Encyclopaedia 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, Volume 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1830 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 6
... sometimes rather smaller , is soon formed . This facility of re - produc- tion is found to extend throughout the crustaceous class . Fresh - water crawfish are regarded by many as furnishing a del- icate dish for the table , though ...
... sometimes rather smaller , is soon formed . This facility of re - produc- tion is found to extend throughout the crustaceous class . Fresh - water crawfish are regarded by many as furnishing a del- icate dish for the table , though ...
Page 8
... sometimes a happy one , of the manner struck out by Corneille . He was a man of a proud and independent character , disdained to flatter the great , and passed much of his life in a condition bordering on poverty . More fortunate ...
... sometimes a happy one , of the manner struck out by Corneille . He was a man of a proud and independent character , disdained to flatter the great , and passed much of his life in a condition bordering on poverty . More fortunate ...
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... sometimes seeming to be split , and termi- nating by a slight enlargement . The noise , for which all crickets are remarka- ble , and usually called chirping , is pro- duced by the friction of the bases of their elytra , or wing - cases ...
... sometimes seeming to be split , and termi- nating by a slight enlargement . The noise , for which all crickets are remarka- ble , and usually called chirping , is pro- duced by the friction of the bases of their elytra , or wing - cases ...
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... sometimes reduces persons to a state almost of fatuity , and exposes them to be imposed upon , and even se- duced to the commission of offences , under circumstances where they would be held no more liable to punishment than infants ...
... sometimes reduces persons to a state almost of fatuity , and exposes them to be imposed upon , and even se- duced to the commission of offences , under circumstances where they would be held no more liable to punishment than infants ...
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... sometimes lawful , by the common law , to kill a housebreaker found in your house . But a mistake , or ignorance of law will not justify an act of the like nature . If a per- son supposes he has a right to kill a tres- passer or outlaw ...
... sometimes lawful , by the common law , to kill a housebreaker found in your house . But a mistake , or ignorance of law will not justify an act of the like nature . If a per- son supposes he has a right to kill a tres- passer or outlaw ...
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