Imperial Reference Library: Comprising a General Encylopædia ...Syndicate Publishing Company, 1898 |
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Side 94 - States, do hereby proclaim and declare, unconditionally and without reservation, to all and to every person who directly or indirectly participated in the late insurrection or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty for the offence of treason against the United States, or of adhering to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights, privileges, and immunities under the constitution and the laws which have been made in pursuance thereof...
Side 172 - A transfer or making over to another of the whole of any property, real or personal, in possession or in action, or of any estate or right therein.
Side 185 - Taking into the custody of the law the person or property of one already before the court, or of one whom it is sought to bring before It. A writ for the accomplishment of this purpose.
Side 69 - A. began to decline. Master of the greatest empire in the world, he became a slave to his own passions ; gave himself up to arrogance and dissipation ; showed himself ungrateful and cruel, and, in the arms of pleasure, shed the blood of his bravest generals. Hitherto sober and moderate, this hero, who strove to equal the gods, and called himself a god, sunk to the level of vulgar men. Persepolis, the wonder of the world, he burned in a fit of intoxication.
Side 69 - A. gave the letter to the physician, and at the same tune drank the potion which he had prepared for him. Scarcely was he restored to health, when he advanced towards the defiles of Cilicia, whither Darius had imprudently betaken himself, with an immense army, instead of awaiting his adversary on the plains of Assyria. The...
Side 113 - These sounds or beats, are given in pretty quick succession, and are repeated at uncertain intervals; and in old houses, where the insects are numerous, may be heard at almost every hour of the night, especially if the weather be warm.
Side 58 - Constantinople, when a child of 4 year.", for 1500 livres. The seller declared her to be a Circassian princess. She was of great beauty. The count took her with him to France, and gave her an education, in which nothing was neglected but the inculcation of virtuous principles. Her disposition was good, but her life immoral. She sacrificed her innocence to the solicitations of her benefactor. On the other hand, she resisted the splendid offers of the duke of Orleans. Of her numerous suitors, she favored...
Side 147 - According to our ideas of decorum," says a late scholar, " we should esteem the soul of A. a fitter residence for the licentious and malicious satyr, or, at least, we should call him, with Gothe, the spoiled child of the Graces" He made use of allegory in his attacks on the politicians of the day, as well as in scourging the vices and follies of his age In a political and moral view, he is a strong advocate for ancient discipline, manners, doctrines and art ; hence his sallies against Socrates, in...
Side 94 - That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Side 19 - ACCIDENTALS, in painting, are those fortuitous or chnnce effects, occurring from luminous rays falling on certain objects, by which they are brought into stronger light than they otherwise would be, and their shadows are consequently of greater intensity. This sort of effect is to be seen in almost every picture by Rembrandt, who used them to a very great extent. There are some fine instances of accidentals in...