The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. kötetHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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4. oldal
... gives to them a marked superiority over those who are deaf from birth . Such a calamity as the deprivation of hearing must ... give rise to moroseness and despondency , and that external objects should inspire little sense of surprise or ...
... gives to them a marked superiority over those who are deaf from birth . Such a calamity as the deprivation of hearing must ... give rise to moroseness and despondency , and that external objects should inspire little sense of surprise or ...
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... give me elucidation and under- " I consider to prefer the language of signs best of it , because the standing well . I am fond of talking with the deaf and dumb quickly , without having the troubles of the voice : therefore the language ...
... give me elucidation and under- " I consider to prefer the language of signs best of it , because the standing well . I am fond of talking with the deaf and dumb quickly , without having the troubles of the voice : therefore the language ...
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... give the whole place the appearance of an overgrown village , in spite of the number of its public buildings . The most prominent of these is the principal Protestant church , which ranks as the largest in the country , but has no great ...
... give the whole place the appearance of an overgrown village , in spite of the number of its public buildings . The most prominent of these is the principal Protestant church , which ranks as the largest in the country , but has no great ...
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... give him credit for . Cromwell lifting the Coffin- lid and looking at the Body of Charles is an incident only to be excused by an improbable tradition ; but the King in the Guard - Room , with villainous round - head soldiers blowing ...
... give him credit for . Cromwell lifting the Coffin- lid and looking at the Body of Charles is an incident only to be excused by an improbable tradition ; but the King in the Guard - Room , with villainous round - head soldiers blowing ...
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... give a clear idea of the nature and range of his scientific activity . His Recherches sur les modifications de ... gives an interesting account of some conversations of the author with Voltaire and Rousseau . Deluc was an ardent admirer ...
... give a clear idea of the nature and range of his scientific activity . His Recherches sur les modifications de ... gives an interesting account of some conversations of the author with Voltaire and Rousseau . Deluc was an ardent admirer ...
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88. oldal - There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.
158. oldal - I have been Tom Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature) for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe.
138. oldal - And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He hath spoken ; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun-dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
286. oldal - Husband has been guilty of incestuous Adultery, or of Bigamy with Adultery, or of Rape, or of Sodomy or Bestiality, or of Adultery coupled with such Cruelty as without Adultery would have entitled her to a Divorce a Mensa et Thoro, or of Adultery coupled with Desertion, without reasonable Excuse, for Two Years or upwards...
13. oldal - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
286. oldal - Marriage shall be declared to be dissolved, but not sooner, it shall be lawful for the respective Parties thereto to marry again, as if the prior Marriage had been dissolved by Death...
224. oldal - I said I could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence — that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet...
158. oldal - Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature) for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe. I had a greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels...