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... ment of Napoleon III demanded of the King of Prussia , that he should forbid the candidature of the prince . The prince voluntarily retired from his candidature , but the French ambassa- dor offensively insisted that this renunciation ...
... ment of Napoleon III demanded of the King of Prussia , that he should forbid the candidature of the prince . The prince voluntarily retired from his candidature , but the French ambassa- dor offensively insisted that this renunciation ...
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... ment for physics , chemistry and biology . The libraries contain altogether about 48,000 vol- umes . The students in the college proper and the academy number 510 , and the faculty 27 . This account does not include the Theological ...
... ment for physics , chemistry and biology . The libraries contain altogether about 48,000 vol- umes . The students in the college proper and the academy number 510 , and the faculty 27 . This account does not include the Theological ...
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... ment to his memory near his tomb in 1842 . Ettmüller published an edition of his poems in 1843. They are bombastic and artificial in style . One of his works , the ' Cantica Canticorum , ' has appeared in English , FRAUNCES ' TAVERN ...
... ment to his memory near his tomb in 1842 . Ettmüller published an edition of his poems in 1843. They are bombastic and artificial in style . One of his works , the ' Cantica Canticorum , ' has appeared in English , FRAUNCES ' TAVERN ...
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... ment , ' Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia , 1862-63 ) ( 2 vols . , Rich- mond 1864 ) ; Conway , M. D. , ' Fredericksburg , First and Last ' ( in Magazine of American His- tory , Vol . XVII , pp . 185 and 449 ...
... ment , ' Reports of the Operations of the Army of Northern Virginia , 1862-63 ) ( 2 vols . , Rich- mond 1864 ) ; Conway , M. D. , ' Fredericksburg , First and Last ' ( in Magazine of American His- tory , Vol . XVII , pp . 185 and 449 ...
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... ment of harbor dues or charges for accommo- dation . Goods may be stored at free ports , and may then be either reshipped for export , or they may be admitted for home consumption on payment of the usual full customs of the country ...
... ment of harbor dues or charges for accommo- dation . Goods may be stored at free ports , and may then be either reshipped for export , or they may be admitted for home consumption on payment of the usual full customs of the country ...
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Page 27 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 23 - A fraternal beneficiary association is hereby declared to be a corporation, society or voluntary association, formed or organized and carried on for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries, and not for profit. Each association shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government...
Page 210 - ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Page 206 - For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.
Page 225 - Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people "to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 211 - May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
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Page 394 - Britain, the King of Italy, the President of the Swiss Confederation and the Emperor of Brazil.
Page 377 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state...