The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, 9. köideCharles Knight, 1838 |
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... whole suspicious . It exists in a perceptible degree in Tamus , and is still more manifest in the three - leaved Dioscorea . 3 1 , a shoot of Rajania cordata ; 2 , a male flower ; 3 , a female : flower ; 4 , a portion of a ripe fruit ...
... whole suspicious . It exists in a perceptible degree in Tamus , and is still more manifest in the three - leaved Dioscorea . 3 1 , a shoot of Rajania cordata ; 2 , a male flower ; 3 , a female : flower ; 4 , a portion of a ripe fruit ...
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... whole of the head . The halteres or poisers are two small organs of a slender form , and furnished with a knob at their apex , situated at the base of the thorax on each side , and immediately be- hind the attachment of the wings ...
... whole of the head . The halteres or poisers are two small organs of a slender form , and furnished with a knob at their apex , situated at the base of the thorax on each side , and immediately be- hind the attachment of the wings ...
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... whole number move in the contrary direction . The course of these celestial motions is always from west to east , which is the direct course . The retrograde is therefore from east to west . The real diurnal motion of the earth being ...
... whole number move in the contrary direction . The course of these celestial motions is always from west to east , which is the direct course . The retrograde is therefore from east to west . The real diurnal motion of the earth being ...
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... whole refracted from its original direction . Such a system is called achro- matic . Conversely , by forming an achromatic system experi- mentally , where the angles of the prisms are small , and in the position of minimum deviation ...
... whole refracted from its original direction . Such a system is called achro- matic . Conversely , by forming an achromatic system experi- mentally , where the angles of the prisms are small , and in the position of minimum deviation ...
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... whole body of the liquor causes frothy bubbles to cover its entire surface . The temperature mean- while rises from 10 to 15 degrees according to circumstances . The greater the mass of liquid , the lower the temperature at which it was ...
... whole body of the liquor causes frothy bubbles to cover its entire surface . The temperature mean- while rises from 10 to 15 degrees according to circumstances . The greater the mass of liquid , the lower the temperature at which it was ...
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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.
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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.
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