Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 4Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... ancient costume ( if the word may be thus employed ) peers are some- times still created by titles which convey the idea of local rights to which they have in reality no pretension ; but though this is a mere form , the rank they gain ...
... ancient costume ( if the word may be thus employed ) peers are some- times still created by titles which convey the idea of local rights to which they have in reality no pretension ; but though this is a mere form , the rank they gain ...
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... ancient silver coin , which was the only coin current among our Saxon ancestors . It was with them equal to theth part of a pound . In Etheldred's time the penny was the 20th part of an ounce troy , hence the denomination penny- weight ...
... ancient silver coin , which was the only coin current among our Saxon ancestors . It was with them equal to theth part of a pound . In Etheldred's time the penny was the 20th part of an ounce troy , hence the denomination penny- weight ...
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... ancient poetry , a kind of verse consisting of five feet or metres , whence its name . The two first feet may be either dactyls or spon- dees ; the third must be a spondee ; and the two last , anapests ; as in the following verse of ...
... ancient poetry , a kind of verse consisting of five feet or metres , whence its name . The two first feet may be either dactyls or spon- dees ; the third must be a spondee ; and the two last , anapests ; as in the following verse of ...
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... ancient , and was taught in Greece . At present , it flourishes under the name of the “ mechanical philosophy . ” PHILOSOPHY , Epicurean , the system of Epicurus . This teacher laid down , as the basis of his doctrine , that the supreme ...
... ancient , and was taught in Greece . At present , it flourishes under the name of the “ mechanical philosophy . ” PHILOSOPHY , Epicurean , the system of Epicurus . This teacher laid down , as the basis of his doctrine , that the supreme ...
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... ancient Corpuscular . In PHILOSOPHY , Platonic , a system of theology and morals , delivered by Plato about 850 years before Christ . Plato , it is said , laboured to re - establish natural religion , by opposing paganism . Athens , by ...
... ancient Corpuscular . In PHILOSOPHY , Platonic , a system of theology and morals , delivered by Plato about 850 years before Christ . Plato , it is said , laboured to re - establish natural religion , by opposing paganism . Athens , by ...
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Page 412 - Among these were reckoned the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the Epistles of the apostle Paul...
Page 157 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...
Page 213 - He is likewise to decide the elections of knights of the shire, (subject to the control of the house of commons,) of coroners, and of verderors ; to judge of the qualification of voters, and to return such as he shall determine to be duly elected.
Page 202 - ... A man on a journey far from home falls from his horse ; another, who is perhaps at work about the house sees him bleeding on the ground, commonly with a landscape of the place where the accident befalls him. Another seer, driving...
Page 214 - In the commencement of civil causes, he is to serve the writ, to arrest, and to take bail ; when the cause comes to trial, he must summon and return the jury ; when it is determined, he must see the judgment of the court carried into execution. In criminal matters, he also arrests and imprisons, he returns the jury, he has the custody of the delinquent, and he executes the sentence of the court, though it extend to death itself.
Page 95 - In calm weather when the air is inclined to rain, the mercury is commonly low.
Page 118 - Hottoman to be a rescript, or answer of the sovereign, delivered, by advice of his council, to some college, order, or body of people, upon consulting him on some case of their community. The like answer, given to any particular person, is called simply rescript.
Page 70 - As soon as they are cold, they are distributed to children, who sit with anvils and hammers before them, which they work with their feet by means of a lathe, and taking up one of the lengths, they thrust the blunt end into a quantity of the heads...
Page 384 - God in a manner peculiar to himself; as the mean of spreading divine and saving knowledge to all the world of mankind ; as, under God, the head of all things to his church ; and, as the Lord of life, having power and authority from God to raise the dead, and judge the world at the last day. They suppose that...
Page 299 - It is very probable that the great stratum called the milky way, is that in which the sun is placed, though perhaps not in the very centre of its thickness.