Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Հատոր 12 |
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... church - door , and mumbling over a ftring of words ; and , at the fame time , cutting a long rod , which he held under his arm into pieces ; which , it feems , is a common practice at the marriages of great perfons , and done with ...
... church - door , and mumbling over a ftring of words ; and , at the fame time , cutting a long rod , which he held under his arm into pieces ; which , it feems , is a common practice at the marriages of great perfons , and done with ...
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... church ; for he was nominated a member of the memorable affembly of divines for fettling a new form of ecclefiaftical po- lity . This appointment was purely the effect of his diftinguished merit ; and he accepted it purely with a view ...
... church ; for he was nominated a member of the memorable affembly of divines for fettling a new form of ecclefiaftical po- lity . This appointment was purely the effect of his diftinguished merit ; and he accepted it purely with a view ...
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... church of England and its bishops : he fuffered in 1637 , and in prifon was doubly loaded with irons . In 1641 , he was released by the long parliament and from this time he had the addrefs to make himself formidable to all parties , by ...
... church of England and its bishops : he fuffered in 1637 , and in prifon was doubly loaded with irons . In 1641 , he was released by the long parliament and from this time he had the addrefs to make himself formidable to all parties , by ...
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... church livings , though a much greater num- ber of parithes , 10 baronies , three boroughs ; and formerly fent eight members to parliament . It has fome clays , furze , fern , and mountain lands , and is famous for good cyder ; it has ...
... church livings , though a much greater num- ber of parithes , 10 baronies , three boroughs ; and formerly fent eight members to parliament . It has fome clays , furze , fern , and mountain lands , and is famous for good cyder ; it has ...
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... churches , which are now reduced to 14. Such is the magnifi- cence and elevation of the cathedral , that the monks ... church itself so lofty , that it be feen 50 miles to the north and 30 to the may fouth . Befides other tombs , it ...
... churches , which are now reduced to 14. Such is the magnifi- cence and elevation of the cathedral , that the monks ... church itself so lofty , that it be feen 50 miles to the north and 30 to the may fouth . Befides other tombs , it ...
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Էջ 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Էջ 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Էջ 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Էջ 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Էջ 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Էջ 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Էջ 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Էջ 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Էջ 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Էջ 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.