Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 1
... thefe , it is reckoned 1269 , 1600 , or 1800 miles in length , and as much in breadth however , by the best and lateft accounts , this vaft country is fomewhat of an oval form , the breadth being lefs than the length by little more ...
... thefe , it is reckoned 1269 , 1600 , or 1800 miles in length , and as much in breadth however , by the best and lateft accounts , this vaft country is fomewhat of an oval form , the breadth being lefs than the length by little more ...
Pàgina 2
... thefe thoufands and millions of years had elapfed with- out mankind's having any knowledge of fire . This was not difcovered till towards the clofe of this period , by one Souigine . After fo ufeful a difcovery , he taught the people to ...
... thefe thoufands and millions of years had elapfed with- out mankind's having any knowledge of fire . This was not difcovered till towards the clofe of this period , by one Souigine . After fo ufeful a difcovery , he taught the people to ...
Pàgina 14
... thefe fubjects must be undergone before the candidate can attain the wished - for dig- nity . 62 The mandarins of arms have tribunals , the members Tribunal of of which are selected from among their chiefs ; and the manda among these ...
... thefe fubjects must be undergone before the candidate can attain the wished - for dig- nity . 62 The mandarins of arms have tribunals , the members Tribunal of of which are selected from among their chiefs ; and the manda among these ...
Pàgina 16
... thefe four last are fubordinate is called Li - pou . 2. Hou - pox , or the grand treasurer , fuperintends all the finances of the ftate ; is the guardian and protec- tor of the treasures and dominions of the emperor , keeping an account ...
... thefe four last are fubordinate is called Li - pou . 2. Hou - pox , or the grand treasurer , fuperintends all the finances of the ftate ; is the guardian and protec- tor of the treasures and dominions of the emperor , keeping an account ...
Pàgina 21
... thefe . In many places valleys have been filled up , and rocks and mountains cut through , for the purpose of making commodious highways , and to preferve them as nearly as poffible on a level . They are generally bordered with very ...
... thefe . In many places valleys have been filled up , and rocks and mountains cut through , for the purpose of making commodious highways , and to preferve them as nearly as poffible on a level . They are generally bordered with very ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 361 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pàgina 362 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell...
Pàgina 338 - The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be expected that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own.
Pàgina 250 - Space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them ; and that these primitive Particles being Solids, are incomparably harder than any porous Bodies compounded of them ; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary Power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first Creation.
Pàgina 185 - A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again, translated from a manuscript written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide, at Grand Cairo: To which are added, Remarks on the Origin of Hieroglyphics, and the Mythology of the ancient Heathens.
Pàgina 338 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Pàgina 360 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Pàgina 362 - But sorrow wastes the mournful, O daughter of Toscar ! and their days are few! They fall away, like the flower on which the sun hath looked in his strength after the mildew has passed over it, when its head is heavy with the drops of night.
Pàgina 272 - They have a governor named by the king (or in some proprietary colonies by the proprietor), who is his representative or deputy. They have courts of justice of their own, from whose decisions an appeal lies to the king and council here in England.
Pàgina 18 - God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.