The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11Americana Company, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... various depart ments of municipal service , I was amazed to discover that practically there was none . I have in consequence been obliged to devote an inordinate amount of time to the work of securing this information and of arrang ...
... various depart ments of municipal service , I was amazed to discover that practically there was none . I have in consequence been obliged to devote an inordinate amount of time to the work of securing this information and of arrang ...
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... various times in his life he engaged in political controversies , and edited journals opposing Mr. Fox , the first Lord Hol- land , and Wilkes ' ' North Briton . ' His plays are his best performances , and some of them , including The ...
... various times in his life he engaged in political controversies , and edited journals opposing Mr. Fox , the first Lord Hol- land , and Wilkes ' ' North Briton . ' His plays are his best performances , and some of them , including The ...
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... various ways ; ac- cording to structure or according to their func- tion , or by their positions and situations in the body . For example , some muscles are attached to bones , which they move after the fashion of levers . Such muscles ...
... various ways ; ac- cording to structure or according to their func- tion , or by their positions and situations in the body . For example , some muscles are attached to bones , which they move after the fashion of levers . Such muscles ...
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... various problems connected with science , technology or art , but they are usually extended beyond this and become more or less general in their char- acter . This has been the case with the museums of Harvard and Yale universities and ...
... various problems connected with science , technology or art , but they are usually extended beyond this and become more or less general in their char- acter . This has been the case with the museums of Harvard and Yale universities and ...
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... various colors , but usually grayish or yellow- ish . The top somewhat resembles honeycomb , which makes them easily recognized . They delight in potash and are common where the land has been burned over or wood - ashes have been thrown ...
... various colors , but usually grayish or yellow- ish . The top somewhat resembles honeycomb , which makes them easily recognized . They delight in potash and are common where the land has been burned over or wood - ashes have been thrown ...
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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.