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... origin , but it is allied to the Old German aha , Gothic ahva , identical with the Latin aqua , ' water . ' Ach or Aach is another form of the same word . Four streams of the name of Ach fall into the Lake of Constance . The word , in ...
... origin , but it is allied to the Old German aha , Gothic ahva , identical with the Latin aqua , ' water . ' Ach or Aach is another form of the same word . Four streams of the name of Ach fall into the Lake of Constance . The word , in ...
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... origin- ated with Napoleon , who passed a decree in 1807 for the erection of public abattoirs . works connected with this design were nearly com- The extensive pleted before the fall of the Empire ; but it was not till the close of 1818 ...
... origin- ated with Napoleon , who passed a decree in 1807 for the erection of public abattoirs . works connected with this design were nearly com- The extensive pleted before the fall of the Empire ; but it was not till the close of 1818 ...
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... origin to the calif Ali . This race acquired dominion in 1500 , and became extinct in 1736. Among them , Abbas I. , surnamed the Great , was the most eminent ruler . He came to the throne 1586 , and died 1628. His reign was marked by a ...
... origin to the calif Ali . This race acquired dominion in 1500 , and became extinct in 1736. Among them , Abbas I. , surnamed the Great , was the most eminent ruler . He came to the throne 1586 , and died 1628. His reign was marked by a ...
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... origin having been lost sight of , by substituting S for 2 , and then mistaking the Gr . H ( eta ) for Lat . II , a signification was subsequently found out for each letter . The symbol was still further altered by converting the ...
... origin having been lost sight of , by substituting S for 2 , and then mistaking the Gr . H ( eta ) for Lat . II , a signification was subsequently found out for each letter . The symbol was still further altered by converting the ...
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... origin and real sound had been lost sight of . ) Besides the generally current abbreviations given above , other short methods of statement are fre- quently employed in particular circumstances . In the present work , for instance , in ...
... origin and real sound had been lost sight of . ) Besides the generally current abbreviations given above , other short methods of statement are fre- quently employed in particular circumstances . In the present work , for instance , in ...
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Page 42 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page 15 - Attempts whatever, which shall be made against his Person, Crown, or Dignity; and I will do my utmost Endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies which may be formed against him or them...
Page 146 - Real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien, in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a natural-born British subject...
Page 15 - I do declare, that I do not believe, that the Pope of Rome or any other foreign Prince, Prelate, State or Potentate, hath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, directly, or indirectly, within this realm...
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Page 146 - Kingdom, with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a British subject unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect.
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Page 41 - Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.
Page 42 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal.
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