Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Հատոր 9Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... observed , and added to the zenith distance observed , give the true altitude and ze . nith distance . To observe the distance of two stars , or the moon's distance from a star , by the fore - staff - Apply the in- strument to the eye ...
... observed , and added to the zenith distance observed , give the true altitude and ze . nith distance . To observe the distance of two stars , or the moon's distance from a star , by the fore - staff - Apply the in- strument to the eye ...
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... observed in legal proceedings . The formal part of the law , or method of proceeding , cannot be altered but by ... observed : an omission of the least formality may ruin the whole con- vention . The term is also used for a certain order ...
... observed in legal proceedings . The formal part of the law , or method of proceeding , cannot be altered but by ... observed : an omission of the least formality may ruin the whole con- vention . The term is also used for a certain order ...
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... observations concerning it ; and accordingly we staid under the tree near three hours , and found we could not fathom its body in five times . We observed the soil where it grew to be very strong ; and upon the nicest inquiry we could ...
... observations concerning it ; and accordingly we staid under the tree near three hours , and found we could not fathom its body in five times . We observed the soil where it grew to be very strong ; and upon the nicest inquiry we could ...
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... observed in any other part of America . which the parochial clergy , and very many ecclesiasti- cal and eleemosynary foundations , hold them at this day ; the nature of the service being upon the Reforma- tion altered , and made ...
... observed in any other part of America . which the parochial clergy , and very many ecclesiasti- cal and eleemosynary foundations , hold them at this day ; the nature of the service being upon the Reforma- tion altered , and made ...
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... observed on the ground during the whole ; whence he concludes , that a frost may be very intense and dangerous on the tops of some hills and plains , while in other places it keeps at two , three , or four feet distance above the ground ...
... observed on the ground during the whole ; whence he concludes , that a frost may be very intense and dangerous on the tops of some hills and plains , while in other places it keeps at two , three , or four feet distance above the ground ...
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Էջ 241 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! . Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Էջ 384 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Էջ 17 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Էջ 384 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Էջ 11 - The reason of this, their curiosity, is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean.
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Էջ 11 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Էջ 210 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. Being therefore derived from the Crown, they must arise from the king's grant ; or in some cases may be held by prescription, which, as has been frequently said, presupposes a grant. The kinds of them are various and almost infinite.
Էջ 381 - The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year.
Էջ 11 - ... which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...