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... inhabitants of Olympus , and overthrows her own power . She continued to retain the power of prophecy ; and some traces of her were preserved in the mysteries , in which , however , she was confounded with Cybele . As the preserver of ...
... inhabitants of Olympus , and overthrows her own power . She continued to retain the power of prophecy ; and some traces of her were preserved in the mysteries , in which , however , she was confounded with Cybele . As the preserver of ...
Strana 16
... inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores ; whose cities , famous for com- merce , science , and works of strength , which furnish protection to Germany , are also famous as the seats of Roman colo ...
... inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores ; whose cities , famous for com- merce , science , and works of strength , which furnish protection to Germany , are also famous as the seats of Roman colo ...
Strana 17
... Inhabitants , 517,081 ; square miles , about 3000 . RHINE , DEPARTMENTS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER . ( See Department ... inhabitants are mostly Catholics ; in the southern part French is spoken in some places . The province is divided into ...
... Inhabitants , 517,081 ; square miles , about 3000 . RHINE , DEPARTMENTS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER . ( See Department ... inhabitants are mostly Catholics ; in the southern part French is spoken in some places . The province is divided into ...
Strana 24
... inhabitants of the neighboring islands have paid most attention to the cultivation of these varie- ties . One species only of rice is known . Rice can be profitably cultivated only in warm climates ; and here it is said to yield six ...
... inhabitants of the neighboring islands have paid most attention to the cultivation of these varie- ties . One species only of rice is known . Rice can be profitably cultivated only in warm climates ; and here it is said to yield six ...
Strana 25
... inhabitants of the East obtain from rice a vinous liquor , more intoxicat- ing than the strongest wine ; and an ar- dent spirit , called rak , or arrack , is also partly made from it . The latter is chiefly manufactured at Batavia , and ...
... inhabitants of the East obtain from rice a vinous liquor , more intoxicat- ing than the strongest wine ; and an ar- dent spirit , called rak , or arrack , is also partly made from it . The latter is chiefly manufactured at Batavia , and ...
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Strana 433 - 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 189 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Strana 40 - ... 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 48 - THE ANCIENTS HAD OF INDIA ; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the Passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.
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 416 - Simony is the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or reward. It is so called from the resemblance it is said to bear to the sin of Simon Magus, though the purchasing of holy orders seems to approach nearer to his offence.
Strana 350 - We do also resolve to protect and preserve the government of the Church of Scotland, as it is settled by law...
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, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strana 391 - Blunt — Vestiges of Ancient Manners and Customs, discoverable in Modern Italy and Sicily...
Strana 435 - On looking into the places where they had been crammed, there were found some children next the sides of the ship, in the places...