Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen2Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - 415 páginas |
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Página 18
... lives in woods and thickets , and , in breeding time , in the open fields it is poisonous , but not deadly ; it grows to a foot and an half long . The flesh was formerly used in medicine as a restorative . The poisonous matter ...
... lives in woods and thickets , and , in breeding time , in the open fields it is poisonous , but not deadly ; it grows to a foot and an half long . The flesh was formerly used in medicine as a restorative . The poisonous matter ...
Página 41
... live ; that is , the persons of this age , taking them , one with another , will actually enjoy , and may be considered as sure of enjoying , those who live beyond that period enjoying as much more time , in proportion to their number ...
... live ; that is , the persons of this age , taking them , one with another , will actually enjoy , and may be considered as sure of enjoying , those who live beyond that period enjoying as much more time , in proportion to their number ...
Página 66
... lives . CORAL , or corallina , a marine production , con- cerning which it is by no means agreed whether it be animal or vegetable . The species are several , distinguished by the form of their branches ; and they are found adhering to ...
... lives . CORAL , or corallina , a marine production , con- cerning which it is by no means agreed whether it be animal or vegetable . The species are several , distinguished by the form of their branches ; and they are found adhering to ...
Página 81
... lives are , indeed , computed to have been sacrificed ; thousands of children were led to perish , or to be sold for slaves by their schoolmasters , in the Holy - Land , deluded by the sophistical application of the words , " out of the ...
... lives are , indeed , computed to have been sacrificed ; thousands of children were led to perish , or to be sold for slaves by their schoolmasters , in the Holy - Land , deluded by the sophistical application of the words , " out of the ...
Página 92
... lives on the kernel , till at length the nut falls to the ground , and the insect creeps out of the hole which it has made by gnawing . It burrows under ground , where it lies dormant 7 or 8 months , and then casting its skin commences ...
... lives on the kernel , till at length the nut falls to the ground , and the insect creeps out of the hole which it has made by gnawing . It burrows under ground , where it lies dormant 7 or 8 months , and then casting its skin commences ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Página 344 - Or, as the whole stock, is to the whole gain or loss, So is each man's particular stock, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Página 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Página 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together...
Página 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch...
Página 37 - When those companies do not trade upon a joint stock, but are obliged to admit any person, properly qualified, upon paying a certain fine, and agreeing to submit to the regulations of the company, each member trading upon his own stock, and at his own risk, they are called regulated companies.
Página 51 - The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces.
Página 72 - ... care. But how was this to be effected ? The freehold was vested in the parson; and, if we suppose it vested in his natural capacity, on his death it might descend to his heir, and would be liable to his debts and...
Página 221 - Britain, to deliver and set forth the judgment of the sessions, in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may seek for presid^ncy and privilege.
Página 333 - When two adjacent circles meet, and interfere with each other's progress, they not only do not cross each other, but both circles are invariably obliterated between the points of contact : for the exhaustion occasioned by each obstructs the progress of the other, and both are starved.