The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11Americana Company, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 10
... towns and increased urban wealth and power in the commercial world by leaps and bounds . At the dawn of this era , wherever there was any sort of representative govern- ment , the rural communities controlled it , for the towns were ...
... towns and increased urban wealth and power in the commercial world by leaps and bounds . At the dawn of this era , wherever there was any sort of representative govern- ment , the rural communities controlled it , for the towns were ...
Page 11
... town governments . Generally in the United States , especially in the smaller cities , poor - relief is granted by the county authorities , and subsidies to private in- stitutions are made by most of the large cities . In France ...
... town governments . Generally in the United States , especially in the smaller cities , poor - relief is granted by the county authorities , and subsidies to private in- stitutions are made by most of the large cities . In France ...
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... town into two unequal portions , connected by a handsome bridge . The city is surrounded by a brick wall , and is entered by three principal gates . The streets are generally broad , straight , and well paved . Among the public ...
... town into two unequal portions , connected by a handsome bridge . The city is surrounded by a brick wall , and is entered by three principal gates . The streets are generally broad , straight , and well paved . Among the public ...
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... town . The streets are broad and regular , the houses intermingled with trees and temples , and there are several fine modern public buildings , including the British Residency . The fort built in European style , and separated from the ...
... town . The streets are broad and regular , the houses intermingled with trees and temples , and there are several fine modern public buildings , including the British Residency . The fort built in European style , and separated from the ...
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... town southwest of Baby- lon ; possibly hoping by this movement to force Cyrus to divide the Persian host . His stepson , Belshazzar ( Bil - shar - uzur ) , familiar through the scriptural narrative in Daniel , and apparently co ...
... town southwest of Baby- lon ; possibly hoping by this movement to force Cyrus to divide the Persian host . His stepson , Belshazzar ( Bil - shar - uzur ) , familiar through the scriptural narrative in Daniel , and apparently co ...
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Page 36 - All naturalized citizens of the United States, while in foreign countries, are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born citizens.
Page 11 - Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or...
Page 36 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 41 - He became Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons.
Page 41 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Page 36 - States, may have become citizens of any one of the states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof...
Page 36 - ... Any alien, being under the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 22 - That the lands given and granted to the governors of the college of the province of New York in the city of New York in America...
Page 36 - States, be considered as citizens thereof ; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 36 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.