Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... bave not been regularly examined . They have also barbers of the short gown , who are such as are obliged to practise in an inferior way to those of the long robe . Gown is also taken in the general for civil magistra- ture , or the ...
... bave not been regularly examined . They have also barbers of the short gown , who are such as are obliged to practise in an inferior way to those of the long robe . Gown is also taken in the general for civil magistra- ture , or the ...
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... bave made only a threefold distinction of nouns : those which denote males are said to be of the masculine gender ; those which denote females , of the feminine ; and those which denote sub- stances that admit not of sex , are said to ...
... bave made only a threefold distinction of nouns : those which denote males are said to be of the masculine gender ; those which denote females , of the feminine ; and those which denote sub- stances that admit not of sex , are said to ...
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... bave been plan- ned and executed with the same bad success , under the auspices of a Danish company of merchants . Two ships returned from the western part of Greenland loaded with a kind of yellow sand , supposed to con- tain a large ...
... bave been plan- ned and executed with the same bad success , under the auspices of a Danish company of merchants . Two ships returned from the western part of Greenland loaded with a kind of yellow sand , supposed to con- tain a large ...
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... bave was clearing its debts gradually by its rich produce ; occupied , was at first frequented by turtle fishermen ; and the balance was on the point of being closed , who , in t'ie leisure afforded them by so easy an occuwhen the war ...
... bave was clearing its debts gradually by its rich produce ; occupied , was at first frequented by turtle fishermen ; and the balance was on the point of being closed , who , in t'ie leisure afforded them by so easy an occuwhen the war ...
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... bave not been cleared away . Indeed , the Europeans on which account he was deemed a sorcerer by the ige are forced to live in the most disagreeable situanorant multitude . It is worthy of observation , that tions , and fix their ...
... bave not been cleared away . Indeed , the Europeans on which account he was deemed a sorcerer by the ige are forced to live in the most disagreeable situanorant multitude . It is worthy of observation , that tions , and fix their ...
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Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable court death degree denote distance duke England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Henry honour horse inches Infusoria inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion Peloponnesus person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm
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Seite 74 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Seite 74 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Seite 78 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Seite 76 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Seite 214 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made : that the court upon a habeas corpus may examine into its validity ; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Seite 351 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Seite 380 - But, where each science lifts its modern type, Hist'ry her pot, divinity her pipe, While proud philosophy repines to show, Dishonest sight ! his breeches rent below ; Embrowned with native bronze, lo ! Henley stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Seite 73 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Seite 74 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Seite 213 - ... but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.