Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, כרך 3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 69
עמוד 9
... England and Portugal have chosen him for their patron saint : yet who he was , or why he deserves these honours , is a profound mystery . Some deny his very existence , and reduce his effigy to a symbol of victory , while others have a ...
... England and Portugal have chosen him for their patron saint : yet who he was , or why he deserves these honours , is a profound mystery . Some deny his very existence , and reduce his effigy to a symbol of victory , while others have a ...
עמוד 28
... England from the middle of the twelfth to the beginning of the sixteenth century . The origin of this species of architecture is ably pointed out by sir James Hall , in the fourth volume of the " Edinburgh Transactions . ” He supposes a ...
... England from the middle of the twelfth to the beginning of the sixteenth century . The origin of this species of architecture is ably pointed out by sir James Hall , in the fourth volume of the " Edinburgh Transactions . ” He supposes a ...
עמוד 40
... England . At the first erection of the woollen manufactories in the neighbourhood of Halifax , the cloths were frequently stolen off the tenters in the night . In consequence a law was made , by which the magis : trates of that town ...
... England . At the first erection of the woollen manufactories in the neighbourhood of Halifax , the cloths were frequently stolen off the tenters in the night . In consequence a law was made , by which the magis : trates of that town ...
עמוד 68
... England on account of its strength . The great importance of hemp to the maritime interests of the United Kingdom , occasions it to form a considerable article of commerce . The cordage and sails of a first - rate ship of war are said ...
... England on account of its strength . The great importance of hemp to the maritime interests of the United Kingdom , occasions it to form a considerable article of commerce . The cordage and sails of a first - rate ship of war are said ...
עמוד 69
... England , between the fifth and ninth centuries . " These kingdoms were severally named , 1. Kent , 5. Northumberland , 2. Sussex , 6. East - Angleland , 3. Wessex , 7. Mercia . 4. Essex , The heptarchy was formed by degrees ; but it ...
... England , between the fifth and ninth centuries . " These kingdoms were severally named , 1. Kent , 5. Northumberland , 2. Sussex , 6. East - Angleland , 3. Wessex , 7. Mercia . 4. Essex , The heptarchy was formed by degrees ; but it ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 5 - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 327 - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
עמוד 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.
עמוד 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.