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... measure is divided into the accented and unaccented parts ; the former being the principal , on which the spirit of ... measures is shown by acclamations of the assem- bled multitude . AC'COLA , among the Romans , signified a person who ...
... measure is divided into the accented and unaccented parts ; the former being the principal , on which the spirit of ... measures is shown by acclamations of the assem- bled multitude . AC'COLA , among the Romans , signified a person who ...
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... measure of length containing one hundred and twenty Roman feet . ACULEATE , or ACU'LEATED , an ap- pellation given to any thing that has aculei , or prickles : thus , in ichthyology , fishes are divided into aculeated , and non - acu ...
... measure of length containing one hundred and twenty Roman feet . ACULEATE , or ACU'LEATED , an ap- pellation given to any thing that has aculei , or prickles : thus , in ichthyology , fishes are divided into aculeated , and non - acu ...
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... measure of land anciently allowed in the division of grounds to each citizen of Rome . AG'GER , in the ancient military art , a bank or rampart , composed of various ma- terials , as earth , boughs of trees , & c . The agger of the ...
... measure of land anciently allowed in the division of grounds to each citizen of Rome . AG'GER , in the ancient military art , a bank or rampart , composed of various ma- terials , as earth , boughs of trees , & c . The agger of the ...
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... measure a whole number exactly , as 7 , which is the aliquant part of 16 . ALIQUOT PARTS , such parts of a num- ber as will divide or measure a whole num- ber exactly , as 2 the aliquot part of 4 , 3 of 9 , and 4 of 16. Aliquot parts ...
... measure a whole number exactly , as 7 , which is the aliquant part of 16 . ALIQUOT PARTS , such parts of a num- ber as will divide or measure a whole num- ber exactly , as 2 the aliquot part of 4 , 3 of 9 , and 4 of 16. Aliquot parts ...
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... measure ; and the Grecian , or Attic am- phora , contained one third more . Amphora was also a dry measure in use among the Romans , and contained three bushels . AMPHORITES , in antiquity , a sort of literary contest in the island of ...
... measure ; and the Grecian , or Attic am- phora , contained one third more . Amphora was also a dry measure in use among the Romans , and contained three bushels . AMPHORITES , in antiquity , a sort of literary contest in the island of ...
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Стр. 274 - But as a school of moral discipline, the feudal institutions were perhaps most to be valued. Society had sunk, for several centuries after the dissolution of the Roman empire, into a condition of utter depravity ; where, if any vices could be selected as more eminently characteristic than others, they were falsehood, treachery, and ingratitude.
Стр. 163 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Стр. 158 - British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade" thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with their cargoes, which should continue to trade with His Majesty's dominions: And whereas, by the same...
Стр. 424 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Стр. 245 - Are they Hebrews ? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the seed of Abraham ? So am I.
Стр. 424 - The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses ; and as horsemen, so shall they run. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. Before their face the people shall be much pained : all faces shall gather blackness.
Стр. 167 - The court-leet, or view of frankpledge,(x) which is a court of record, held once in the year, and not oftener,(^) within a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet: being the king's court, granted by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors.
Стр. 318 - ... the violence of the wind ; which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life ; and, what is yet of more importance might supply the decays of nature, and succour old age with subsidiary sight.
Стр. 410 - Municipal law, thus understood, is properly defined to be a 'rule of civil conduct prescribed by the supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong.
Стр. 274 - From these feelings, engendered from the feudal relation, has sprung up the peculiar sentiment of personal reverence and attachment towards a sovereign, which we denominate loyalty ; alike distinguishable from the stupid devotion of eastern slaves, and from the abstract respect with which free citizens regard their chief magistrate.