , on account of the fierceness of the gales , at some seasons , in this gulf . The proper mode of writing it in French is Golfe du Lion . ( See Lyons , Gulf of . ) LION'S SHARE ; the ...
... called Gulf of Lyons . The name is derived from lion , on account of the fierceness of the gales , at some seasons , in this gulf . The proper mode of writing it in French is Golfe du Lion . ( See Lyons , Gulf of . ) LION'S SHARE ; the ...
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... called it , of barbarian descent . Their occupation was piracy . The mountaineers were robbers , constantly at war with their op- pressors . Missolonghi ( q . v . ) , the only strong - hold on the western coast , has been rendered ...
... called it , of barbarian descent . Their occupation was piracy . The mountaineers were robbers , constantly at war with their op- pressors . Missolonghi ( q . v . ) , the only strong - hold on the western coast , has been rendered ...
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... called to the house of peers as baron Hawkesbury . On the death of Pitt ( 1806 ) , the premiership was offered him , but declined ; and , after the short administration of Fox , his former office was again conferred on him , in the ...
... called to the house of peers as baron Hawkesbury . On the death of Pitt ( 1806 ) , the premiership was offered him , but declined ; and , after the short administration of Fox , his former office was again conferred on him , in the ...
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... called the funding system , as far as fixed funds are assigned for the perpetual pay- ment of the interest . These perpetual annuities , as they are called , had their origin in England , but have since been im- itated in Holland ...
... called the funding system , as far as fixed funds are assigned for the perpetual pay- ment of the interest . These perpetual annuities , as they are called , had their origin in England , but have since been im- itated in Holland ...
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... called msangen ; the sugar - cane grows to a great size ; palm - trees are abundant ; also potatoes and yams , and the finest fruits grow wild . Among the animals are tiger - cats , ounces , hyænas , hares , and antelopes . The country ...
... called msangen ; the sugar - cane grows to a great size ; palm - trees are abundant ; also potatoes and yams , and the finest fruits grow wild . Among the animals are tiger - cats , ounces , hyænas , hares , and antelopes . The country ...
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Page 368 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 333 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 487 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Page 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 309 - States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself...
Page 370 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 427 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 75 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Page 370 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
Page 345 - Arnold, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of BA in 1846.