The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, 1-2. kötetLittle, 1853 |
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97. oldal
... Greek islands , and con- as a hideous reptile , thick in proportion to its tends that it was probably the Acanthus spinosus , length . A dog bitten by one died in less than an which grows there , and is still called änava . This hour ...
... Greek islands , and con- as a hideous reptile , thick in proportion to its tends that it was probably the Acanthus spinosus , length . A dog bitten by one died in less than an which grows there , and is still called änava . This hour ...
121. oldal
... Greek ro- mance , ' The History of Leucippe and Clitophon , ' which is accounted one of the best of the love stories of the Greeks . The date of the astronomer is uncertain ; but for reasons which may be seen in Dr. Smith's " Classical ...
... Greek ro- mance , ' The History of Leucippe and Clitophon , ' which is accounted one of the best of the love stories of the Greeks . The date of the astronomer is uncertain ; but for reasons which may be seen in Dr. Smith's " Classical ...
137. oldal
... Greeks the stage was never left empty from ACROSTIC , a Greek term , properly acrostich the beginning to the end of the performance ; ( from ages , the tip or end , Tx , s , a line or verse ) , when the other actors retired , those ...
... Greeks the stage was never left empty from ACROSTIC , a Greek term , properly acrostich the beginning to the end of the performance ; ( from ages , the tip or end , Tx , s , a line or verse ) , when the other actors retired , those ...
203. oldal
... Greek a remains of the great Macedonian monarchy , yet work in fourteen books , entitled , Various or three consuls , in three successive years , were Miscellaneous History , ' which is a collection of more than baffled by his arms . In ...
... Greek a remains of the great Macedonian monarchy , yet work in fourteen books , entitled , Various or three consuls , in three successive years , were Miscellaneous History , ' which is a collection of more than baffled by his arms . In ...
205. oldal
... Greeks . [ MODE . ] EO'LIANS , one of the branches of the Hel- lenic ( Greek ) nation . We trace the name of Eolians to Thessaly , their primitive abode , as far as we know , where they appear to have been ENIGMA ( aïnypa ) , a Greek ...
... Greeks . [ MODE . ] EO'LIANS , one of the branches of the Hel- lenic ( Greek ) nation . We trace the name of Eolians to Thessaly , their primitive abode , as far as we know , where they appear to have been ENIGMA ( aïnypa ) , a Greek ...
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23. oldal - That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
109. oldal - ... or during the minority or respective minorities only of any person or persons who, under the uses or trusts of the deed...
633. oldal - Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
57. oldal - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm.
747. oldal - And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
57. oldal - I do declare, That I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other Foreign Prince, Prelate, Person, State or Potentate, hath or ought to have any Temporal or Civil Jurisdiction, Power, Superiority or Pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this Realm.
109. oldal - ... profits and produce of such property so directed to be accumulated, shall, so long as the same shall be directed to be accumulated contrary to the provisions of this act, go to and be received by such person or persons as would have been entitled thereto if such accumulation had not been directed...
311. oldal - Surveys' are many of them imperfectly executed, but they were useful at the time, in developing more rapidly the agricultural resources of the country. During the years of scarcity at the end of the last...
57. oldal - And I do solemnly in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, That I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English protestants, without any evasion, equivocation or mental reservation whatsoever...
181. oldal - ... ships, vessels, and goods that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and, according to the course of Admiralty and the Law of Nations...