The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 7. köideHenry G. Allen Company, 1890 |
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... less than eight low gravel terraces , the ledges of comparatively recent beaches , dis- tinctly marked . The highest of them was 44 feet above the present sea - level . " Many traces of volcanic action , both remote and recent , have ...
... less than eight low gravel terraces , the ledges of comparatively recent beaches , dis- tinctly marked . The highest of them was 44 feet above the present sea - level . " Many traces of volcanic action , both remote and recent , have ...
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... less than 111 persons were returned as deaf and dumb and blind ; of these 20 were in special asylums and 26 in workhouses . In 1861 only 30 persons were described as blind and deaf and dumb . As dumbness can only co - exist with ...
... less than 111 persons were returned as deaf and dumb and blind ; of these 20 were in special asylums and 26 in workhouses . In 1861 only 30 persons were described as blind and deaf and dumb . As dumbness can only co - exist with ...
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... less than a farthing , which is the oth . The coins which it would be found necessary to issue would probably be - in copper , the mild . , the 2 - mil piece = d . , rather less than a halfpenny , and the 5 - mil piece = 1d . , rather less ...
... less than a farthing , which is the oth . The coins which it would be found necessary to issue would probably be - in copper , the mild . , the 2 - mil piece = d . , rather less than a halfpenny , and the 5 - mil piece = 1d . , rather less ...
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... less than three names ) was a man of such wealth as to be able to entertain Xerxes and his army on their return home after the battle of Salamis . On coming into his inheritance , Democritus , there is good reason to believe , devoted ...
... less than three names ) was a man of such wealth as to be able to entertain Xerxes and his army on their return home after the battle of Salamis . On coming into his inheritance , Democritus , there is good reason to believe , devoted ...
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... less diffuse than that of Cicero . Did the critic , asks Macaulay , ever hear any speaking that was less ornamented than that of Demosthenes , or more diffuse than that of Cicero ? Yet the critic's remark was not so point- less as ...
... less diffuse than that of Cicero . Did the critic , asks Macaulay , ever hear any speaking that was less ornamented than that of Demosthenes , or more diffuse than that of Cicero ? Yet the critic's remark was not so point- less as ...
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Page 88 - There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is — to teach ; the function of the second is — to move: the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.
Page 158 - I have been Tom Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature) for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe.
Page 138 - And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that He hath spoken ; Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun-dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Page 286 - Husband has been guilty of incestuous Adultery, or of Bigamy with Adultery, or of Rape, or of Sodomy or Bestiality, or of Adultery coupled with such Cruelty as without Adultery would have entitled her to a Divorce a Mensa et Thoro, or of Adultery coupled with Desertion, without reasonable Excuse, for Two Years or upwards...
Page 13 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 286 - Marriage shall be declared to be dissolved, but not sooner, it shall be lawful for the respective Parties thereto to marry again, as if the prior Marriage had been dissolved by Death...
Page 224 - I said I could see no difference between negligence and gross negligence — that it was the same thing, with the addition of a vituperative epithet...
Page 158 - Jones (a child's Tom Jones, a harmless creature) for a week together. I have sustained my own idea of Roderick Random for a month at a stretch, I verily believe. I had a greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels...