Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: Second SupplementKnight & Company, 1858 - 286 oldal |
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... whole jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in the grant and withdrawal of administrations , and the superintendence of administrators , has been transferred to the Court of Pro- hate . ( 20 & 21 Vict . c . 77. [ PROBATE , COURT OF ...
... whole jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in the grant and withdrawal of administrations , and the superintendence of administrators , has been transferred to the Court of Pro- hate . ( 20 & 21 Vict . c . 77. [ PROBATE , COURT OF ...
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... whole of this period the price of wheat has on the whole decreased . During the long war with France , from 1800 to 1815 inclusive , the average price per quarter was 84s . 9d .; from 1816 to 1820 , it was 78s . 4d .; from 1821 to 1830 ...
... whole of this period the price of wheat has on the whole decreased . During the long war with France , from 1800 to 1815 inclusive , the average price per quarter was 84s . 9d .; from 1816 to 1820 , it was 78s . 4d .; from 1821 to 1830 ...
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... whole of a kingdom are highly valuable for the regulation of the inhabitants of that kingdom ; but if we possessed them for the whole of the civilised world , what are called the chances of agriculture would probably be reduced to a cer ...
... whole of a kingdom are highly valuable for the regulation of the inhabitants of that kingdom ; but if we possessed them for the whole of the civilised world , what are called the chances of agriculture would probably be reduced to a cer ...
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... whole life had been one continued series of mis- Marie Thérèse Charlotte , the daughter of king Louis XVI . by his marriage with Marie Antoinette of Austria , and who from her cradle bore the title of Madame Royale , was born at ...
... whole life had been one continued series of mis- Marie Thérèse Charlotte , the daughter of king Louis XVI . by his marriage with Marie Antoinette of Austria , and who from her cradle bore the title of Madame Royale , was born at ...
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... whole of the Sikkim and Himalaya of East Nepaul , with the adjacent provinces of Tibet to the north . Among other researches Dr. Hooker traced the course of all the Sikkim rivers to their sources in Tibet , and examined glaciers and ...
... whole of the Sikkim and Himalaya of East Nepaul , with the adjacent provinces of Tibet to the north . Among other researches Dr. Hooker traced the course of all the Sikkim rivers to their sources in Tibet , and examined glaciers and ...
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222. oldal - ... offence punishable on summary conviction competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question tending to criminate himself or herself, or shall in any criminal proceeding render any husband competent or compellable to give evidence for or against his wife, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence for or against her husband.
140. oldal - Fasti Romani. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople, from the Death of Augustus to the Death of Heraclius.
218. oldal - ... and when completed shall be read over to the witness and signed by him in the presence of the parties, or such of them as may think fit to attend.
146. oldal - An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay From the Latin of Martin Dobrizhoffer, eighteen years a Missionary in that country.
92. oldal - Account of an assemblage of -Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire...
153. oldal - Circars medicinally, but when ripe are eaten by the natives, and also most greedily by several sorts of birds, being of a sweetish taste. The wood is soft, and of little use except for fuel. It is reckoned one of the best kinds for kindling fire by friction, and is thought to have furnished the wood from which the Egyptians constructed their mummy cases.
261. oldal - They are collected in the hottest months, and hung up by a string in the air to dry ; some dry of themselves on the ground, and are said to be far more narcotic than those artificially preserved. Small deep-coloured specimens, thickly covered with warts, are also said to be more powerful than those of a larger size and paler colour.
221. oldal - ... their possession or power relating to the matters in dispute, or what he knows as to the custody they or any of them are in, and whether he or they objects or object (and if so, on what grounds,) to the production of such as are in his or their possession or power ; and upon such affidavit being made the Court or Judge may make such further order thereon as shall be just.
137. oldal - Some experiments performed with a view to ascertain the most advantageous method of constructing a voltaic apparatus, for the purposes of chemical research,' in which he determined the effect of unusually large battery plates.
291. oldal - ... commences its summer sports. They associate in small parties of ten or a dozen, near the bank, where some little projection forms a bay, or renders the water particularly tranquil ; and here they will circle round each other without contention, each in his sphere, and with no apparent object, from morning until night, with great sprightliness and animation ; and so lightly do they move on the fluid, as to form only some faint and transient circles on its surface. Very fond of society, we seldom...