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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... principal are De Boekzaal van Europe ( from 1692 , under different titles ) ; Het Republyk de Geleerden ( 1710—48 ) ; Allgemeene Konst - en Letter - Bode ( since 1788 , which is most highly esteemed in Holland ) ; De Recensent ook der ...
... principal are De Boekzaal van Europe ( from 1692 , under different titles ) ; Het Republyk de Geleerden ( 1710—48 ) ; Allgemeene Konst - en Letter - Bode ( since 1788 , which is most highly esteemed in Holland ) ; De Recensent ook der ...
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... principal literary journals of Spain are the Diario de los Literatos de España ( 1737-43 , 4 vols . ) , and the Me- morial litterario de Madrid ( 1784-1807 ) , which contain little more than an account of the contents of books . In 1831 ...
... principal literary journals of Spain are the Diario de los Literatos de España ( 1737-43 , 4 vols . ) , and the Me- morial litterario de Madrid ( 1784-1807 ) , which contain little more than an account of the contents of books . In 1831 ...
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... principal difference of the motion of the pendulum is , that it moves , in some cases , from left to right , that is , with the sun ; in others , from right to left , or against the sun . That the me- chanical motion of the fingers does ...
... principal difference of the motion of the pendulum is , that it moves , in some cases , from left to right , that is , with the sun ; in others , from right to left , or against the sun . That the me- chanical motion of the fingers does ...
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... principal Mohammedan festivals . RHAPSODY ( from the Greek ) was origi- nally a series of poetical effusions , which , though separate , yet had still a connexion with each other , as , for example , the po- ems of Homer . ( q . v ...
... principal Mohammedan festivals . RHAPSODY ( from the Greek ) was origi- nally a series of poetical effusions , which , though separate , yet had still a connexion with each other , as , for example , the po- ems of Homer . ( q . v ...
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... principal writers on rhetoric among the ancients ; and the most valuable Eng . lish works on this subject , are Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric , Blair's Lectures the earlier Romans ; they were looked upon by the RHEINGAU - RHETORIC . 11.
... principal writers on rhetoric among the ancients ; and the most valuable Eng . lish works on this subject , are Campbell's Philosophy of Rhetoric , Blair's Lectures the earlier Romans ; they were looked upon by the RHEINGAU - RHETORIC . 11.
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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...