The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, 18. köideEncyclopedia Britannica Company, 1911 |
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... especially the Cadusians , were always troublesome ; many abortive expe- ditions of the later kings against them are mentioned . Under the Persian rule the country was divided into two satrapies . The south , with Ecbatana and Rhagae ...
... especially the Cadusians , were always troublesome ; many abortive expe- ditions of the later kings against them are mentioned . Under the Persian rule the country was divided into two satrapies . The south , with Ecbatana and Rhagae ...
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... especially in regard to injuries , Lombardy , proceeding thence to Rome , where he gained dis- which it must have been the work of long experience to frame ; tinction by defending the " Vascello , " a position near the Porta we meet ...
... especially in regard to injuries , Lombardy , proceeding thence to Rome , where he gained dis- which it must have been the work of long experience to frame ; tinction by defending the " Vascello , " a position near the Porta we meet ...
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... especially noted for his profound researches in anatomy ( see i . 802 ) , and in the know- ledge and practice of medicine he appears to have been equally renowned . He professed himself a close adherent of Hippocrates , and adopted his ...
... especially noted for his profound researches in anatomy ( see i . 802 ) , and in the know- ledge and practice of medicine he appears to have been equally renowned . He professed himself a close adherent of Hippocrates , and adopted his ...
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... especially active in the work . In Sicily also the Oriental tendencies of Frederick Barbarossa and Frederick II . worked in the same direction . Gerard of Cremona , a physician of Toledo ( 1114-1187 ) , made translations , it is said by ...
... especially active in the work . In Sicily also the Oriental tendencies of Frederick Barbarossa and Frederick II . worked in the same direction . Gerard of Cremona , a physician of Toledo ( 1114-1187 ) , made translations , it is said by ...
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... especially antimony , the use of which became a kind of badge of the disciples of Paracelsus . The use of these remedies was not , however , necessarily connected with a belief in his system , which seems to have spread little beyond ...
... especially antimony , the use of which became a kind of badge of the disciples of Paracelsus . The use of these remedies was not , however , necessarily connected with a belief in his system , which seems to have spread little beyond ...
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Page 49 - Act 1908 enacted that any person who at a lawful public meeting acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an offence, and if the offence is committed at a political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency between the issue and return of a writ, the offence is made an illegal practice within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883.
Page 87 - Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies.
Page 186 - Balfour. — THE FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF; being Notes Introductory to the Study of Theology.
Page 5 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 18 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other Signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their Mediation.
Page 87 - Some parts of the body are noble, and some ignoble; some great, and some small. The great must not be injured for the small, nor the noble for the ignoble.
Page 9 - I would likewise beg leave to suggest to your Royal Highness the expediency of giving to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the Battle of Waterloo a medal. I am convinced it would have the best effect in the army ; and if that battle should settle our concerns, they will well deserve it.
Page 2 - I hear was intended and will do singularly well, so on the other side an Army, with this Inscription over the head of it, The Lord of Hosts, which was our Word that day.
Page 49 - Any person who at a public meeting to which this section applies acts, or incites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees.
Page 87 - In this year also began his lifelong friendship with Moscheles, who, when asked to receive him as a pupil, said, " If he wishes to take a hint from me, as to anything new to him, he can easily do so; but he stands in no need of lessons." In 1825 Abraham Mendelssohn took Felix to Paris, where among other musicians then resident in the French capital he met the two most popular dramatic composers of the age...