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... means something done to the neck . probable that , with the simplicity of ancient times , the sovereign originally embraced the hero whom he intended to dignify . This familiar expression of regard appears to have been exchanged for the ...
... means something done to the neck . probable that , with the simplicity of ancient times , the sovereign originally embraced the hero whom he intended to dignify . This familiar expression of regard appears to have been exchanged for the ...
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... most of the metallic oxyds and earths , by which means those compounds are formed which are called neutral , or secondary salts . Though every acid does not possess all these properties , yet they all possess a sufficient number 14 ACI.
... most of the metallic oxyds and earths , by which means those compounds are formed which are called neutral , or secondary salts . Though every acid does not possess all these properties , yet they all possess a sufficient number 14 ACI.
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... means of the air ; but water is a good conductor of sound ; so also are timber and flannel . A bell rung under water returns a tone as distinct as if rung in the air . Stop one ear with the finger , and press the other to one end of a ...
... means of the air ; but water is a good conductor of sound ; so also are timber and flannel . A bell rung under water returns a tone as distinct as if rung in the air . Stop one ear with the finger , and press the other to one end of a ...
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... means of which , for want of accurate instruments , and other observa- tions , they might regulate the length of their year . ACROSTIC , a poem , the lines of which are so contrived , that the first letters of each , taken toge- ther ...
... means of which , for want of accurate instruments , and other observa- tions , they might regulate the length of their year . ACROSTIC , a poem , the lines of which are so contrived , that the first letters of each , taken toge- ther ...
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... means the expence is lessened ; and 2d . The ship itself is responsible to the admiralty , and not to the owners . A third province of the court of ad- miralty relates to the law of nations . It belongs to this court to decide whether a ...
... means the expence is lessened ; and 2d . The ship itself is responsible to the admiralty , and not to the owners . A third province of the court of ad- miralty relates to the law of nations . It belongs to this court to decide whether a ...
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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...