The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Band 4Charles Knight, 1835 |
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... considerable town of the western island , and the centre of its commerce , lies on the western side , near the south end of the island . It consists of one principal long street , running along the sea - shore , and is defended by Forts ...
... considerable town of the western island , and the centre of its commerce , lies on the western side , near the south end of the island . It consists of one principal long street , running along the sea - shore , and is defended by Forts ...
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... considerable relief ; the figures nearest the light consequently project their shadows so as to half conceal the next in order . The conditions of proximity and distance , as well as the quantity and direction of light , were carefully ...
... considerable relief ; the figures nearest the light consequently project their shadows so as to half conceal the next in order . The conditions of proximity and distance , as well as the quantity and direction of light , were carefully ...
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... considerable places bearing this name are as follows : - This bituminous earth is found on the slope of two hills , which extend in a direction N.E. and S.W. It is covered with common earth , which is easily removed ; for the slope of ...
... considerable places bearing this name are as follows : - This bituminous earth is found on the slope of two hills , which extend in a direction N.E. and S.W. It is covered with common earth , which is easily removed ; for the slope of ...
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... considerable import- ance -- a sort of capital to the interior . Its healthiness may be estimated from the fact , that only one death took place in the first twelve years of the settlement . It now possesses a very fair proportion of ...
... considerable import- ance -- a sort of capital to the interior . Its healthiness may be estimated from the fact , that only one death took place in the first twelve years of the settlement . It now possesses a very fair proportion of ...
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... considerable variation in the di- rection of the artillery towards the right or left ; by which means the reconnoitring parties of the besiegers may be annoyed while at a distance and in motion . In the formation of any of the field ...
... considerable variation in the di- rection of the artillery towards the right or left ; by which means the reconnoitring parties of the besiegers may be annoyed while at a distance and in motion . In the formation of any of the field ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 239 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying ; Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird...
Seite 157 - And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
Seite 115 - O my love ! my wife ! Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Seite 220 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Seite 203 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
Seite 228 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Seite 279 - Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word, all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind...
Seite 86 - ... but the hope of finding a large bear, and obtaining from its fat a great quantity of oil, an article at the time much wanted, at length prevailed. Accordingly in the morning we surrounded the tree, both men and women, as many at a time as could conveniently work at it ; and there we toiled like beavers till the sun went down.
Seite 223 - ... shall be, either by blood or marriage, an uncle, son, grandson, brother, nephew, or grandnephew of the patron or of one of the patrons of such spiritual office...
Seite 279 - ... all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind, that their being (esse) is to be perceived or known; that consequently so long as they are not actually perceived by me, or do not exist in my mind or that of any other created spirit, they must either have no existence at all, or else subsist in the mind of some eternal spirit...