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Page 40
... leaves and other parts of plants , supposed to convey air to the vegetable system , as the lungs do to the animal . AJUTAGE , or ADJUTAGE , in hydraulics , part of the apparatus of a jet d'eau , or artificial fountain ; being a kind of ...
... leaves and other parts of plants , supposed to convey air to the vegetable system , as the lungs do to the animal . AJUTAGE , or ADJUTAGE , in hydraulics , part of the apparatus of a jet d'eau , or artificial fountain ; being a kind of ...
Page 61
... leaves in the mouth a sweetness , ac- companied by an astringency so considerable as to cause a sensation of shuddering . There are two sorts of alum , the natural and the artificial . In a natural state , it is said to be met with in ...
... leaves in the mouth a sweetness , ac- companied by an astringency so considerable as to cause a sensation of shuddering . There are two sorts of alum , the natural and the artificial . In a natural state , it is said to be met with in ...
Page 65
... leaves , and other casual matters are liable to adhere . This curious production of nature is inflammable , and , when heated , yields a strong and bituminous odour . Its most extraordinary properties are those of attracting , after it ...
... leaves , and other casual matters are liable to adhere . This curious production of nature is inflammable , and , when heated , yields a strong and bituminous odour . Its most extraordinary properties are those of attracting , after it ...
Page 90
... leaves adhere , than any other flower of that kind . I attempted to pluck one of these flowers from the rock to which they are always fixed , but found , to my surprise , that I was unable to touch it . When my fingers were under water ...
... leaves adhere , than any other flower of that kind . I attempted to pluck one of these flowers from the rock to which they are always fixed , but found , to my surprise , that I was unable to touch it . When my fingers were under water ...
Page 91
... leaves , and , at length , re- displaying its mysterious bloom : whenever my band had nearly reached it , it constantly recoiled ; and the effect was the same if I used a cane or slender twig . These were strong characteristics of ...
... leaves , and , at length , re- displaying its mysterious bloom : whenever my band had nearly reached it , it constantly recoiled ; and the effect was the same if I used a cane or slender twig . These were strong characteristics of ...
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Page 162 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Page 107 - Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Esther, The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of...
Page 143 - Upon a simple and plain confession, the court hath nothing to do but to award judgment: but it is usually very backward in receiving and recording such confession, out of tenderness to the life of the subject, ; and will generally advise the prisoner to retract it, and plead to the indictment.
Page 243 - ... private nature, it is first necessary to prefer a petition, which must be presented by a member, and usually sets forth the grievance desired to be remedied. This petition (when founded on facts that may be in their nature disputed) is referred to a committee of members, who examine the matter alleged, and accordingly report it to the house ; and then (or otherwise upon the mere petition) leave is given to bring in the bill. In public matters the bill is brought in upon motion made to the house,...
Page 73 - AMPLITUDE, in astronomy, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the east or west point and the centre of the sun, or a planet, at its rising or setting; and so is either north and south, or ortive and occasive.
Page 87 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.
Page 380 - The asperity of national prejudice was softened ; and the community of religion and arms spread a similar colour and generous emulation over the face of Christendom. Abroad in enterprise and pilgrimage, at home in martial exercise, the warriors of every country were perpetually associated ; and impartial taste must prefer a Gothic tournament to the Olympic games of classic antiquity.
Page 321 - The fine light blues which appear so often on printed cottons, are produced by applying to the cloth, a block besmeared with a composition, consisting partly of wax, which covers all those parts of 'the cloth which are to remain white. The cloth is then dyed in a cold indigo vat; and after it is dry, the wax composition is removed by hot water.
Page 20 - I have so far enlarged upon this plan, as to take into it some circumstances found in the epistles, which contributed strength to the conclusion, though not strictly objects of comparison. It appeared also a part of the same plan, to...
Page 307 - Tenure in burgage is described by Glanvil (s), and is expressly said by Littleton (i), to be but tenure in socage : and it is where the king or other person is lord of an ancient borough, in which the tenements are held by a rent certain...