Now the ultimate Law is that of production ex nihilo by the movement of the Spirit within itself, and all subordinate laws are merely the measurements of the relations which spontaneously arise between different things when they are brought into manifestation, arid therefore, if an entirely new thing is created it must necessarily establish entirely new relations and so produce entirely new laws.
— from The Doré Lectures Being Sunday addresses at the Doré Gallery, London, given in connection with the Higher Thought Centre by T. (Thomas) Troward
The house, which stands second from the Rue des Lombards, was so dark that except at certain seasons it was necessary to use lights in open day.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac
360 Nieuhoff tells us, Locusts in the East Indies are so destructive that the inhabitants are oftentimes obliged to change their habitations, for want of sustenance.
— from Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances. by Frank Cowan
In the year 2285 B.C., towards the close of the reign of Nurrammân, or in the earlier part of that of Siniddinam, a King of Elam, by name Kudur-nakhunta, triumphantly marched through Chaldæa from end to end, devastating the country and sparing neither town nor temple: Uruk lost its statue of Nana, which was carried off as a trophy and placed in the sanctuary of Susa.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero
7. The division rested near Tourcoing until late in September.
— from Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918) by United States. War Department. General Staff
The chair was filled by Peter Reichensperger, since noted for his Ultramontane zeal, and Herr Windhorst, now the Ultramontane leader in the Reichstag, was present, with even Dr. Jörg, of Bavaria, whose allusion, in the winter of 1874, to the attempt of Kullman on the life of Bismarck called forth a remarkable speech from that statesman.
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur
404 Indiana, Negroes took up land in, 8 ; attitude of Negroes of, toward African colonization, 300 Insurrections in Louisiana, 370 , 376 Irish, crowded out the Negroes of Cincinnati, 5 ; the Scotch-Irish in the West, 133 , 135 Iron first smelted by Negroes, 36 - 37 Jackson, George W., manager of Robert Gordon's estate, 22 Jacob, R. T., offered resolutions for mediatorial neutrality, 384 Jefferson County, Ohio, free Negroes of, 304 Jefferson, Thomas, influence of, on frontier, 138 Jenny, Dr., worked among Negroes, 355 Johnson, Anthony, a Negro owning slaves, 234 - 236 Johnson, Jerome A., remembered Judson Diggs, 247 Johnson, Rev. Mr., baptized Negroes at Stratford, 359 Jones, Absalom, letter of, --; mentioned by Dow, 274 ; opposed colonization, 277 Jones, David A., deposition of, 238 - 239 Jones, S. Wesley, letter of, quoted, 281 Kearsley, John, master of James Derham, 103 Kemps Landing, Negroes in battle of, 115 Kench, Thomas, wanted Negroes in separate regiments, 120 Kentucky, "Emancipating Baptists" of, 143 anti-slavery Presbyterians in, 143 neutrality of, 383 dangerous policy of, 385 Knight and Bell, Negro contractors in Cincinnati, 20 Kunst.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
It has already been stated that as far as the river Hawkesbury is navigable, the unimproved land is worth five pounds per acre, and improved land double this amount.
— from Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America by W. C. (William Charles) Wentworth
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