Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... considerable , and its surface so uneven , that the foot is not to be trusted without the assistance of perpetual atten . tion . At the distance of a hundred and fifty yards , а it turns a little to the east , and running twenty or ...
... considerable , and its surface so uneven , that the foot is not to be trusted without the assistance of perpetual atten . tion . At the distance of a hundred and fifty yards , а it turns a little to the east , and running twenty or ...
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... considerable use , the one in geography , and the other in astronomy . A map of the world , accurately delineated on a spherical ball , will truly represent its surface ; for the highest hills are so inconsiderable with respect to the ...
... considerable use , the one in geography , and the other in astronomy . A map of the world , accurately delineated on a spherical ball , will truly represent its surface ; for the highest hills are so inconsiderable with respect to the ...
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... considerable current of water . This cavern is about 200 yards in length , and at the farthest part of it there is a good stream of water , large enough to drive a mill . At certain seasons there are in it multitudes of frogs and bats ...
... considerable current of water . This cavern is about 200 yards in length , and at the farthest part of it there is a good stream of water , large enough to drive a mill . At certain seasons there are in it multitudes of frogs and bats ...
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... considerable distance . Gun is an almost general name for fire - arms , including all kinds except the pistol and mortar . The gun is supposed to have been used in Asia at a E 2 GUN 41 If they had stolen an ox, horse, or ...
... considerable distance . Gun is an almost general name for fire - arms , including all kinds except the pistol and mortar . The gun is supposed to have been used in Asia at a E 2 GUN 41 If they had stolen an ox, horse, or ...
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... considerable degree of liberty may be left in the hands of the people , but in troublesome ones the executive power should have every possible strength ; and , in conformity with these experimental truths , the British parliament may ...
... considerable degree of liberty may be left in the hands of the people , but in troublesome ones the executive power should have every possible strength ; and , in conformity with these experimental truths , the British parliament may ...
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Page 359 - 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.
Page 45 - 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.
Page 319 - 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.
Page 5 - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
Page 5 - 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.
Page 228 - 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.
Page 361 - 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.
Page 327 - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
Page 333 - 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.
Page 144 - 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.