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In the story of Bel and the Dragon, the third of the apocryphal additions to Daniel, we have direct evidence of the late survival of the Dragon motif apart from any trace of the Creation myth; in this connexion see Charles, Apocrypha and Pseudopigrapha, Vol. I , p. 653 f. I, pp. 116 ff., lxviii f. The text is preserved on an Assyrian tablet made for the library of Ashur-bani-pal.
History can hardly boast of another example of so gigantic a conquest during so short a period as that gained by the first adherents of Islam. Like the fiery wind of the desert, they had broken from their retreats, animated by the promises of the Prophet, and spread the new doctrine far and wide. In 653 the scimitar of the Saracens enclosed an area as large as the Roman Empire under the Cæsars.
Of the deaths occasioned by the attacks of wild animals, 895 were caused by tigers, 278 by wolves, 207 by leopards, 356 by jackals, and 202 by alligators; 18,591 wild animals and 322,421 snakes were destroyed, for which the Government paid rewards amounting to 141,653 rupees. Some time ago, Mr.
Rushworth, vol. i. p. 654. Parl. Hist. vol. viii. p. 301. v Rushworth, vol. i. p. 653. v* Rushworth, vol. i. p. 659. v Parl. Hist. vol. viii. p. 326. Sir John Elliot framed a remonstrance against levying tonnage and poundage without consent of parliament, and offered it to the clerk to read. It was refused. He read it himself. The whole house was in an uproar.
Bourdeaux was sent over to England as minister; and all circumstances of respect were paid to the daring usurper, who had imbrued his hands in the blood of his sovereign, a prince so nearly related to the royal family of France. * Thurloe, vol. iii. p. 103, 619, 653.
The circulations belong largely to the weeklies, monthlies and dailies, the weeklies having 23,228,750, the monthlies 9,245,750, the dailies 6,653,250, leaving only 2,400,000 for all the others. The largest definitely ascertainable daily average circulation for one year, in this country, has been 222,745.
Column 3 shows that a force of 841, the part remaining after a force of 1,000 had annihilated a force of 500, would have 653 left after annihilating a second force of 500.
According to the books of the Custom House of San Francisco, the sums manifested for export were as follows: In 1849, $4,921,250; in 1850, $27,676,346; in 1851, $42,582,695; in 1852, $46,586,134; in 1853, $57,331,034; in 1854, $51,328,653; in 1855, $45,182,631; in 1856, $48,887,543; in 1857, $48,976,697; in 1858, $47,548,025; in 1859, $47,640,462; in 1860, $42,303,345; in 1861, $40,639,089; a total of $551,603,904 in twelve years.
His interest in educational and philanthropic work was very deep, and by his will he left bequests amounting to $1,195,000 to various charitable and religious institutions. The residue of the estate, amounting to $24,482,653, is left in equal shares to his widow and their son." In the defrauding of the United States Government however, Phelps, Dodge and Company were doing no uncommon thing.
Const. ii. 561, note. Writings of Washington, ix. 266, note. Elliot, Debates, iii. 161, 57, 63. Elliot, Debates, iii. 23, 52, 44, 156. Elliot, Debates, iii. 150, 462, 445-446. Elliot, Debates, iii. 149-150. Elliot, Debates, iii. 58-60. Bancroft, Hist. Const. ii. 459-460. Elliot, Debates, iii. 653. Elliot, Debates, iii. 652. Bancroft, Hist. Const. ii. 316-317. Rives, Life of Madison, ii. 610.
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