The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 3George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana Appleton, 1873 |
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Page 280 - Burton.— The History of Scotland, from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection (1689—1748).
Page 189 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 87 - Technology, for the purpose of instituting and maintaining a society of arts, a museum of arts, and a school of industrial science, and aiding generally, by suitable means, the advancement, development, and practical application of science in connection with arts, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce...
Page 267 - Progress have been innumerable, and it is said to have been translated into more languages than any other book except the Bible.] i.
Page 106 - I exempt, however, from these remarks, the distribution among the States of the proceeds of the public lands, and their application to pay the debts of the States, should the States choose so to apply the money.
Page 51 - Nineveh and its Palaces. The Discoveries of Botta and Layard applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ.
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Page 278 - We, of the jury, say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under the indictment by any evidence submitted to us.. We therefore find him not guilty.