A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 7Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... contains 4500 inhabitants . It is encompassed by extensive morasses , which add to its strength ; a fortified dike also com- mences at one of the suburbs , and is continued for the space of three miles by means of thirty- six bridges ...
... contains 4500 inhabitants . It is encompassed by extensive morasses , which add to its strength ; a fortified dike also com- mences at one of the suburbs , and is continued for the space of three miles by means of thirty- six bridges ...
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... contains , is collected on the surface . The clear liquor being drawn off into another cask , the lees are put , he ... contain gradually filtrates , becoming perfectly bright ; and it is then CYDER . 15.
... contains , is collected on the surface . The clear liquor being drawn off into another cask , the lees are put , he ... contain gradually filtrates , becoming perfectly bright ; and it is then CYDER . 15.
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... contains eight towns , thirty - three soil is productive , but the manufactures are not boroughs , and 829 villages . CZERNIGOV , or TSCHERNIGOV , a govern- ment of European Russia , erected in the year 1781 , and lying between those of ...
... contains eight towns , thirty - three soil is productive , but the manufactures are not boroughs , and 829 villages . CZERNIGOV , or TSCHERNIGOV , a govern- ment of European Russia , erected in the year 1781 , and lying between those of ...
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... contains a great number of valuable zemindaries or estates , and is every where inter- sected by the Ganges and Brahmapootra , and their various branches , so that every town of consequence has its river or canal . These rivers ...
... contains a great number of valuable zemindaries or estates , and is every where inter- sected by the Ganges and Brahmapootra , and their various branches , so that every town of consequence has its river or canal . These rivers ...
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... contains , such numberless diversities of being , yet the simplest machine constructed by human art does not display greater simplicity , or a happier connexion of parts . We may therefore infer , by analogy , from what is observable of ...
... contains , such numberless diversities of being , yet the simplest machine constructed by human art does not display greater simplicity , or a happier connexion of parts . We may therefore infer , by analogy , from what is observable of ...
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Page 367 - But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned, Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you.
Page 364 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 369 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 278 - And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Page 369 - And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Page 83 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 304 - Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 340 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 160 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not ' seems.' 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Page 180 - ... penalty of being reputed a deserter, and suffering accordingly. And in case any officer shall knowingly receive and entertain such noncommissioned officer or soldier, or shall not, after his being discovered to be a deserter, immediately...