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 50
... - side over an hundred , or a franchise or liberty ; but the title originally belonged to officers of great rank , CONSTABLE - Lord High of England , a post long since considered as too powerful to be committed to a 50 CON.
... - side over an hundred , or a franchise or liberty ; but the title originally belonged to officers of great rank , CONSTABLE - Lord High of England , a post long since considered as too powerful to be committed to a 50 CON.
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... Originally , conven- ticle was the diminutive of convent ; and signified a party or faction of monks , leaguing for the elec- tion of an abbot . CONVEYANCE , a deed or instrument that passes land , & c . from one person to another ...
... Originally , conven- ticle was the diminutive of convent ; and signified a party or faction of monks , leaguing for the elec- tion of an abbot . CONVEYANCE , a deed or instrument that passes land , & c . from one person to another ...
Página 67
... originally made of leather , or the hides of animals : these gave way in this country to the use of iron chains . In more distant nations to the south ; thongs and chains were su- perceded by the use of vegetable shreads , and the arts ...
... originally made of leather , or the hides of animals : these gave way in this country to the use of iron chains . In more distant nations to the south ; thongs and chains were su- perceded by the use of vegetable shreads , and the arts ...
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... originally signified the territory or jurisdiction of a count or earl ; but the word is now used in the same sense with shire . In this view , a county is a circuit or portion of the realm , into fifty - two of which England and Wales ...
... originally signified the territory or jurisdiction of a count or earl ; but the word is now used in the same sense with shire . In this view , a county is a circuit or portion of the realm , into fifty - two of which England and Wales ...
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... Originally it signified a hollow , or cavity ; and in sculpture it is applied where the lines and figures are cut below the sur- face of the substances engraved , and thus stands opposed to relievos , which latter term intimates the ...
... Originally it signified a hollow , or cavity ; and in sculpture it is applied where the lines and figures are cut below the sur- face of the substances engraved , and thus stands opposed to relievos , which latter term intimates the ...
Términos y frases comunes
acid ammonia ancient angle animal appears astronomy bird body called caloric centre church circle cold colour combustion common CONIC SECTIONS consists contain copper court dæmon degree denominator denotes dial diameter distance diurnal motion divided dominical letter DRACO VOLANS earth ecliptic electricity England English epact equal feet figure fire fish FISHERY fluid genus glass ground heat heraldry hour-lines hyperbola inches indian-red insects iron kind king king's land larvæ letter manner means ment meridian metal mixed motion multivalves Muriate natural history neral nitric acid observed oker person plane plate principal produced quantity racters salt sense ships side signifies solid sometimes species stone substance sulphuric sulphuric acid supposed surface term thing tints tion tree usually vessel vowel whole William the conqueror wings wood word
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.