Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Volumen11Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake B.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 |
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... passed into the hands of H. N. Coleridge , and is at present edited by Mr. Lockhart . The principal contributors to this journal have been Gifford , Southey , Scott , Croker , & c . These two Reviews are republished in the U. States ...
... passed into the hands of H. N. Coleridge , and is at present edited by Mr. Lockhart . The principal contributors to this journal have been Gifford , Southey , Scott , Croker , & c . These two Reviews are republished in the U. States ...
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... passed into the hands of Mr. Edward Everett , and in 1825 into those of Mr. Jared Sparks , from whom it was transferred , in 1830 , to the present edi- tor , Mr. Alexander H. Everett . A general index of the twenty - five first volumes ...
... passed into the hands of Mr. Edward Everett , and in 1825 into those of Mr. Jared Sparks , from whom it was transferred , in 1830 , to the present edi- tor , Mr. Alexander H. Everett . A general index of the twenty - five first volumes ...
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... passed some time with- out any determinate plan , and , from 1746 to 1749 , pursued his profession in Devon- shire and London , and acquired numerous friends and patrons . Among the latter was captain ( afterwards lord ) Keppel , whom ...
... passed some time with- out any determinate plan , and , from 1746 to 1749 , pursued his profession in Devon- shire and London , and acquired numerous friends and patrons . Among the latter was captain ( afterwards lord ) Keppel , whom ...
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... passed directly from the school of a grammarian to take part in judicial proceedings . - 2d . Instructers in eloquence were called rhetoricians among the Greeks ; and they also bore the same name , or that of professors ( professores ) ...
... passed directly from the school of a grammarian to take part in judicial proceedings . - 2d . Instructers in eloquence were called rhetoricians among the Greeks ; and they also bore the same name , or that of professors ( professores ) ...
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... passing it between flat stones , as in a common meal mill . The first crop being cut in May , a second is immediately prepared for , by burning the stubble , and this second crop ripens in October or November . After removal , the ...
... passing it between flat stones , as in a common meal mill . The first crop being cut in May , a second is immediately prepared for , by burning the stubble , and this second crop ripens in October or November . After removal , the ...
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Página 189 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 433 - 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 on whom he also obtruded them : thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another...
Página 51 - Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an uninhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself.
Página 433 - ... with her tackle, apparel, and guns, and the goods or effects, other than. slaves, which shall be found on board, shall be forfeited, and may be proceeded against in any of the district or circuit courts, and shall be condemned for the use of the officers and crew of the vessel making the seizure, and be divided in the proportion directed in the case of prize...
Página 16 - ... for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as the seats of Roman colonies, and of ecclesiastical councils, and are associated with many of the most important events recorded in the history of mankind...
Página 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...
Página 110 - The rule of three inverse, is when more requires less, or less requires more ; as in this case...
Página 435 - It is impossible to conceive the effect of this eruption — 507 fellow creatures, of all ages and sexes, some children, some adults, some old men and women, all in a state of total nudity, scrambling out together to taste the luxury of a little fresh air and water. They came swarming up like bees from the aperture of a hive, till the whole deck was crowded...