The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: v. 1-27, Volum 14C. Knight, 1839 |
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Pàgina 7
... greater propensity to fatten . A cross has been produced which partakes of the qualities of both breeds , and is preferred by some for the fens . There is nothing particular in the breed of pigs , except that it has been much improved ...
... greater propensity to fatten . A cross has been produced which partakes of the qualities of both breeds , and is preferred by some for the fens . There is nothing particular in the breed of pigs , except that it has been much improved ...
Pàgina 19
... greater fineness than No. 200 , which is fitted for making cambric of good quality . The production of mill - spun yarn was for a long time confined to Yorkshire , but is now extended to Dorsetshire , Lanca- shire , Somersetshire , and ...
... greater fineness than No. 200 , which is fitted for making cambric of good quality . The production of mill - spun yarn was for a long time confined to Yorkshire , but is now extended to Dorsetshire , Lanca- shire , Somersetshire , and ...
Pàgina 20
... greater relief necessary , and the e of the ditch may be the same . The thickness . A a of upper part of the parapet is variable , and depends upon 12 importance of the work , or rather , upon the arm LINGUELLA . [ INFEROBRANCHIATA ...
... greater relief necessary , and the e of the ditch may be the same . The thickness . A a of upper part of the parapet is variable , and depends upon 12 importance of the work , or rather , upon the arm LINGUELLA . [ INFEROBRANCHIATA ...
Pàgina 22
... greater part of the waste lands are planted with several kinds of timber . The climate , though cold , is considerably tempered by the winds which prevail from the south west , and the county suffers much less from the seve- nity of the ...
... greater part of the waste lands are planted with several kinds of timber . The climate , though cold , is considerably tempered by the winds which prevail from the south west , and the county suffers much less from the seve- nity of the ...
Pàgina 25
... greater Redpole . This error has evidently arisen from the altered appearance it bears at particular ages , and during the different seasons of the year . * These changes in all probability had not been suspected , as they certainly had ...
... greater Redpole . This error has evidently arisen from the altered appearance it bears at particular ages , and during the different seasons of the year . * These changes in all probability had not been suspected , as they certainly had ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 390 - Those that have foregone that pleasing adviser, and given up their mind to be the slave of every popular impulse, I sincerely pity : I pity them still more, if their vanity leads them to mistake the shouts of a mob for the trumpet of fame. Experience might...
Pàgina 79 - Ephesians. To which is prefixed an Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles, by consulting St. Paul himself.
Pàgina 390 - But if the noble lord means that mushroom popularity which is raised without merit, and lost without a crime, he is much mistaken in his opinion. I defy the noble lord to point out a single action in my life where the popularity of the times ever had the smallest influence on my determinations.
Pàgina 390 - I wish popularity ; but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Pàgina 123 - What indeed may not the public apprehend, when they are informed as an unquestionable fact, that there are at this time a great gang of rogues, whose number falls little short of a hundred, who are incorporated in one body, have officers and a treasury, and have reduced theft and robbery into a regular system.
Pàgina 80 - The other way of retention, is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas, which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been as it were laid aside out of sight; and thus we do, when we conceive heat or light, yellow or sweet, the object being removed. This is memory, which...
Pàgina 409 - These days being generally stormy, our forefathers have endeavoured to account for this circumstance, by pretending that March borrowed them from April, that he might extend his power so much longer." "Those," he adds, "who are much addicted to superstition, will neither borrow nor lend on any of these days.
Pàgina 162 - ... is separated from the stone. This meal is then mixed with a little water, and formed into cakes ; which, when dried in the sun, resemble in colour and flavour the sweetest gingerbread. The stones are afterwards put into a vessel of water, and shaken about so as to separate the meal which may still...
Pàgina 281 - But besides these feudal provisions, care was also taken therein to protect the subject against other oppressions then frequently arising from unreasonable amercements, from illegal distresses, or other process for debts or services due to the crown, and from the tyrannical abuse of the prerogative of purveyance and pre-emption. It fixed the forfeiture of lands for felony in...
Pàgina 281 - And, lastly (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter), it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.