Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Svazek 11Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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Strana 10
... latter was finally swallowed up by the former . Rhea , one of the most distin- guished of the Titanides ( see Titan ) , was the sister and wife of Saturn , and with him a symbol of the first creation . Rhea , the Flowing ( from pɛɛ to ...
... latter was finally swallowed up by the former . Rhea , one of the most distin- guished of the Titanides ( see Titan ) , was the sister and wife of Saturn , and with him a symbol of the first creation . Rhea , the Flowing ( from pɛɛ to ...
Strana 11
... latter only allow of the lofty flights of elo- quence . In the wider sense , as above ex- plained , rhetoric treats of prose composi- tion in general , whether in the form of historical works , philosophical disserta- tions , practical ...
... latter only allow of the lofty flights of elo- quence . In the wider sense , as above ex- plained , rhetoric treats of prose composi- tion in general , whether in the form of historical works , philosophical disserta- tions , practical ...
Strana 25
... latter is chiefly manufactured at Batavia , and at Goa , on the coast of Malabar , and is said to be distilled from a mixture of the infusion of rice and of the juice of the cocoa - nut tree . The general appellation of rice throughout ...
... latter is chiefly manufactured at Batavia , and at Goa , on the coast of Malabar , and is said to be distilled from a mixture of the infusion of rice and of the juice of the cocoa - nut tree . The general appellation of rice throughout ...
Strana 26
... latter by the king of France . At length , disgusted with a war- fare in which he only acted a secondary character , the latter returned to Europe , leaving 10,000 men with Richard . A general engagement took place , in which Richard ...
... latter by the king of France . At length , disgusted with a war- fare in which he only acted a secondary character , the latter returned to Europe , leaving 10,000 men with Richard . A general engagement took place , in which Richard ...
Strana 27
... latter , howev- er , demanded the whole ; which being refused , he invested the castle of Chalus , where the treasure was concealed , and , having refused terms of surrender to the garrison , in the openly expressed deter- mination of ...
... latter , howev- er , demanded the whole ; which being refused , he invested the castle of Chalus , where the treasure was concealed , and , having refused terms of surrender to the garrison , in the openly expressed deter- mination of ...
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Strana 433 - This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain; determined to keep open a market, where men should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce...
Strana 433 - MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce. And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people...
Strana 40 - A riot is a tumultuous disturbance of the peace, by three persons or more assembling together of their own authority, with an intent mutually to assist one another against any who shall oppose them in the execution of some enterprise of a private nature, and afterwards actually executing the same in a violent and turbulent manner, to the terror of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful.
Strana 110 - ... multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term.— Note 1.
Strana 422 - And be it further enacted, That the faith of the United States is hereby solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and redemption of the principal of the loan authorized by this act. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That all the provisions of the act entitled " An act to authorize the issue of treasury notes...
Strana 433 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people, who never offended him, capturing and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strana 457 - Socage, in its most general and extensive signification, seems to denote a tenure by any certain and determinate service. And in this sense it is by our ancient writers constantly put in opposition to chivalry, or knight-service, where the render was precarious and uncertain. Thus Bracton (a) ; if a man holds by rent in money, without any escuage or serjeanty, " id tenementum did potest socagium...
Strana 51 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Strana 435 - After enjoying, for a short time, the unusual luxury of air, some water was brought ; it was then that the extent of their sufferings was exposed in a fearful manner. They all rushed like maniacs towards it. No entreaties, or threats, or blows could restrain them ; they shrieked and struggled, and fought with one another, for a drop of this precious liquid, as if they grew rabid at the sight of it.
Strana 434 - The slaves were all enclosed under grated hatchways, between decks. The space was so low, that they sat between each other's legs, and stowed so close together, that there was no possibility of their lying down, or at all changing their position, by night or day. As they belonged to, and were shipped on account of different individuals, they were all branded, like sheep, with the owners...