The New Larned History for Ready Reference, Reading and Research: The Actual Words of the World's Best Historians, Biographers and Specialists: a Complete System of History for All Uses, Extending to All Countries and Subjects and Representing the Better and Newer Literature of History, Volume 6C.A. Nichols Publishing Company, 1923 - History |
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Page 4462
... possessed the property of causing distant objects to appear nearer to the observer . This telescope , made by himself , Lippershey had in his possession since October 1608. Galile , upon hearing the confirmation of the rumor set himself ...
... possessed the property of causing distant objects to appear nearer to the observer . This telescope , made by himself , Lippershey had in his possession since October 1608. Galile , upon hearing the confirmation of the rumor set himself ...
Page 4496
... possession of the Venetians , in the thirteenth century , and were held by them for nearly five hundred years ; suffered the ravages of the Turks , who were never able to get Corfu into their hands ( see TURKEY : 1714-1718 ) ; were ...
... possession of the Venetians , in the thirteenth century , and were held by them for nearly five hundred years ; suffered the ravages of the Turks , who were never able to get Corfu into their hands ( see TURKEY : 1714-1718 ) ; were ...
Page 4497
... possession of the United States , was of vast though ill - defined territorial extent . [ See LOUISIANA : 1798-1803 . ] ... March 26 , 1804 , Con- IOWA gress provided that Upper Louisiana , that part of the whole province north of the ...
... possession of the United States , was of vast though ill - defined territorial extent . [ See LOUISIANA : 1798-1803 . ] ... March 26 , 1804 , Con- IOWA gress provided that Upper Louisiana , that part of the whole province north of the ...
Page 4500
... possession at all hazards of all territory north of the Sullivan boundary line , and see to it that citi- zens of the United States were protected in their rights , and the laws faithfully and fully executed . To this end he called out ...
... possession at all hazards of all territory north of the Sullivan boundary line , and see to it that citi- zens of the United States were protected in their rights , and the laws faithfully and fully executed . To this end he called out ...
Page 4510
... possession of the east of the country . These Tuatha - da- Danaans are believed to have been large , blue- eyed people of Scandinavian origin , kinsmen and possibly ancestors of those Norsemen or ' Danes ' who in years to come were ...
... possession of the east of the country . These Tuatha - da- Danaans are believed to have been large , blue- eyed people of Scandinavian origin , kinsmen and possibly ancestors of those Norsemen or ' Danes ' who in years to come were ...
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Page 4455 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel : for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears...
Page 4586 - IRISHMEN AND IRISHWOMEN: In the Name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom.
Page 4617 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Page 4802 - The High Contracting Parties agree that neither of them will, without consulting the other, enter into separate arrangements with another Power to the prejudice of the interests above described.
Page 4826 - The Emperor, in consequence of an urgent necessity to maintain public safety or to avert public calamities, issues, when the Imperial Diet is not sitting, Imperial Ordinances in the place of law. Such Imperial Ordinances are to be laid before the Imperial Diet at its next session, and when the Diet does not approve the said Ordinances, the Government shall declare them to be invalid for the future.
Page 4586 - In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty: six times during the past three hundred years they have asserted it in arms. Standing on that fundamental right and again asserting it in arms in the face of the world, we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State...
Page 4827 - The opening, closing, prolongation of session and prorogation of the Imperial Diet shall be effected simultaneously for both Houses. In case the House of Representatives has been ordered to dissolve, the House of Peers shall at the same time be prorogued.
Page 4586 - We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.
Page 4828 - State shall be audited annually by a Board of Audit and submitted by the Cabinet to the Diet, together with the statement of audit, during the fiscal year immediately following the period covered.
Page 4826 - Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief.