The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 8Charles Knight, 1837 |
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... leaves are alter- nate , usually covered with asperities , and destitute of stipules . The calyx is inferior and five - toothed ; the corolla regular , with five stamens proceeding from the tube , and alternate with the segments . There ...
... leaves are alter- nate , usually covered with asperities , and destitute of stipules . The calyx is inferior and five - toothed ; the corolla regular , with five stamens proceeding from the tube , and alternate with the segments . There ...
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... leaves that forty members , eleven of whom have their seats de jure , grow next the root are nearly entire or gashed , and wedge- consisting of the six members of the last senate , of the four shaped ; the stem - leaves have a ...
... leaves that forty members , eleven of whom have their seats de jure , grow next the root are nearly entire or gashed , and wedge- consisting of the six members of the last senate , of the four shaped ; the stem - leaves have a ...
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... leaves are not dotted . The only plant that gives the order any interest is Coriaria myrtifolia , a shrub inhabiting the South of Europe , and employed by dyers for staining black . Its fruit is succulent and said to be poisonous ...
... leaves are not dotted . The only plant that gives the order any interest is Coriaria myrtifolia , a shrub inhabiting the South of Europe , and employed by dyers for staining black . Its fruit is succulent and said to be poisonous ...
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... leaves a considerable quantity of the pro- duce of that part of the kingdom for use in England . The greater part of Irish grain thus brought to other parts of the kingdom consists of oats ; the quantity of wheat is also considerable ...
... leaves a considerable quantity of the pro- duce of that part of the kingdom for use in England . The greater part of Irish grain thus brought to other parts of the kingdom consists of oats ; the quantity of wheat is also considerable ...
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... leaves . The leaves are ovate - lanceolate , acute , wavy , and of a dull greyish green . The fruit consists of oblong drupes of a red or oc- casionally a yellow colour ; they are excessively austere be- fore ripe , but eventually blet ...
... leaves . The leaves are ovate - lanceolate , acute , wavy , and of a dull greyish green . The fruit consists of oblong drupes of a red or oc- casionally a yellow colour ; they are excessively austere be- fore ripe , but eventually blet ...
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Page 42 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 42 - Will You to the utmost of Your Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? And will You maintain and preserve inviolably the Settlement of the United Church of England and Ireland, and the Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and Government thereof, as by Law established within England and Ireland, and the Territories thereunto belonging...
Page 42 - Will You solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respective Laws and Customs of the same ? King. I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 227 - Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth.
Page 170 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subjectmatter would...
Page 298 - Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Page 144 - Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed : for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture.
Page 170 - I knew not), very ordinarily appareled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hat-band ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side; his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Page 170 - I came one morning into the House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor : his linen was plain and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : his hat was without a hat-band, his stature...