Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 3Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... appears that , primitively , only one genius was spoken of , and this was called the Son of God , and to him was attributed the production of all things , and the administration of events : the genius , therefore , represented the ...
... appears that , primitively , only one genius was spoken of , and this was called the Son of God , and to him was attributed the production of all things , and the administration of events : the genius , therefore , represented the ...
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... appears to us from the earth , supposing the eye to be fixed there , or it is a point in the ecliptic to which a planet seen from the earth is referred , GEOGRAPHY , the description of the surface of the earth , its natural divisions ...
... appears to us from the earth , supposing the eye to be fixed there , or it is a point in the ecliptic to which a planet seen from the earth is referred , GEOGRAPHY , the description of the surface of the earth , its natural divisions ...
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... appear equally distant , and seem to be fixed in a vast concave sphere , of which it is itself the centre . The moon is ... appears to an eye supposed to be in its centre , and viewing it all around ; and if a small globe , with a map of ...
... appear equally distant , and seem to be fixed in a vast concave sphere , of which it is itself the centre . The moon is ... appears to an eye supposed to be in its centre , and viewing it all around ; and if a small globe , with a map of ...
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... appear to move westward . Such are the principles upon which astronomy teaches us to construct the globes , and that more comprehensive machine , the armillary sphere . GLOW - WORM , see LAMPYRIS . Glue , among artificers , a viscid ...
... appear to move westward . Such are the principles upon which astronomy teaches us to construct the globes , and that more comprehensive machine , the armillary sphere . GLOW - WORM , see LAMPYRIS . Glue , among artificers , a viscid ...
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... appears to consist in the union of elegance and dignity . · Pertness , " says Horace Walpole , “ is the mistaken affectation of grace , as pedantry produces erroneous dignity : the familiarity of the one , and the clumsiness of the ...
... appears to consist in the union of elegance and dignity . · Pertness , " says Horace Walpole , “ is the mistaken affectation of grace , as pedantry produces erroneous dignity : the familiarity of the one , and the clumsiness of the ...
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Page 359 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 45 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Page 319 - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
Page 5 - A Proposition, is something which is either proposed to be done, or to be demonstrated, and is either a problem or a theorem.
Page 5 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the centre ; as ABD E.
Page 228 - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
Page 361 - Odin is believed to have been the name of the one true god among the first colonies who came from the East, and peopled Germany and Scandinavia, and among their posterity for several ages.
Page 327 - The study of natural history, simple, beautiful, and instructive, consists in the collection, arrangement, and exhibition of the various productions of the earth.
Page 333 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 144 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.