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not admit the right of nations as

In the Berlin decree there is an enumeration of real or pretended interpolations, on the part of Great Britain, in the law of nations; among which we discover these: "that England does not admit the right of nations as universally acknowledged by all civilized people; that she extends to ports not fortified, to harbors and mouths of rivers, the right of blockade, which, according to reason and the usage of civilized nations, is applicable only to strong or fortified ports.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

noted as the resort of numerous and

Lake Maracaibo has been long noted as the resort of numerous and valuable species of the finny tribe, in the capture of which the Indian fisherman finds ample occupation.
— from Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid

number among the readers of Notes and

As we doubt not we number among the readers of " Notes and Queries " many admirers of "Old Dan Chaucer, in whose gentle spright, The pure well-head of poetry did dwell," to them we appeal, that the monument which was erected by the affectionate respect of Nicholas Brigham, nearly three centuries ago, may not in our time be permitted to crumble into dust; reminding them, in Chaucer's own beautiful language, "That they are gentle who do gentle dedes."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

night at the rate of nearly a

It was no easy task to maintain a footing on the rounded roofs of those express cars as they were hurled on through the night at the rate of nearly a mile a minute; while to leap from one to another seemed almost suicidal.
— from Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy by Kirk Munroe

not against the reading of novels as

This prejudice is not against the reading of novels, as is proved by their general acceptance among us.
— from An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Anthony Trollope

nitric acid the radical of nitric acid

O. In nitric acid the radical of nitric acid is combined with hydroxyl, just as in nitrobenzene it is combined with the radical of benzene.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

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