The Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: v. 1-27, Volum 14C. Knight, 1839 |
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Pągina 5
... island presents may be observed in this county . There sufficiently to supply the roots of the growing corn . If are still some lands which are under the old course of two marl can be put on the surface at the same time , the nature ...
... island presents may be observed in this county . There sufficiently to supply the roots of the growing corn . If are still some lands which are under the old course of two marl can be put on the surface at the same time , the nature ...
Pągina 7
... island ; the Isle of Lindum , ' a name sufficiently descriptive of the district , which is insu- lated by the sea , the Humber , and the Trent , the Foss Dyke and the Witham , with their connected marshes . " Kesteven comprehends the ...
... island ; the Isle of Lindum , ' a name sufficiently descriptive of the district , which is insu- lated by the sea , the Humber , and the Trent , the Foss Dyke and the Witham , with their connected marshes . " Kesteven comprehends the ...
Pągina 15
... island by the Danes appears to have been complete ; but the similarity of the laws and in- stitutions of the Anglo - Saxons and the Danes diminished the violence of the changes effected by it . Danish names however supplanted the ...
... island by the Danes appears to have been complete ; but the similarity of the laws and in- stitutions of the Anglo - Saxons and the Danes diminished the violence of the changes effected by it . Danish names however supplanted the ...
Pągina 36
... island of Panaria . There are several other smaller islands , or rather rocks , such as Liscanera , Basiluzza , & c . , whet belong to the same group , but are uninhabited and barren The principal islands are ranged as follows : -1 ...
... island of Panaria . There are several other smaller islands , or rather rocks , such as Liscanera , Basiluzza , & c . , whet belong to the same group , but are uninhabited and barren The principal islands are ranged as follows : -1 ...
Pągina 37
... island in the group , is a bishop's see , over ) and the county of Pyrmont ; and on the north - east , and the residence of a military governor ; it is above 20 miles south - east , south , and west by the Prussian province of in ...
... island in the group , is a bishop's see , over ) and the county of Pyrmont ; and on the north - east , and the residence of a military governor ; it is above 20 miles south - east , south , and west by the Prussian province of in ...
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Passatges populars
Pągina 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...
Pągina 79 - Ephesians. To which is prefixed an Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles, by consulting St. Paul himself.
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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...
Pągina 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.
Pągina 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...
Pągina 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...
Pągina 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.