The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. kötetHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... increased numbers since institutions for the deaf and dumb have been estab- lished , and such statistical tables as are given in this article suggest the incorrectness of the popular supposition . The institutions which have been ...
... increased numbers since institutions for the deaf and dumb have been estab- lished , and such statistical tables as are given in this article suggest the incorrectness of the popular supposition . The institutions which have been ...
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... increased by the proceeds of the marriage and liquor licences . Every hundred which , by either taxation | or subscription , supports a free school is entitled to its share of the fund . The debt of the State is $ 1,224,000 , and as the ...
... increased by the proceeds of the marriage and liquor licences . Every hundred which , by either taxation | or subscription , supports a free school is entitled to its share of the fund . The debt of the State is $ 1,224,000 , and as the ...
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... increased to £ 120,000 , and subsc ; uently to £ 150,000 , exclusive of certain crown lauds which yielded about £ 15,000 a year . The emperor received the homage of royalty ; and throughout the assigned territory all judicial decrees ...
... increased to £ 120,000 , and subsc ; uently to £ 150,000 , exclusive of certain crown lauds which yielded about £ 15,000 a year . The emperor received the homage of royalty ; and throughout the assigned territory all judicial decrees ...
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... increased rapidity . In 1771 Shah Alam , the son of Alamgir II . , was nominally raised to the throne by the Marhattás , the real sovereignty resting with the Marhattá chief , Sindhia . An attempt of the puppet emperor to shake himself ...
... increased rapidity . In 1771 Shah Alam , the son of Alamgir II . , was nominally raised to the throne by the Marhattás , the real sovereignty resting with the Marhattá chief , Sindhia . An attempt of the puppet emperor to shake himself ...
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... increased by the publication ( 1769 ) of his transla- tion of the Georgics of Virgil , which he had begun at Amiens . Voltaire was greatly struck with the enterprise and the success of Delille ; and without any personal acquaintance ...
... increased by the publication ( 1769 ) of his transla- tion of the Georgics of Virgil , which he had begun at Amiens . Voltaire was greatly struck with the enterprise and the success of Delille ; and without any personal acquaintance ...
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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...