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... Four periods may be dis- tinguished in the development of Latin litera- ture . The first period lasts from earliest times to 240 B.C. Only scanty remains of the litera- ture of this time have descended to us . Among These the Salian ...
... Four periods may be dis- tinguished in the development of Latin litera- ture . The first period lasts from earliest times to 240 B.C. Only scanty remains of the litera- ture of this time have descended to us . Among These the Salian ...
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... four characters to express the four syllables of music ; and was one of the earliest American musical composers . 66 Law , Edmund , 1703-87 ; English prelate and metaphysician ; b . near Cartmel , Lancashire ; became Archdeacon of ...
... four characters to express the four syllables of music ; and was one of the earliest American musical composers . 66 Law , Edmund , 1703-87 ; English prelate and metaphysician ; b . near Cartmel , Lancashire ; became Archdeacon of ...
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... four persons , in a space called a court . It is a modification of the old game of tennis , designed to allow a game resembling tennis to be played on any level piece of ground without any expensive arrangements . The court is marked ...
... four persons , in a space called a court . It is a modification of the old game of tennis , designed to allow a game resembling tennis to be played on any level piece of ground without any expensive arrangements . The court is marked ...
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... four were killed on the spot and nine wounded ; four others were killed while attempting to escape . When the British fired , Capt . Parker ordered his men to disperse ; a few of them returned the fire , wounding three British soldiers ...
... four were killed on the spot and nine wounded ; four others were killed while attempting to escape . When the British fired , Capt . Parker ordered his men to disperse ; a few of them returned the fire , wounding three British soldiers ...
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... four counties -Montserrado , Grand Basa , Sino , and Mary land . The constitution is modeled after that of the U. S. All men are born free and equal before the law . Elections are by ballot , and every male citizen possessing real ...
... four counties -Montserrado , Grand Basa , Sino , and Mary land . The constitution is modeled after that of the U. S. All men are born free and equal before the law . Elections are by ballot , and every male citizen possessing real ...
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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.