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 14
... tion are of a friendly , sympathizing nature , so , consequently , this will be the same ; and may , therefore , be easily changed , by the addition of any other colours . 10. Red - shade , is composed of lake and a very little Indian ...
... tion are of a friendly , sympathizing nature , so , consequently , this will be the same ; and may , therefore , be easily changed , by the addition of any other colours . 10. Red - shade , is composed of lake and a very little Indian ...
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... tion with the king's bench ; but can take no cog- nizance of pleas of the crown . Thus informations , in which the king is plaintiff , and the suit criminal , can only be allowed or granted , in the king's bench . COMMONS , House of ...
... tion with the king's bench ; but can take no cog- nizance of pleas of the crown . Thus informations , in which the king is plaintiff , and the suit criminal , can only be allowed or granted , in the king's bench . COMMONS , House of ...
Página 35
... moment of his elec- tion , the representative not of those particular per- sons only , like the States - General of the United Provinces , and the deputies of the Swiss Cantons , but of the kingdom at large ; and is to COMMONS . 35.
... moment of his elec- tion , the representative not of those particular per- sons only , like the States - General of the United Provinces , and the deputies of the Swiss Cantons , but of the kingdom at large ; and is to COMMONS . 35.
Página 46
... tion . CONGE d'elire , see Bishop . CONGELATION , may be defined the transition of a liquid into a solid state , in consequence of an ab- straction of heat : thus metals , oil , water , & c . are said to congeal when they pass from a ...
... tion . CONGE d'elire , see Bishop . CONGELATION , may be defined the transition of a liquid into a solid state , in consequence of an ab- straction of heat : thus metals , oil , water , & c . are said to congeal when they pass from a ...
Página 48
... tion is the line A B fig . 6 : B B , fig . 7. And A b fig . 8. The centre C is the middle of the axis . In the ellipse the centre is within the curve , in the hyperbola it is without the curve , but in the parabola the centre is ...
... tion is the line A B fig . 6 : B B , fig . 7. And A b fig . 8. The centre C is the middle of the axis . In the ellipse the centre is within the curve , in the hyperbola it is without the curve , but in the parabola the centre is ...
Términos y frases comunes
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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.