The penny cyclopædia [ed. by G. Long]., Том 25 |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 100
Сторінка
... King , Czar , Prince , are titles of honour , and the possessors of the high dignities represented by these words are , by the common consent of the civilized world , entitled to be so denominated , and to be addressed by such terms as ...
... King , Czar , Prince , are titles of honour , and the possessors of the high dignities represented by these words are , by the common consent of the civilized world , entitled to be so denominated , and to be addressed by such terms as ...
Сторінка 10
... kings Agrippa and | tianus , who was guilty of more than one conspiracy against Sohemus , the auxiliaries of King Antiochus of Commagene , his brother . He gained all hearts by his extreme affability , and a small body of Arabs . After ...
... kings Agrippa and | tianus , who was guilty of more than one conspiracy against Sohemus , the auxiliaries of King Antiochus of Commagene , his brother . He gained all hearts by his extreme affability , and a small body of Arabs . After ...
Сторінка 12
... King's Col- lege , Cambridge , who still retain the tithes , and appoint a stipendiary curate to perform a fourth part of the duty , although they deny their liability to do so . The tithes have lately been commuted : Clare at 565 ...
... King's Col- lege , Cambridge , who still retain the tithes , and appoint a stipendiary curate to perform a fourth part of the duty , although they deny their liability to do so . The tithes have lately been commuted : Clare at 565 ...
Сторінка 15
... king of France at Portugal , and there procured the seeds of the tobacco from a Dutchman who had pro- cured them in Florida . Nicot sent them to France in 1560 . The species of Nicotiana are most of them herbs , rarely undershrubs , and ...
... king of France at Portugal , and there procured the seeds of the tobacco from a Dutchman who had pro- cured them in Florida . Nicot sent them to France in 1560 . The species of Nicotiana are most of them herbs , rarely undershrubs , and ...
Сторінка 19
... king's lock . A the value of the exports was 10,000,000 dollars , being one - charge of 2s . per hhd . is made on its being placed in the seventh of the value of the cotton exported ; in 1838 the value of tobacco exported was 7,392,029 ...
... king's lock . A the value of the exports was 10,000,000 dollars , being one - charge of 2s . per hhd . is made on its being placed in the seventh of the value of the cotton exported ; in 1838 the value of tobacco exported was 7,392,029 ...
Інші видання - Показати все
Загальні терміни та фрази
afterwards angle animal antient apocentre appears appointed axis belonging birds bishop body bone called carapace centre character Chelone church circle coast colour consists contains convicts Council cultivated curve Cuvier distance duke east emperor Emys England epicycle extremity feet France French genera genus given Gulf of Sidra head House inches inhabitants instrument island king known labour land latitude length less Lord lower measured ment meridian miles nearly observed operculum papillæ passed pericentre plants plastron plates portion posterior principal prison province Prussia published punishment remarks river Roman Rome round shell side species square miles star surface tail Testudo Tibur tion Titmouse Titsingh tobacco toises Tortoises town Townshend Toxodon trade-winds Trajan transit Transylvania treaty Trebizond Trent triangles Trilobites Tripoli Trochilus trochoidal Turin upper vessels whole
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 174 - The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Сторінка 173 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Сторінка 68 - No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner.
Сторінка 68 - When one reflects on the state of this strange being, it is a matter of wonder to find that Providence should bestow such a profusion of days, such a seeming waste of longevity, on a reptile that appears to relish it so little as to squander more than twothirds of its existence in a joyless stupor, and be lost to all sensation for months together in the profoundest of slumbers.
Сторінка 68 - ... way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices; for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib...
Сторінка 68 - The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it that, when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my garden ; however, in the evening, the weather being cold, it buried itself in the loose mould, and continues still concealed.
Сторінка 102 - just one year and twenty days.' In the new administration formed by Pitt, now created Lord Chatham, Townshend was chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the House of Commons.
Сторінка 103 - Townshend, nor of course know what a ferment he was able to excite in everything by the violent ebullition of his mixed virtues and failings ; for failings he had undoubtedly. Many of us remember them — We are this day considering the effi'ot of them.
Сторінка 103 - For failings he had undoubtedly — many of us remember them; we are this day considering the effect of them. But he had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate, passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls. He worshipped that goddess wheresoever she appeared; but he paid his particular devotions to her in her favourite habitation, in her chosen temple, the House of Commons.
Сторінка 69 - The tortoise is very fond of water, drinking large quantities and wallowing in the mud. The larger islands alone possess springs, and these are always situated towards the central parts, and at a considerable height.