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... published in twenty - nine volumes , T ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS , SCIENCES ,. THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA FIRST SECOND edition , published in three volumes , 1768-1771 . ten 93 39 THIRD " " " 9 eighteen 99 FOURTH ...
... published in twenty - nine volumes , T ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA A DICTIONARY OF ARTS , SCIENCES ,. THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA FIRST SECOND edition , published in three volumes , 1768-1771 . ten 93 39 THIRD " " " 9 eighteen 99 FOURTH ...
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... published , in 1531 , his most im portant work , the Chronica , Zeitbuch und Geschichtsbibel , largciy a compilation on the basis of the Nuremberg Chronicle ( 1493 ) , and in its treatment of social and religious questions connected ...
... published , in 1531 , his most im portant work , the Chronica , Zeitbuch und Geschichtsbibel , largciy a compilation on the basis of the Nuremberg Chronicle ( 1493 ) , and in its treatment of social and religious questions connected ...
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... published the first of his Almanacks , under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders . These " Poor Richard's Almanacks " were issued for the next twenty - five years with remarkable success , the annual sale averaging 10,000 copies , and far ...
... published the first of his Almanacks , under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders . These " Poor Richard's Almanacks " were issued for the next twenty - five years with remarkable success , the annual sale averaging 10,000 copies , and far ...
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... published the complete Autobiography with additions from Franklin's correspondence and other writings in 1868 ; a second edition ( 3 vols . , Philadelphia , 1888 ) was published under the title , The Life of Benjamin Franklin , Wrillen ...
... published the complete Autobiography with additions from Franklin's correspondence and other writings in 1868 ; a second edition ( 3 vols . , Philadelphia , 1888 ) was published under the title , The Life of Benjamin Franklin , Wrillen ...
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... published a Collected Edition of the Works of Bishop Berkeley with Annota- tions , & c . ( 1871 ; enlarged 1901 ) , a Biography of Berkeley ( 1881 ) , an Annotated Edition of Locke's Essay ( 1894 ) , the Philosophy of Theism ( 1896 ) ...
... published a Collected Edition of the Works of Bishop Berkeley with Annota- tions , & c . ( 1871 ; enlarged 1901 ) , a Biography of Berkeley ( 1881 ) , an Annotated Edition of Locke's Essay ( 1894 ) , the Philosophy of Theism ( 1896 ) ...
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Page 284 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
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Page 70 - To secure a larger combined influence for the churches of Christ in all matters affecting the moral and social condition of the people, so as to promote the application of the law of Christ in every relation of human life.
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