The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Volume 6Dodd, Mead, 1890 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... treaty of Washington , which he was mainly instrumental in forming . FISH , NICHOLAS . See page 881 . FISH , NICHOLAS , 1758-1833 ; b . N. Y. , and educated at Princeton , N. J. He studied law , and served in the war of 1776 as aide ...
... treaty of Washington , which he was mainly instrumental in forming . FISH , NICHOLAS . See page 881 . FISH , NICHOLAS , 1758-1833 ; b . N. Y. , and educated at Princeton , N. J. He studied law , and served in the war of 1776 as aide ...
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... , through whom money was advanced on loan . A treaty was entered into in 1839 between her majesty and the late king of the French , and carried into effect by act of parliament , Fishes . concerning the F. in the seas between the 9.
... , through whom money was advanced on loan . A treaty was entered into in 1839 between her majesty and the late king of the French , and carried into effect by act of parliament , Fishes . concerning the F. in the seas between the 9.
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... treaty was concluded regulating , inter alia , the com- mon rights of fishery between the British colonies in North America and the United States . The Halifax F. commission constituted under the treaty of Washington ( 1871 ) gave in ...
... treaty was concluded regulating , inter alia , the com- mon rights of fishery between the British colonies in North America and the United States . The Halifax F. commission constituted under the treaty of Washington ( 1871 ) gave in ...
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... treaty of Ghent the English commissioners took the position that the war ( of 1812 ) had destroyed the treaty of 1783. The American representatives directly opposed this , and insisted that the rights of fishing guaranteed in the ...
... treaty of Ghent the English commissioners took the position that the war ( of 1812 ) had destroyed the treaty of 1783. The American representatives directly opposed this , and insisted that the rights of fishing guaranteed in the ...
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... treaty with the directory for a French invasion of Ireland , and to urge on with the utmost zeal the preparation for an Irish insurrection . But the scheme was betrayed , several of the leaders were arrested , as was F. , who d . in ...
... treaty with the directory for a French invasion of Ireland , and to urge on with the utmost zeal the preparation for an Irish insurrection . But the scheme was betrayed , several of the leaders were arrested , as was F. , who d . in ...
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Page 121 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 299 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 132 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, as the case may be, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 263 - Department, to continue during the present war of rebellion, and for one year thereafter, a bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, to which shall be committed, as hereinafter provided, the supervision and management of all abandoned lands, and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen...
Page 121 - It is inconceivable that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon and affect other matter without mutual contact, as it must be, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it.
Page 142 - Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home; being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke by a certain learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one Mr.
Page 299 - Joel ; and it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams ; and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
Page 244 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Page 10 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish...
Page 260 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.