Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, 7. köideFrancis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1835 |
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... nature of the offence committed , or the wrong done , whether a child of any given age can be considered legally guilty of it , since some offences and wrongs can be more easily understood to be such than others . The law , in general ...
... nature of the offence committed , or the wrong done , whether a child of any given age can be considered legally guilty of it , since some offences and wrongs can be more easily understood to be such than others . The law , in general ...
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... nature of the finest lamp - black , and of another sub- stance soluble in water , and which putre- fied by keeping , and , when evaporated , left a tenacious jelly , exactly like glue , or isinglass . It appears probable , therefore ...
... nature of the finest lamp - black , and of another sub- stance soluble in water , and which putre- fied by keeping , and , when evaporated , left a tenacious jelly , exactly like glue , or isinglass . It appears probable , therefore ...
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... nature with all the talents of a ruler , possessed of an erudition uncommon at that time , and favored by ... natural and necessary in the developement of Euro- pean civilization . If he had not subdued the monarchs , they would have ...
... nature with all the talents of a ruler , possessed of an erudition uncommon at that time , and favored by ... natural and necessary in the developement of Euro- pean civilization . If he had not subdued the monarchs , they would have ...
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... nature has provided a remedy ; all of these crustaceous insects cast their shell annually . The skin of most of the other insects is softer , and organized , being formed of a number of thin membranes , adhering closely to one another ...
... nature has provided a remedy ; all of these crustaceous insects cast their shell annually . The skin of most of the other insects is softer , and organized , being formed of a number of thin membranes , adhering closely to one another ...
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... nature has furnished the perfect insects of many species with an instinct , which leads them to deposit their eggs in situations where the larvæ , as soon as hatched , may find that kind of food which is best adapted to their nature ...
... nature has furnished the perfect insects of many species with an instinct , which leads them to deposit their eggs in situations where the larvæ , as soon as hatched , may find that kind of food which is best adapted to their nature ...
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Page 437 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 473 - Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act.
Page 368 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before is a benefactor to his species.
Page 474 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Page 472 - I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house; for, since I have resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living that I do not choose to continue it when dead.
Page 286 - When a sufficient number of persons impanelled, or tales-men, appear, they are then separately sworn well and truly to try the issue between the parties, and a true verdict to give according to the evidence; and hence they are denominated the jury, jurata, and jurors, sc.
Page 528 - ... which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction; careful as a father of those committed to his charge, yet steady in the maintenance of order and discipline; intimate with the Indian character, customs, and principles; habituated to the hunting life; guarded, by exact observation of the vegetables and animals of his own country, against losing time in the description of objects already possessed; honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding, and a fidelity to truth...
Page 323 - ... to be secretly confined or imprisoned in this state, or to be sent out of the state, or...
Page 181 - Apollo* of the Raleigh tavern, formed ourselves into a voluntary convention, drew up articles of association against the use of any merchandise imported from Great Britain, signed and recommended them to the people, repaired to our several counties, and were re-elected without any other exception than of the very few who had declined assent to our proceedings.
Page 49 - Investitures, in their original rise, were probably intended to demonstrate in conquered countries the actual possession of the lord; and that he did not grant a bare litigious right, which the soldier was ill qualified to prosecute, but a peaceable and firm possession.