Library of Universal Knowledge, Том 3

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American book exchange, 1879
 

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Сторінка 371 - ... the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
Сторінка 33 - I cannot conclude this book upon the creation without mentioning a poem which has lately appeared under that title.* The work was undertaken with so good an intention, and is executed with so great a mastery, that it deserves to be looked upon as one of the most useful and noble productions in our English verse.
Сторінка 518 - Burton.— The History of Scotland, from the Revolution to the Extinction of the last Jacobite Insurrection (1689—1748).
Сторінка 274 - Plunged under waters hundreth fathoms deep. Not so was Noah in his house of tree, For through a window he the light did see ; He...
Сторінка 496 - The offence of burglary at common law is defined to be ' a breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another in the night, with intent to commit some felony within the same, whether such felonious intent be executed or not.
Сторінка 194 - ... did abide so many blows in them, that his legs were crushed and beaten together as small as might be, and the bones and flesh so bruised, that the blood and marrow spouted forth in great abundance, whereby they were made unserviceable for ever.
Сторінка 243 - The loan or debt is repayable only in the event of the ship's safe arrival at the port of destination ; and in consideration of this risk, the lender or creditor exacts a premium, the amount of which depends on the nature of the adventure. If the ship be totally lost, the lender loses his money ; but if she returns safely, he recovers his principal, together with interest at the rate agreed upon. These contracts are not treated as ordinary mortgages, and preferred according to the order of date ;...
Сторінка 194 - Why, the rack. All your empirics could never do the like cure upon the gout the rack did in England, or your Scotch boot.
Сторінка 353 - The next step was to procure a set of metal types, with the different letters of the alphabet cast upon their ends; also a board, in which were square holes, into which holes she could set the types; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface.
Сторінка 148 - Marseille in 1793. In 1797 he was elected a member of the Council of Five Hundred, and in the same year was sent as ambassador from the republic to Rome. In 1800...

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