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... battle of Nouaillé , near Chollet . Before the fatal battle he thus addressed his soldiers : If I retreat , kill me ; if I advance , follow me ; if I die , avenge me . " .. La Rochelle ( lä rō - shell ' ) , town of France ; capital of ...
... battle of Nouaillé , near Chollet . Before the fatal battle he thus addressed his soldiers : If I retreat , kill me ; if I advance , follow me ; if I die , avenge me . " .. La Rochelle ( lä rō - shell ' ) , town of France ; capital of ...
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... battle of Raab ; and the vic- tory of Wagram was chiefly due to his bringing up 100 cannon in the face of a terrible fire . He Maria Louisa , for which he was made count negotiated the marriage of Bonaparte with and ambassador to Russia ...
... battle of Raab ; and the vic- tory of Wagram was chiefly due to his bringing up 100 cannon in the face of a terrible fire . He Maria Louisa , for which he was made count negotiated the marriage of Bonaparte with and ambassador to Russia ...
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... battle of Alma and at the artillery attack on Sebastopol ; was made a brigadier general , 1854 ; became a general of ... battles of Vionville , Grave- lotte , and Noisseville . At the surrender of Metz he became a prisoner of war ...
... battle of Alma and at the artillery attack on Sebastopol ; was made a brigadier general , 1854 ; became a general of ... battles of Vionville , Grave- lotte , and Noisseville . At the surrender of Metz he became a prisoner of war ...
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... battle , which re- sulted in its virtual abandonment of the siege of Richmond . After the defeat of Pope at the second battle of Bull Run , August 29th and 30th , Lee entered on the invasion of Mary- land , which was baffled by ...
... battle , which re- sulted in its virtual abandonment of the siege of Richmond . After the defeat of Pope at the second battle of Bull Run , August 29th and 30th , Lee entered on the invasion of Mary- land , which was baffled by ...
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... battle of Bosworth , he preferred sleeping at the Blue Boar , a hostelry long since destroyed . In the Civil War Leices- ter held for the Parliament , was taken by the Royalists , and retaken by Fairfax . Its modern history presents few ...
... battle of Bosworth , he preferred sleeping at the Blue Boar , a hostelry long since destroyed . In the Civil War Leices- ter held for the Parliament , was taken by the Royalists , and retaken by Fairfax . Its modern history presents few ...
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Page 138 - No Freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or any otherwise destroyed; nor will we pass upon him, nor condemn him, but by lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land. We will sell to no man, we will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or Right.
Page 91 - THE LOGARITHM: of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, to produce the given number. The fixed number is called the base of the system.
Page 100 - The Lord's Prayer, for a succession of solemn thoughts, for fixing the attention upon a few great points, for suitableness to every condition, for sufficiency, for conciseness without obscurity, for the weight and real importance of its petitions, is without an equal or a rival.
Page 137 - Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, In Six Books : Together with several other Poems, composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, By James Macpherson.
Page 307 - We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Page 264 - ... that these coins do not differ from the standard fineness and weight by a greater quantity than is allowed by law, the trial shall be considered and reported as satisfactory...
Page 265 - I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me.
Page 91 - The logarithm of a quotient is equal to the logarithm of the dividend minus the logarithm of the divisor.
Page 259 - For convenience all minerals are referred to a scale of hardness of ten units, composed of common or well known minerals, which are as follows: (1) talc; (2) gypsum; (3) calcite; (4) fluorite; (5) apatite; (6) orthoclase; (7) quartz; (8) topaz; (9) sapphire; and (10) diamond.
Page 91 - The logarithm of the product of any number of factors is equal to the sum of the logarithms of the factors.