A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected with All the Arts and Sciences ...Dunning, 1831 - Počet stran: 412 |
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Strana 1
... Church claims to itself the power of granting ; in Civil Law , a sentence whereby the party accused is declared innocent of the crime laid to his charge . ABSORBENTS . Medicines that have the power of drying up redundant humours ; also ...
... Church claims to itself the power of granting ; in Civil Law , a sentence whereby the party accused is declared innocent of the crime laid to his charge . ABSORBENTS . Medicines that have the power of drying up redundant humours ; also ...
Strana 2
... Church . ABUTMENTS . The extremities of any body adjoining another , as the extremities of a bridge resting on the banks or sides of a river . ABYSS . Any deep place that is bottomless , or supposed to be so , as the deepest or unfa ...
... Church . ABUTMENTS . The extremities of any body adjoining another , as the extremities of a bridge resting on the banks or sides of a river . ABYSS . Any deep place that is bottomless , or supposed to be so , as the deepest or unfa ...
Strana 4
... church , com- memorative of the Advent , which falls about a month before Christmas . ADVERB . A part of speech in grammar , added to a verb to complete its signification , as largely , neatly , & c . ADVERSARIA . A term among literary ...
... church , com- memorative of the Advent , which falls about a month before Christmas . ADVERB . A part of speech in grammar , added to a verb to complete its signification , as largely , neatly , & c . ADVERSARIA . A term among literary ...
Strana 13
... church on the first day of Novem- ber , in commemoration of all the saints . ALLSPICE , or the PIMENTO TREE . A beautiful tree of Mexico and the West Indies , ly the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars , computed to the ...
... church on the first day of Novem- ber , in commemoration of all the saints . ALLSPICE , or the PIMENTO TREE . A beautiful tree of Mexico and the West Indies , ly the distance of the moon from the sun and fixed stars , computed to the ...
Strana 16
... church or a court , to beg par- don of God , the court , and the injured party . AMERCEMENT . A pecuniary punish ment imposed on offenders at the mercy of the court ; it is contracted from the Latin words a AMPHITHEATRE . A circular ...
... church or a court , to beg par- don of God , the court , and the injured party . AMERCEMENT . A pecuniary punish ment imposed on offenders at the mercy of the court ; it is contracted from the Latin words a AMPHITHEATRE . A circular ...
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A Family Encyclopaedia: Or, An Explanation of Words and Things Connected ... George Crabb Úplné zobrazení - 1831 |
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Strana 146 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Strana 154 - An exchange is a mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. The word "exchange...
Strana 387 - A body immersed in a fluid, which is specifically lighter than itself, loses so much of its weight as is equal to the weight of a quantity of the fluid of the same bulk with itself.
Strana 181 - A greater magnitude is said to be a multiple of a less, when the greater is measured by the less, that is, 'when the greater contains the less a certain number of times exactly.' III. Ratio is a mutual relation of two magnitudes of the same kind to one another, in respect of quantity.
Strana 174 - A military punishment in which the criminal running between the ranks receives a lash from each man.
Strana 224 - Watts, is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding, otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance, or infinite error, will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation.
Strana 158 - ... numberless series of pilasters, arches, castles well delineated, regular columns, lofty towers, superb palaces, with balconies and windows, extended alleys of trees, delightful plains with herds and flocks, armies of men on foot and horseback, and many other strange figures in their natural colors and proper actions, passing rapidly in succession along the surface of the sea, during the whole of the short period of time while the above-mentioned causes remain.
Strana 202 - HOOF. The horny part of the foot of a horse or other cattle. HOOK. A bended iron to hang things upon ; also a bent piece of iron or wire attached to a fishing-rod for catching fish.