Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, 3. kötetEdward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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31. oldal
... letters ; so that , in fact , letters , syllables , words and sentences make up the whole subject of grammar . By means of inarticulate sounds beasts can express certain feelings , but man is distinguished from the brute creation by the ...
... letters ; so that , in fact , letters , syllables , words and sentences make up the whole subject of grammar . By means of inarticulate sounds beasts can express certain feelings , but man is distinguished from the brute creation by the ...
44. oldal
... letter. in. the. alphabet. ,. is. said. by. some grammarians to be only a hard breathing . H , used as a numeral , denotes 200 , and with a dash over it ī , 200,000 . HABAKKUK , one the twelve lesser prophets , whose prophecies are taken ...
... letter. in. the. alphabet. ,. is. said. by. some grammarians to be only a hard breathing . H , used as a numeral , denotes 200 , and with a dash over it ī , 200,000 . HABAKKUK , one the twelve lesser prophets , whose prophecies are taken ...
84. oldal
... letters , inasmuch as the former represent things by likenesses , real or fanciful . From symbols of this kind , all letters have been formed . An inscription on the temple of Minerva , at Sais , affords a specimen of hieroglyphics . An ...
... letters , inasmuch as the former represent things by likenesses , real or fanciful . From symbols of this kind , all letters have been formed . An inscription on the temple of Minerva , at Sais , affords a specimen of hieroglyphics . An ...
132. oldal
... retired , sleeping in a subterraneous habitation , which it is said to construct with particular ingenuity , dividing it into several apartments . See pl . Nat . Hist . Fig . 28 . TOL , K ) . N a I. I or in the ninth letter in the HYS 139.
... retired , sleeping in a subterraneous habitation , which it is said to construct with particular ingenuity , dividing it into several apartments . See pl . Nat . Hist . Fig . 28 . TOL , K ) . N a I. I or in the ninth letter in the HYS 139.
132. oldal
... letter in the alphabet , and the third vowel . Its sound varies ; in some words it is long , as high , mind : in some it is short , as bid , kid , and in others it is pronounced like y , as collier , onion , & c . in a few words its ...
... letter in the alphabet , and the third vowel . Its sound varies ; in some words it is long , as high , mind : in some it is short , as bid , kid , and in others it is pronounced like y , as collier , onion , & c . in a few words its ...
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Népszerű szakaszok
359. oldal - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
45. oldal - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
319. oldal - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
5. oldal - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
5. oldal - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
228. oldal - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
361. oldal - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
327. oldal - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
333. oldal - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
144. oldal - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.