The Edinburgh Encyclopędia Conducted by David Brewster, with the Assistance of Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature, Volume 18J. and E. Parker, 1832 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Half a million has been conjectured as nearer the There are some beasts of prey , as the tiger and the reality . But certainly , from the barren nature of the country , and the thinness of its inhabitants , 26 THIBET .
Half a million has been conjectured as nearer the There are some beasts of prey , as the tiger and the reality . But certainly , from the barren nature of the country , and the thinness of its inhabitants , 26 THIBET .
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the country , and the thinness of its inhabitants , the in the open air , and allowed to be devoured by dogs number cannot exceed three millions , of which the and carnivorous birds . Sometimes it is cast into men form more than a half ...
the country , and the thinness of its inhabitants , the in the open air , and allowed to be devoured by dogs number cannot exceed three millions , of which the and carnivorous birds . Sometimes it is cast into men form more than a half ...
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They belong to the crown , and a few only the principality ; and when any of the other naare in operation , which yield annually a million of tions , who are merely tolerated , obtain this privi . quintals , of which 800,000 are ...
They belong to the crown , and a few only the principality ; and when any of the other naare in operation , which yield annually a million of tions , who are merely tolerated , obtain this privi . quintals , of which 800,000 are ...
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... the Catholic bishop , The revenues , amounting to nearly five millions which he bequeathed to the public , and which conof florins , arise from the contribution or imposts , tains many rare editions and manuscripts ; this yielding ...
... the Catholic bishop , The revenues , amounting to nearly five millions which he bequeathed to the public , and which conof florins , arise from the contribution or imposts , tains many rare editions and manuscripts ; this yielding ...
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... a testaceous worm , covtain twenty - three millions of inhabitants . ered with a cylindrical shell , which eats its way a * The Dutch factory was in this town . through the hardest wood , and has , on this 88 TUN TUN.
... a testaceous worm , covtain twenty - three millions of inhabitants . ered with a cylindrical shell , which eats its way a * The Dutch factory was in this town . through the hardest wood , and has , on this 88 TUN TUN.
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Page 329 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 341 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Page 329 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 328 - The United States hereby cede to His Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions to the Territories lying West and South of the above described Line; and, in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States, all his rights, claims, and pretensions to any Territories, East and North of the said Line, and, for himself, his heirs and successors, renounces all claim to the said Territories forever.
Page 331 - Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the...
Page 328 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 327 - River; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 West from I/ondon, and 23 from Washington ; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due North, to the River Arkansas...
Page 389 - We have suffered more from this cause," he says, " than from every other cause of calamity: it has killed more men, pervaded and corrupted the choicest interests of our country more, and done more injustice than even the arms and artifices of our enemies...
Page 323 - The southern boundary of the United States, which divides their territory from the Spanish colonies of East and West Florida, shall be designated by a line beginning on the River Mississippi, at the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of latitude north of the equator, which from thence shall be drawn due east to the middle of the River Apalachicola, or Catahouche, thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint; thence straight to the head of St.
Page 341 - States ; if the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; to fix the standard of weights and measures...
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| Title | The Edinburgh Encyclopędia Conducted by David Brewster, with the Assistance of Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature, Volume 18 The Edinburgh Encyclopędia Conducted by David Brewster, with the Assistance of Gentlemen Eminent in Science and Literature, David Brewster |
| Contributor | David Brewster |
| Publisher | J. and E. Parker, 1832 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2007 |
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