The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 8. kötetThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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125. oldal
... period , sare - footed , and shows remarkable sagacity in its choice of being greatly hastened by the sagacious co ... period they make their appearance in Europe , the most noteworthy species of that time being the Elephas antiquus , a ...
... period , sare - footed , and shows remarkable sagacity in its choice of being greatly hastened by the sagacious co ... period they make their appearance in Europe , the most noteworthy species of that time being the Elephas antiquus , a ...
140. oldal
... period . The inhabitants of Elis first appear in Grecian history under the title of Epeans , as setting out for the Trojan war , and they are described by Homer as living in a state of constant hostility with their neighbours the ...
... period . The inhabitants of Elis first appear in Grecian history under the title of Epeans , as setting out for the Trojan war , and they are described by Homer as living in a state of constant hostility with their neighbours the ...
162. oldal
... period for needle- work . Not only was the fashion continued , as in England , of producing figures and portraits , but a fresh development was given to floral and arabesque ornament . Flowers in the grandiose style , wrought with ...
... period for needle- work . Not only was the fashion continued , as in England , of producing figures and portraits , but a fresh development was given to floral and arabesque ornament . Flowers in the grandiose style , wrought with ...
164. oldal
... period , in this as in other branches of physical inquiry , vague speculations took the place of direct observation and more solid information . This is apparent in most of the works treating of generation during the 16th and part of ...
... period , in this as in other branches of physical inquiry , vague speculations took the place of direct observation and more solid information . This is apparent in most of the works treating of generation during the 16th and part of ...
165. oldal
... period numerous communications to the Memoirs of the Royal Society testified to the activity and genius of his brother , John Hunter , in the investigation of various parts of comparative embryology . But it is mainly in his rich museum ...
... period numerous communications to the Memoirs of the Royal Society testified to the activity and genius of his brother , John Hunter , in the investigation of various parts of comparative embryology . But it is mainly in his rich museum ...
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135. oldal - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
144. oldal - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
143. oldal - And in the end, this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.
144. oldal - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world ! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
208. oldal - It is hardly necessary to add that anything which any insulated body, or system of bodies, can continue to furnish without limitation, cannot possibly be a material substance; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner the Heat was excited and communicated in these experiments, except it be MOTION.
144. oldal - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black...
212. oldal - To each one according to his capacity, to each capacity according to its works.
160. oldal - Employer, or any part thereof, shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his Master or Employer, although such chattel, money, or security, was not received into the possession of such Master or Employer, otherwise than by the actual possession of his Clerk, Servant, or other person so employed...
208. oldal - From hence it is evident that the Heat produced could not possibly have been furnished at the expense of the latent Heat of the metallic chips.
136. oldal - And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.