The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 13Charles Knight, 1839 |
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... character almost superhuman which appear in poration Reports . ) The whole territory , with the exception the finest works of the Greeks , nor , in colour , the magic of a small feu , is the property of the Duke of Argyle , of ...
... character almost superhuman which appear in poration Reports . ) The whole territory , with the exception the finest works of the Greeks , nor , in colour , the magic of a small feu , is the property of the Duke of Argyle , of ...
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... character which we take this opportunity of suggesting , and of which any one moderately conversant with algebra will easily arrive at the demonstration . In finding the highest common divisor of two algebraical integral expressions ...
... character which we take this opportunity of suggesting , and of which any one moderately conversant with algebra will easily arrive at the demonstration . In finding the highest common divisor of two algebraical integral expressions ...
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... character , owing to numerous circular depressions or clefts , which give the whole an appearance of a number of rings ; and hence the term annulated . It consists of a central axis called meditul- lium , and an external portion ...
... character , owing to numerous circular depressions or clefts , which give the whole an appearance of a number of rings ; and hence the term annulated . It consists of a central axis called meditul- lium , and an external portion ...
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... character with those insurrections in which their ancestors had unfortu- nately been so often engaged . This rebellion , being likewise suppressed , led the way to the Act of Union , by which the parliament of Ireland , which had of ...
... character with those insurrections in which their ancestors had unfortu- nately been so often engaged . This rebellion , being likewise suppressed , led the way to the Act of Union , by which the parliament of Ireland , which had of ...
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... character by rising too suddenly to exaggeration and extremes , nor yet so closely veil itself but that the intention of ridicule may ap- pear through the assumed mask of earnestness and sim- plicity . Of English writers Swift contains ...
... character by rising too suddenly to exaggeration and extremes , nor yet so closely veil itself but that the intention of ridicule may ap- pear through the assumed mask of earnestness and sim- plicity . Of English writers Swift contains ...
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Page 102 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 162 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 250 - To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion or empire above any realm, nation, or city is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to His revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally it is the subversion of good order, of all equity and justice.
Page 281 - Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who lived about the time of Shakspeare...
Page 159 - I, AB, do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, upon the true faith of a Christian, that I will never exercise any power, authority, or influence which I may possess by virtue of the office of to injure or weaken the Protestant church as it is by law established in England, or to disturb the said church, or the bishops and clergy of the said church, in the possession of any rights or privileges to which such church, or the said bishops and clergy, are or may...
Page 134 - He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
Page 160 - Act, the person accused shall be allowed to make his full answer and defence, and to have all witnesses examined and cross-examined by counsel or attorney.
Page 77 - Justiciars of co-ordinate authority, one on the north and the other on the south of the...
Page 104 - Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame...
Page 228 - Length seven inches from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail. The Bill two inches from the commissure to the point, and the tail twenty-seven lines.