The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Svazek 6George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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Strana 19
... feet long , 30 feet wide , and 34 feet high , has a curiously carved roof , and a large painted window . It was built for the Trinity guild , but is now used for public celebrations , meet- ings , & c . The manufactures of Coventry were ...
... feet long , 30 feet wide , and 34 feet high , has a curiously carved roof , and a large painted window . It was built for the Trinity guild , but is now used for public celebrations , meet- ings , & c . The manufactures of Coventry were ...
Strana 34
... feet black ; plumage pure white except the primaries and their coverts , which are brownish black . The length to the end of the tail is 54 inches , and to the end of claws 65 ; extent of wings 92 , bill 5 , tarsus about 11 inches ...
... feet black ; plumage pure white except the primaries and their coverts , which are brownish black . The length to the end of the tail is 54 inches , and to the end of claws 65 ; extent of wings 92 , bill 5 , tarsus about 11 inches ...
Strana 35
... feet long , working upon a horizontal iron bolt attached to the frame of the winch . The working part of the winch , its pinion with a crank at each end of the axle , and the wheel driven by the pinion , with the barrel upon its axis ...
... feet long , working upon a horizontal iron bolt attached to the frame of the winch . The working part of the winch , its pinion with a crank at each end of the axle , and the wheel driven by the pinion , with the barrel upon its axis ...
Strana 36
... feet long and weighing 80 tons . Upon its cen- tre stands a wrought - iron cylinder called the king post , 50 feet high , 7 feet in circumference , and weighing 60 tons . From the top of this 10 tension braces of iron rods pass down on ...
... feet long and weighing 80 tons . Upon its cen- tre stands a wrought - iron cylinder called the king post , 50 feet high , 7 feet in circumference , and weighing 60 tons . From the top of this 10 tension braces of iron rods pass down on ...
Strana 42
... feet , mov- ing horizontally . The legs are 5 pairs , the 1st the largest , and ending in a 2 - bladed nipper or claw , by which objects are seized in the pur- suit of prey , and in self - defence ; the 2d and 3d pairs are also ...
... feet , mov- ing horizontally . The legs are 5 pairs , the 1st the largest , and ending in a 2 - bladed nipper or claw , by which objects are seized in the pur- suit of prey , and in self - defence ; the 2d and 3d pairs are also ...
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Strana 195 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Strana 314 - Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth. II. OF DEATH. MEN fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious ; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition. You shall read in some of the friars...
Strana 319 - Certificates of discharge, however, granted under such a law, cannot be pleaded in bar of an action brought by a citizen of another State in the courts of the United States, or of any other State than that where the discharge was obtained...
Strana 195 - One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, and that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Strana 114 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Strana 330 - The legislature has declared that "no covenant shall be implied in any conveyance of real estate, whether such conveyance contain special covenants or not.
Strana 314 - If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
Strana 366 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Strana 60 - ... whatever should be proposed to him in any art or science, and in any of these twelve languages : Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, English, Dutch, Flemish, and Sclavonian ; and this either in verse or prose, at the discretion of the disputant.
Strana 320 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.