The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: v. 1-27, Volum 14C. Knight, 1839 |
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Pàgina 2
... present foundation consists of a rector , twelve fel- lows , eight scholars , twelve exhibitioners , and one bible- clerk . The total number of members upon the books on December 31 , 1837 , was 132. The patronage consists of the ...
... present foundation consists of a rector , twelve fel- lows , eight scholars , twelve exhibitioners , and one bible- clerk . The total number of members upon the books on December 31 , 1837 , was 132. The patronage consists of the ...
Pàgina 3
... present bank is more advanced toward the ocean than what is termed the old or Roman bank , so as to gain a considerable extent of land . The estuary of the Wash is occupied for the most part by sand - banks , dry at low water . Between ...
... present bank is more advanced toward the ocean than what is termed the old or Roman bank , so as to gain a considerable extent of land . The estuary of the Wash is occupied for the most part by sand - banks , dry at low water . Between ...
Pàgina 5
... present coach - road to Lincoln ; and from thence first on the left , then on the right of the Foss Dyke to the Trent above Gainsborough . The execution of this railroad , except of the part from Lon- don to Cambridge , has been given ...
... present coach - road to Lincoln ; and from thence first on the left , then on the right of the Foss Dyke to the Trent above Gainsborough . The execution of this railroad , except of the part from Lon- don to Cambridge , has been given ...
Pàgina 9
... present there remain only four houses inhabited by the vicars . There is an antient gateway yet standing . The see of Lincoln was originally at Dorchester on the bank of the Thames . The see of Dorchester is said to have | Lincoln ...
... present there remain only four houses inhabited by the vicars . There is an antient gateway yet standing . The see of Lincoln was originally at Dorchester on the bank of the Thames . The see of Dorchester is said to have | Lincoln ...
Pàgina 13
... present at the laying of the first stone ; and the abbey , thus restored , increased rapidly in wealth and reputation . At the dissolution , its yearly revenues were estimated at 1217. 58. lid . gross , or 10837. 158. 10d . clear . The ...
... present at the laying of the first stone ; and the abbey , thus restored , increased rapidly in wealth and reputation . At the dissolution , its yearly revenues were estimated at 1217. 58. lid . gross , or 10837. 158. 10d . clear . The ...
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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.