Encyclopędia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1838 |
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Pągina 8
... character , disdained to flatter the great , and passed much of his life in a condition bordering on poverty . More fortunate circumstances might have given more amenity to his spirit ; but , neglected , as he imagined , by mankind , he ...
... character , disdained to flatter the great , and passed much of his life in a condition bordering on poverty . More fortunate circumstances might have given more amenity to his spirit ; but , neglected , as he imagined , by mankind , he ...
Pągina 19
... characters in his own play , " setting before the eyes of the spectators the overweening monarch , the peevish swain ... character . It appears , from the usual account , that , at 20 years of age , he was acquainted with all sciences ...
... characters in his own play , " setting before the eyes of the spectators the overweening monarch , the peevish swain ... character . It appears , from the usual account , that , at 20 years of age , he was acquainted with all sciences ...
Pągina 21
... character of his class , to be found in French history . CRIME . [ The present article is from the German , and , of course , was written by a European lawyer , and has reference to 22 the jurisprudence of the European conti- neut . ]
... character of his class , to be found in French history . CRIME . [ The present article is from the German , and , of course , was written by a European lawyer , and has reference to 22 the jurisprudence of the European conti- neut . ]
Pągina 22
... character ; but , in some cases , the punishment consists mainly in the degradation . Of this latter sort are , 1. such punishments as have for their object to work complete degradation ; for instance , the breaking of the armorial ...
... character ; but , in some cases , the punishment consists mainly in the degradation . Of this latter sort are , 1. such punishments as have for their object to work complete degradation ; for instance , the breaking of the armorial ...
Pągina 26
... character than those which are punished in England out of the courts of assize and quarter ses- sion . For instance , in France , under the head of crimes punished by the correc- tional tribunals , there appear , under the title vols ...
... character than those which are punished in England out of the courts of assize and quarter ses- sion . For instance , in France , under the head of crimes punished by the correc- tional tribunals , there appear , under the title vols ...
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Passatges populars
Pągina 134 - 'arth's orbit has an inclination towards changes,' you say." " The changes in the seasons, sir, are owing to ' the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Pągina 260 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Pągina 484 - Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Pągina 362 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the object of his attention; the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Pągina 113 - History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster; the unfinished state of which he frequently laments.
Pągina 362 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Pągina 363 - Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Pągina 10 - Who although he be God and Man, yet he is not two but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person.
Pągina 326 - ... and cannot help himself by alleging that he was first struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity ; or that it was his intent only to vindicate his reputation ;(/) or that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm his adversary. (</) He has deliberately engaged in an act, highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, and he must at his peril abide the consequences...
Pągina 325 - ... that to this absurd custom, we must ascribe in some degree the extraordinary gentleness and complaisance of modern manners, and that respectful attention of one man to another, which, at present, render the social intercourses of life far more agreeable and decent, than among the most civilized nations of antiquity.