The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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... latter sent messengers to Corinth to request assistance against Dionysius . The Corinthians appointed as leader of the expedition Timoleon , who had already figured in the affairs of his own country as a determined opponent of tyranny ...
... latter sent messengers to Corinth to request assistance against Dionysius . The Corinthians appointed as leader of the expedition Timoleon , who had already figured in the affairs of his own country as a determined opponent of tyranny ...
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... latter has two aper- tures , and that it is by contraction that it executes loco- motion . We find , on the other hand , a mode of approxi- mating the Diphyes to the Physsophore , in regarding the natatory organs as analogous to those ...
... latter has two aper- tures , and that it is by contraction that it executes loco- motion . We find , on the other hand , a mode of approxi- mating the Diphyes to the Physsophore , in regarding the natatory organs as analogous to those ...
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... latter is known . Thus in the question , ' required the curve described by a point in a straight line the two ends of which must be on two fixed straight lines , ' the two fixed lines are directrices . Custom has sanctioned the special ...
... latter is known . Thus in the question , ' required the curve described by a point in a straight line the two ends of which must be on two fixed straight lines , ' the two fixed lines are directrices . Custom has sanctioned the special ...
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... latter term carries with it more of the idea of external force , and is not quite so generally ap- plied . It is usual , for instance , to speak of the dislocation , not the luxation , of the internal cartilage of the knee ; and the latter ...
... latter term carries with it more of the idea of external force , and is not quite so generally ap- plied . It is usual , for instance , to speak of the dislocation , not the luxation , of the internal cartilage of the knee ; and the latter ...
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... latter above the horizon is greater than that of the line of aim : an allowance for the dispart is consequently necessary in determining the commencement of the graduations on the tangent scale , by which the required elevation is given ...
... latter above the horizon is greater than that of the line of aim : an allowance for the dispart is consequently necessary in determining the commencement of the graduations on the tangent scale , by which the required elevation is given ...
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Page 42 - He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Page 42 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give to It in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 143 - ... if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort.
Page 59 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
Page 296 - ... and used to meet with them to pray together. I experienced I know not what kind of delight in religion. My mind was much engaged in it, and had much self-righteous pleasure; and it was my delight to abound in religious duties. I with some of my schoolmates joined together, and built a booth in a swamp, in a very retired spot, for a place of prayer.
Page 33 - States, or any domestic or domestic servant of any such ambassador or other public minister, may be arrested or imprisoned, or his or their goods or chattels...
Page 296 - ... extraordinary influence of God's Spirit in it; but only that now I saw further, and my reason apprehended the justice and reasonableness of it. However, my mind rested in it; and it put an end to all those cavils and objections. And there has been a wonderful alteration in my mind, with respect to the doctrine of God's sovereignty, from that day to this...
Page 296 - ... From my childhood up, my mind had been full of objections against the doctrine of God's sovereignty, in choosing whom he would to eternal life, and rejecting whom he pleased; leaving them eternally to perish, and be everlastingly tormented in hell. It used to appear like a horrible doctrine to me.
Page 168 - University," under the style and title of the " College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity near Dublin, founded by Queen Elizabeth.
Page 243 - Company, should be deemed a betrayer of the rights and liberties of the commons of England, and an infringer of the privileges of the house of commons.