Library of World History: Containing a Record of the Human Race from the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art, Band 10Western Press Assoc., 1914 |
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... wounded and missing . On February 8 , 1881 , the British under General Colley again were defeated by the Boers under Joubert behind rock cover , on the Ingogo River ; the British los- ing one hundred and fifty killed and wounded . On ...
... wounded and missing . On February 8 , 1881 , the British under General Colley again were defeated by the Boers under Joubert behind rock cover , on the Ingogo River ; the British los- ing one hundred and fifty killed and wounded . On ...
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... wounded , and prisoners , the survivors fleeing headlong from the scene of action . The Boers , who fought under cover behind rocks and crags , lost about one hundred and thirty in killed and wounded . The Boer victory at Majuba Hill ...
... wounded , and prisoners , the survivors fleeing headlong from the scene of action . The Boers , who fought under cover behind rocks and crags , lost about one hundred and thirty in killed and wounded . The Boer victory at Majuba Hill ...
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... wounded ; among whom was General Sir William Penn Symons , who was mortally wounded , being shot through the stomach and dying several days afterward . A squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars who pursued the Boers in their flight after the ...
... wounded ; among whom was General Sir William Penn Symons , who was mortally wounded , being shot through the stomach and dying several days afterward . A squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars who pursued the Boers in their flight after the ...
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... wounded ; the Boer loss thirty - three killed and sixty wounded . General Yule's column evacuated Dundee and joined General White at Ladysmith , the movement being executed so admirably and with such secrecy that the Boers did not ...
... wounded ; the Boer loss thirty - three killed and sixty wounded . General Yule's column evacuated Dundee and joined General White at Ladysmith , the movement being executed so admirably and with such secrecy that the Boers did not ...
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... wounded . Bombard- ment and Invest- Lady- smith . In the meantime the Boers pressed the siege of Ladysmith with vigor and fiercely bombarded the city daily . Great heroism was manifested ment of by the gunners on both sides . The ...
... wounded . Bombard- ment and Invest- Lady- smith . In the meantime the Boers pressed the siege of Ladysmith with vigor and fiercely bombarded the city daily . Great heroism was manifested ment of by the gunners on both sides . The ...
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Seite 4799 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Seite 4784 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Seite 4804 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which the}' were procured ? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens ? To the efficacy and permanency of your Union, a Government for the whole is indispensable.
Seite 4791 - Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-Président; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-Président of the United States.
Seite 4795 - States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
Seite 4805 - It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution, in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another.
Seite 4767 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Seite 4799 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Seite 4800 - The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the Executive Government of the United States, being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially...
Seite 4765 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalised orinade a denizen, except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the Privy Council, or a Member of either House of Parliament...