Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Zväzok 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature Edward Augustus Kendall. AE 5 • P74 1811 V.1 ༣ ཝཱ ༣ , སཱ Frinted by T. C. HANSARD , Peterborough Court , Fleet Street , Londen . ย Salkeld 11-24-36 . Gen Liter 11-5-2 PREFACE ! 1-12-52MFF TO.
... Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature Edward Augustus Kendall. AE 5 • P74 1811 V.1 ༣ ཝཱ ༣ , སཱ Frinted by T. C. HANSARD , Peterborough Court , Fleet Street , Londen . ย Salkeld 11-24-36 . Gen Liter 11-5-2 PREFACE ! 1-12-52MFF TO.
Strana 21
... court or other meeting till another day . In parliament , adjourn- ment differs from prorogation , the former being not only for the shorter time , but also done by the house itself , whereas the latter is an act of royal authority ...
... court or other meeting till another day . In parliament , adjourn- ment differs from prorogation , the former being not only for the shorter time , but also done by the house itself , whereas the latter is an act of royal authority ...
Strana 22
... Court of , is a sovereign court held by the lord high admiral , or by the lords commissioners of the admiralty , where cognizance is taken in all maritime affairs , whether civil or criminal . All crimes committed on the high seas , or ...
... Court of , is a sovereign court held by the lord high admiral , or by the lords commissioners of the admiralty , where cognizance is taken in all maritime affairs , whether civil or criminal . All crimes committed on the high seas , or ...
Strana 23
... court of dele- gates ; and from the vice - admiralty courts in fo- reign settlements an appeal may be brought before the court of admiralty here , or before the king in council . The advantages resulting to mariners from suing in the court ...
... court of dele- gates ; and from the vice - admiralty courts in fo- reign settlements an appeal may be brought before the court of admiralty here , or before the king in council . The advantages resulting to mariners from suing in the court ...
Strana 43
... court of the lord mayor and aldermen , where the person so returned must be admitted , and sworn into the office , before he can act . If the person elected refuses to wear the gown , he is liable to a fine of 500 7. Aldermen are ...
... court of the lord mayor and aldermen , where the person so returned must be admitted , and sworn into the office , before he can act . If the person elected refuses to wear the gown , he is liable to a fine of 500 7. Aldermen are ...
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Strana 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Strana 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Strana 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.
Strana 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Strana 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Strana 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Strana 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Strana 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 ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Strana 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.
Strana 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; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.