Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Zväzok 2,Časť 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Strana 12
... received news that the Giago Caf- 37 fortunes . fangi had taken the advantage of her abfence , to en- Angok . ter the kingdom of Metamba with a numerous army , had carried off the greatest part of the inhabitants , de- ftroyed all the ...
... received news that the Giago Caf- 37 fortunes . fangi had taken the advantage of her abfence , to en- Angok . ter the kingdom of Metamba with a numerous army , had carried off the greatest part of the inhabitants , de- ftroyed all the ...
Strana 13
... received by Zingha in a very af- fectionate manner : and , fome time after , the queen , her mind being probably weakened through the infir- mities of old age , not only was thoroughly reconciled . to the Portuguefe , but looked upon ...
... received by Zingha in a very af- fectionate manner : and , fome time after , the queen , her mind being probably weakened through the infir- mities of old age , not only was thoroughly reconciled . to the Portuguefe , but looked upon ...
Strana 14
... received both her being and her kingdom : That , nevertheless , if the could be convinced that there was any thing in her dominions that would be acceptable to his Portuguese majefty , fhe would vo- luntarily make him a prefent of it ...
... received both her being and her kingdom : That , nevertheless , if the could be convinced that there was any thing in her dominions that would be acceptable to his Portuguese majefty , fhe would vo- luntarily make him a prefent of it ...
Strana 15
... received it from the fa- ther : and having kiffed it , and fworn afresh upon the Ceremonies gofpel to continue in obedience to the church of Rome , at receiving kiffed the letter again , put it into the purfe , and re- a letter from ...
... received it from the fa- ther : and having kiffed it , and fworn afresh upon the Ceremonies gofpel to continue in obedience to the church of Rome , at receiving kiffed the letter again , put it into the purfe , and re- a letter from ...
Strana 21
... received their existence from the fecundity of the fame fpirit : for that this anima , being the primary fource of life , every where breathed a fpirit like itself , by virtue whereof various kinds of things were framed conformable to ...
... received their existence from the fecundity of the fame fpirit : for that this anima , being the primary fource of life , every where breathed a fpirit like itself , by virtue whereof various kinds of things were framed conformable to ...
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Strana 329 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Strana 71 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Strana 377 - ... spontaneously; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the native of our less temperate climate can do by ploughing in the cold of winter, and reaping in the summer's heat, as often as these seasons return...
Strana 91 - ... in a bed of water. In order, however, to be more certain, we sent in a Levantine mariner, who, by the promise of a good reward, ventured, with a flambeau in his hand, into this narrow aperture.
Strana 139 - ... being paid in proportion to the little work which he could execute, and paying in his turn for the materials which he might sometimes spoil through awkwardness and inexperience.
Strana 141 - ), would have been by the rules of the common law disappropriated, had not a clause in those statutes intervened, to give them to the king in as ample a manner as the abbots, &c. formerly held the same, at the time of their dissolution.
Strana 223 - I would call the SAXON architecture. But our Norman works had a very different original. When the Goths had conquered Spain, and the genial warmth of the climate, and the religion of the old inhabitants...
Strana 215 - ... and that it is the more permanent, in proportion as it recedes the more from its natural colour. Prepared archil very readily gives out its colour to water, to volatile spirits, and to alcohol ; it is the substance principally made use of for colouring the spirits of thermometers.
Strana 50 - An annuity for a long term of years, therefore, though its intrinsic value may be very nearly the same with that of a perpetual annuity, will not find nearly the same number of purchasers. The subscribers to a new loan, who mean generally to...
Strana 91 - ... a table. Upon our egress from this amazing cavern, we perceived a Greek inscription upon a rock at the mouth, but so obliterated by time, that we could not read it distinctly.