The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volumen1H.G. Allen, 1888 |
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... four stories , built 1867-1873 at the cost of £ 80,000 , including £ 25,000 for the site . Its chief feature is a tower 200 feet high . It contains a great hall , 74 feet long , 35 feet broad , and 50 feet high , with an open timber ...
... four stories , built 1867-1873 at the cost of £ 80,000 , including £ 25,000 for the site . Its chief feature is a tower 200 feet high . It contains a great hall , 74 feet long , 35 feet broad , and 50 feet high , with an open timber ...
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... four granite columns , or 80 men and boys . Nearly 200 acres of ground , within 27 feet high . It has 42 members , and a library of 5000 three miles of the city , are laid out in rearing shrub and volumes . The legal practitioners of ...
... four granite columns , or 80 men and boys . Nearly 200 acres of ground , within 27 feet high . It has 42 members , and a library of 5000 three miles of the city , are laid out in rearing shrub and volumes . The legal practitioners of ...
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... four seem to have perished . In the general engagement which fol- lowed , Abner was defeated and put to flight . He was closely pursued by Asahel , brother of Joab , who is said to have been " light of foot as a wild roe . " As Asahel ...
... four seem to have perished . In the general engagement which fol- lowed , Abner was defeated and put to flight . He was closely pursued by Asahel , brother of Joab , who is said to have been " light of foot as a wild roe . " As Asahel ...
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... four works which should be deemed by the academy most deserving of such a reward . A grand meet- ing was to be held every year , when the prizes were to be distributed , and analyses of the works read . The first meeting took place on ...
... four works which should be deemed by the academy most deserving of such a reward . A grand meet- ing was to be held every year , when the prizes were to be distributed , and analyses of the works read . The first meeting took place on ...
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... four classes , viz . , first , painting in all its branches of history portraits , war- pieces , and landscapes , architecture , mosaic , enamelling , & c .; secondly , engraving on copperplates , seal - cutting , & c .; thirdly ...
... four classes , viz . , first , painting in all its branches of history portraits , war- pieces , and landscapes , architecture , mosaic , enamelling , & c .; secondly , engraving on copperplates , seal - cutting , & c .; thirdly ...
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Página 30 - That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Página 53 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing : and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Página 160 - Majesty's dominions, to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed upon all and all manner of captures, seizures, prizes and reprisals of all ships and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and.
Página 134 - And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them ; and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Página 33 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Página 134 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof...
Página 141 - Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me: for if we can remove the turbulent Gallicks, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in another century become more numerous than England itself. Should this be the case, since we have, I may say, all the naval stores of the nation in our hands, it will be easy to obtain the mastery of the...
Página 203 - When a body floats freely in a fluid the weight of the body is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.
Página 172 - Guinea pepper, or opium, or any extract or preparation of molasses, or any article or preparation to be used in worts or beer for, or as a substitute for, malt or hops...
Página 237 - We are content with discord, we are content with alarms, we are content with blood, but we will never be content with a master...