Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and London Edition of Chambers' Encyclopaedia, with Copious Additions by American Editors, Volumen4American Book Exchange, 1880 |
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... species were first known to naturalists , but existing species have also been discovered . These mollusks inhabit holes , which they excavate for themselves in rocks or in masses of coral , and the ordinary form of the bivalve shell is ...
... species were first known to naturalists , but existing species have also been discovered . These mollusks inhabit holes , which they excavate for themselves in rocks or in masses of coral , and the ordinary form of the bivalve shell is ...
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... species are pretty numerous , herbs or shrubs , generally with climbing stems , natives of very different climates , and much scattered over the world . They possess more or less active caustic properties . The long awns give the plants ...
... species are pretty numerous , herbs or shrubs , generally with climbing stems , natives of very different climates , and much scattered over the world . They possess more or less active caustic properties . The long awns give the plants ...
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... species of fern found , rarely , from Mas- sachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky , remarkable for climbing or twining around weeds and shrubs . The leaves are broadly palmate , and the fertile frondlets form a panicle upon the upper ...
... species of fern found , rarely , from Mas- sachusetts to Virginia and Kentucky , remarkable for climbing or twining around weeds and shrubs . The leaves are broadly palmate , and the fertile frondlets form a panicle upon the upper ...
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... species perhaps particularly so . - ALSIKE C. ( T. hybridum ) , a perennial , regarded as intermediate in appearance between the common red C. and the white C. , has of late attained a very high reputation . It was introduced into ...
... species perhaps particularly so . - ALSIKE C. ( T. hybridum ) , a perennial , regarded as intermediate in appearance between the common red C. and the white C. , has of late attained a very high reputation . It was introduced into ...
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... species of the genus naja , very venomous serpents of the family viperide , remarkable for the faculty of dilating the back and sides of the neck , which they do when angry or otherwise excited , and to which they owe their popular name ...
... species of the genus naja , very venomous serpents of the family viperide , remarkable for the faculty of dilating the back and sides of the neck , which they do when angry or otherwise excited , and to which they owe their popular name ...
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Página 273 - X. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. ARTICLE XI. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Página 272 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
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