The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 19Charles Knight, 1841 |
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... situated between 45 ° 58 ′ and 47 ° 7 ' N. lat . and between 62 ° and 64 ° 27 ′ W. long . It extends from east to west in a somewhat curved line 135 miles in length . The width. 1 , a corolla laid open ; 2 , a section of a capsule ; 3 ...
... situated between 45 ° 58 ′ and 47 ° 7 ' N. lat . and between 62 ° and 64 ° 27 ′ W. long . It extends from east to west in a somewhat curved line 135 miles in length . The width. 1 , a corolla laid open ; 2 , a section of a capsule ; 3 ...
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... situated in Queen's County , on the north side of Hillsboro River , near its con- fluence with the rivers Elliot and York . The harbour is considered one of the best in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . At the entrance it is little more than ...
... situated in Queen's County , on the north side of Hillsboro River , near its con- fluence with the rivers Elliot and York . The harbour is considered one of the best in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . At the entrance it is little more than ...
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... situated at the extremity of molars Java ; the natives distinguish it by the name above given . Dr. Horsfield was not able to ascertain that it is found in any other part of the island , or that it has another name ; but he states that ...
... situated at the extremity of molars Java ; the natives distinguish it by the name above given . Dr. Horsfield was not able to ascertain that it is found in any other part of the island , or that it has another name ; but he states that ...
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... situated on the little river Ouvèze , 382 miles from Paris by Lyon and Valence , in 44 ° 44 ′ N. lat . and 4 ° 35 ' E. long . This small provincial capital is on a hill rising out of a pleasant valley . It has few public structures of ...
... situated on the little river Ouvèze , 382 miles from Paris by Lyon and Valence , in 44 ° 44 ′ N. lat . and 4 ° 35 ' E. long . This small provincial capital is on a hill rising out of a pleasant valley . It has few public structures of ...
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... situated between the larger island of Ischia and Cape Misenum . Procida is about eight miles in circumference ; it is generally level , with some gently rising grounds , and is fertile and well cultivated . The vineyards produce good ...
... situated between the larger island of Ischia and Cape Misenum . Procida is about eight miles in circumference ; it is generally level , with some gently rising grounds , and is fertile and well cultivated . The vineyards produce good ...
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Page 133 - Musick is yet but in its Nonage, a forward Child, which gives hope of what it may be hereafter in England, when the Masters of it shall find more Encouragement. 'Tis now learning Italian, which is its best Master, and studying a little of the French Air to give it somewhat more of Gayety and Fashion. Thus being farther from the Sun, we are of later Growth than our Neighbour Countries, and must be content to shake off our Barbarity by degrees.
Page 127 - Nature confessed some atonement to be necessary : the gospel discovers that the necessary atonement is made." 2. When several semicolons have preceded, and a still greater pause is necessary, in order to mark the connecting or concluding sentiment: as, " A divine legislator, uttering his voice from heaven ; an almighty governor, stretching forth his arm to punish or reward ; informing us of perpetual rest prepared hereafter for the righteous, and of indignation and wrath awaiting the wicked : these...
Page 278 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; . . . what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath nattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised; thou hast drawn together all the farstretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, hie j'acet!
Page 99 - With flocks of such-like creatures flying in the air, and shoals of no less monstrous ichthyosauri and plesiosauri swarming in the ocean, and gigantic crocodiles and tortoises crawling on the shores of the primeval lakes and rivers, air, sea, and land must have been strangely tenanted in these early periods of our infant world...
Page 224 - Actius, who lived at the end of the fifth and the beginning of the sixth centuries, repeats the recommendations of Oribasius.
Page 11 - ... the members of animal bodies move at the command of the will, namely, by the vibrations of this Spirit, mutually propagated along the solid filaments of the nerves, from the outward organs of sense to the brain, and from the brain to the muscles.
Page 48 - And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have, made thee a god to Pharaoh : and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Page 24 - Table hath of late times assumed unto itself a power to intermeddle in civil causes and matters only of private interest between party and party, and have adventured to determine of the estates and liberties of the subject contrary to the law of the land and the rights and privileges of the subject...
Page 6 - The third I now design to suppress. Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady, that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits, as have to do with her.
Page 126 - I shall here define it to be a conceit arising from the use of two words that agree in the sound, but differ in the sense. The only way therefore to try a piece of wit, is to translate it into a different language. If it bears the test, you may pronounce it true ; but if it vanishes in the experiment, you may conclude it to have been a pun.