Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed. of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 9Francis Lieber Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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... possessed a very energetic , persevering spirit , a vigor- ous mind , and extraordinary powers of application . In his unlimited devotion to the public business , he neglected his pri- vate affairs . He retired from office ex- tremely ...
... possessed a very energetic , persevering spirit , a vigor- ous mind , and extraordinary powers of application . In his unlimited devotion to the public business , he neglected his pri- vate affairs . He retired from office ex- tremely ...
Side 13
... possessed the favor of the monarch ; but the grace , beauty and wit of the lovely marchioness soon made an impression ... possession , remorse , and a growing attachment to Mme . de Mainte- non ( q . v . ) , finally overcame his passion ...
... possessed the favor of the monarch ; but the grace , beauty and wit of the lovely marchioness soon made an impression ... possession , remorse , and a growing attachment to Mme . de Mainte- non ( q . v . ) , finally overcame his passion ...
Side 15
... possession of it . It was recov- ered , after a long siege , in 1814 , and re- taken by the Brazilians in 1821. By the treaty of 1828 it became the capital of a republic of the same name . ( See Banda Oriental . ) MONTEZUMA ; emperor of ...
... possession of it . It was recov- ered , after a long siege , in 1814 , and re- taken by the Brazilians in 1821. By the treaty of 1828 it became the capital of a republic of the same name . ( See Banda Oriental . ) MONTEZUMA ; emperor of ...
Side 30
... possession of the kingdom of Grenada . Ferdinand the Catholic , after a ten years ' war ( 1491 ) , conquered this also , and thereby put an end to the dominion of the Moors in Spain , after it had lasted nearly 800 years . A part of the ...
... possession of the kingdom of Grenada . Ferdinand the Catholic , after a ten years ' war ( 1491 ) , conquered this also , and thereby put an end to the dominion of the Moors in Spain , after it had lasted nearly 800 years . A part of the ...
Side 38
... possession of by the Venetians , at the time of the decline of that empire . In the middle of the fif- teenth century , the Turks wrested almost the whole of the peninsula from the Vene- tian republic . Towards the end of the ...
... possession of by the Venetians , at the time of the decline of that empire . In the middle of the fif- teenth century , the Turks wrested almost the whole of the peninsula from the Vene- tian republic . Towards the end of the ...
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Side 239 - Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken for the glory of GOD, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of GOD and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Side 274 - Francis' tavern ; soon after which their beloved commander entered the room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Side 273 - Higansets, abutting upon .the main land between the two rivers, there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's river; together also with the said river called Hudson's river, and all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.
Side 412 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Side 230 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
Side 481 - ... tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile. But glory, honour, and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile : for there is no respect of persons with God.
Side 218 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Side 453 - Every man of an immense, crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take up arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child INDEPENDENCE was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood, and declared himself free.
Side 188 - Christ, as a living witness of the divine power of Christianity ; as a school of Christian experience ; a voice, sounding through the ages, of instruction, of doctrine, and of reproof, for all who are disposed to listen ; this, from the earliest period, has been the leading aim of my life and studies.
Side 29 - I was really astonished (I ought not to have been so) and mortified at the ineffable distance in point of sense, harmony, effect, and even imagination, passion, and invention, between the little Queen Anne's man and us of the Lower Empire.