Encyclopædia 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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Pàgina 4
... consisting of common stuff for the soldiers , and of muslin or silk for the officers . The ends were disposed in a bow , or garnished with a tuft or a tassel , and hung not un- gracefully over the breast . This new article of dress was ...
... consisting of common stuff for the soldiers , and of muslin or silk for the officers . The ends were disposed in a bow , or garnished with a tuft or a tassel , and hung not un- gracefully over the breast . This new article of dress was ...
Pàgina 19
... consisting of a few Latin odes , and some sketches of scholastic reasoning , do not give us a very elevated idea of his talents ; and the origi- nal sources , from which our information is derived , are not of the most indubitable ...
... consisting of a few Latin odes , and some sketches of scholastic reasoning , do not give us a very elevated idea of his talents ; and the origi- nal sources , from which our information is derived , are not of the most indubitable ...
Pàgina 20
... consists of organized substances . While yet very soft , they are perfectly formed , with the ex- ception of the rudiments of the elytra and wings . These , in some species , are never developed . As the insect grows , the skin becomes ...
... consists of organized substances . While yet very soft , they are perfectly formed , with the ex- ception of the rudiments of the elytra and wings . These , in some species , are never developed . As the insect grows , the skin becomes ...
Pàgina 22
... consist in a deprivation of freedom , the confinement can only be prolonged . According to the scientific principles ... consists mainly in the degradation . Of this latter sort are , 1. such punishments as have for their object to work ...
... consist in a deprivation of freedom , the confinement can only be prolonged . According to the scientific principles ... consists mainly in the degradation . Of this latter sort are , 1. such punishments as have for their object to work ...
Pàgina 34
... consists in this , that the party accused remains merely passive , and waits for the charge to be proved . The consequence is , that the sentence must be pronounced from a view of probabilities , and depends , therefore , more on a ...
... consists in this , that the party accused remains merely passive , and waits for the charge to be proved . The consequence is , that the sentence must be pronounced from a view of probabilities , and depends , therefore , more on a ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 484 - Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 113 - History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster; the unfinished state of which he frequently laments.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.