A New Family Encyclopedia, Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge: Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects Most Interesting to Persons in the Ordinary Professions of Life : Illustrated by Numerous EngravingsCharles Augustus Goodrich T. Belknap, 1833 - 468 páginas |
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... wooden coolers , where a portion concretes into a crystallized mass , which is drained and exported to this country , under the name of mus- covado or raw sugar . The remaining liquid portion is called molasses , or treacle , which in ...
... wooden coolers , where a portion concretes into a crystallized mass , which is drained and exported to this country , under the name of mus- covado or raw sugar . The remaining liquid portion is called molasses , or treacle , which in ...
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... woods of the south of France , Spain and Italy . It rarely exceeds twenty feet in height ; it has lanceolate , grey , ferruginous leaves , downy or silvery under- neath ; the flowers are small and white ; the fruit is a drupe of an ...
... woods of the south of France , Spain and Italy . It rarely exceeds twenty feet in height ; it has lanceolate , grey , ferruginous leaves , downy or silvery under- neath ; the flowers are small and white ; the fruit is a drupe of an ...
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... wooden vessels , and the juice is extracted by persons treading upon them . The Canary islands gave name to a rich white wine , which was for . merly in great esteem , under the name of Canary sack , and is now usu . WINE . ally called ...
... wooden vessels , and the juice is extracted by persons treading upon them . The Canary islands gave name to a rich white wine , which was for . merly in great esteem , under the name of Canary sack , and is now usu . WINE . ally called ...
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... wood buds ; those less thrifty the most fruit buds . The best aspect for an orchard is one somewhat ele . vated or undulating , protected from prevailing cold winds - and facing the south , south - east or east . 3. Condition of the ...
... wood buds ; those less thrifty the most fruit buds . The best aspect for an orchard is one somewhat ele . vated or undulating , protected from prevailing cold winds - and facing the south , south - east or east . 3. Condition of the ...
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... wood . This last is called the pyrolig . neous acid , and is now prepared in large quantities in London , by distil ling wood in close vessels . It may be obtained eight times the strength of common vinegar , so that it may be diluted ...
... wood . This last is called the pyrolig . neous acid , and is now prepared in large quantities in London , by distil ling wood in close vessels . It may be obtained eight times the strength of common vinegar , so that it may be diluted ...
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Página 130 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Página 455 - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Página 380 - Planting should be undertaken as soon as the frost is out of the ground in the spring, the...
Página 455 - 2. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the...
Página 440 - I mean of wisdom, of goodness, and of power: wisdom, to discern the real interest of the community ; goodness, to endeavour always to pursue that real interest ; and strength, or power, to carry this knowledge and intention into action.
Página 448 - ... who for twelve months next preceding has been a housekeeper and head of a family within the county, city, town, borough, or election district where he may offer to vote, and shall have been assessed with a part of the revenue of the commonwealth within the preceding year, and actually paid the same...
Página 122 - ... a single vegetable made its appearance. When these roosts are first discovered, the inhabitants from considerable distances visit them in the night, with guns, clubs, long poles, pots of sulphur, and various other engines of destruction. In a few hours they fill many sacks, and load their horses with them. By the Indians, a pigeon roost or breeding- place is considered an important source of national profit and dependence for that season; and all their active ingenuity is exercised on the occasion.
Página 452 - He shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in this State at least five years immediately preceding his election.
Página 122 - ... have been much more, and that it moved at the rate of one mile in a minute, four hours, the time it continued passing, would make its whole length two hundred and forty miles. Again, supposing that each square yard of this moving body comprehended three pigeons, the square yards in the whole...
Página 130 - By a sparingness in diet, and eating as much as may be, what is light and easy of digestion, I shall doubtless be able to think more clearly, and shall gain time; 1.