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... for nutely into particulars ; and from an er . cleansing the body from concretions and tract , as this last is only a particular view other impurities , not to be effected by sim- of some part or passage of it . ple abluents .
... for nutely into particulars ; and from an er . cleansing the body from concretions and tract , as this last is only a particular view other impurities , not to be effected by sim- of some part or passage of it . ple abluents .
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“ sensitive " plants , or such as move upon An era is a point fixed by a particular peo- being touched . The term Æschynomene is ple or nation ; an epoch , one determined by used to denote this genus of plants , of chronologists and ...
“ sensitive " plants , or such as move upon An era is a point fixed by a particular peo- being touched . The term Æschynomene is ple or nation ; an epoch , one determined by used to denote this genus of plants , of chronologists and ...
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... in medicine , a disease at- distemper is so formed as to be reducible to tended with a diminution or loss of smell . any particular class , or proper denominaAN'SER , a star of the fifth magnitude in tions . the Milky Way .
... in medicine , a disease at- distemper is so formed as to be reducible to tended with a diminution or loss of smell . any particular class , or proper denominaAN'SER , a star of the fifth magnitude in tions . the Milky Way .
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APPETITES ARE PASSIONS DIRECTED TO GENERAL , NOT PARTICULAR , OBJECTS . APP ] A New Dictionary of the Belles Lettres . [ AQU THE " APPLICATION , " IN SERMONS , IS THAT PART OF THE DISCOURSE IN WHICH THE DOCTRINE IS APPLIED TO PRACTICAL ...
APPETITES ARE PASSIONS DIRECTED TO GENERAL , NOT PARTICULAR , OBJECTS . APP ] A New Dictionary of the Belles Lettres . [ AQU THE " APPLICATION , " IN SERMONS , IS THAT PART OF THE DISCOURSE IN WHICH THE DOCTRINE IS APPLIED TO PRACTICAL ...
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But the most frequent which some spiders can convey themselves representation of the eagle was that of the to great distances , deserves particular noAquila legionaria , ( which the Romans chose tice . Dr. Lister remarks , that while he ...
But the most frequent which some spiders can convey themselves representation of the eagle was that of the to great distances , deserves particular noAquila legionaria , ( which the Romans chose tice . Dr. Lister remarks , that while he ...
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Page 163 - 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 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 :
Page 163 - 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 163 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 248 - Equity, then, in its true and genuine meaning, is the soul and spirit of all law: positive law is construed, and rational law is made, by it. In this, equity is synonymous to justice ; in that, to the true sense and sound interpretation of the rule.
Page 406 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 275 - In the reciprocal services of lord and vassal there was ample scope for every magnanimous and disinterested energy. The heart of man, when placed in circumstances which have a tendency to excite them, will seldom be deficient in such sentiments.
Page 406 - They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks...
Page 167 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Page 257 - I say, then, that we have the knowledge of our own existence by intuition; of the existence of God by demonstration; and of other things by sensation.
Page 315 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curve line, called the Circumference, which is every where equidistant from a certain point within, called its Centre.
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| Title | The Scientific and Literary Treasury: A New and Popular Encyclopedia of the Belles Lettres |
| Author | Samuel Maunder |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 832 pages |
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