Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...W. and R. Chambers, 1874 |
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... British Queen , an Ostend packet , was lost with all hands ; and on January 5 , 1857 , during a gale of eight days ' duration , in which several other vessels were lost , the mail - steamer Violet was destroyed , involving the sacrifice ...
... British Queen , an Ostend packet , was lost with all hands ; and on January 5 , 1857 , during a gale of eight days ' duration , in which several other vessels were lost , the mail - steamer Violet was destroyed , involving the sacrifice ...
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... British species . The next to it in size , and by far the most abundant British wild goose , is the BEAN G. ( A. segetum ) , a very similar bird ; the bill longer , orange , with the base and nail black ; the plumage mostly gray , but ...
... British species . The next to it in size , and by far the most abundant British wild goose , is the BEAN G. ( A. segetum ) , a very similar bird ; the bill longer , orange , with the base and nail black ; the plumage mostly gray , but ...
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... British zoophytes ; but the species most generally known is G. flabellum , Gorgonia ( Gorgonia flabellum ) . or the Flabellum Veneris , also called the Sea - fan , a tropical species , often brought home as a curiosity from the West ...
... British zoophytes ; but the species most generally known is G. flabellum , Gorgonia ( Gorgonia flabellum ) . or the Flabellum Veneris , also called the Sea - fan , a tropical species , often brought home as a curiosity from the West ...
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... British Isles ) . which reaches only to the middle of the tail . It is upper mandible , and by the shortness of the wing , it is distinguished by its more robust form , by its more nearly allied to the sparrow - hawks , from which ...
... British Isles ) . which reaches only to the middle of the tail . It is upper mandible , and by the shortness of the wing , it is distinguished by its more robust form , by its more nearly allied to the sparrow - hawks , from which ...
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... British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of Græbenstein and Homburg in 1762 . In 1760 ...
... British troops , and held that post during the remainder of the Seven Years ' War . He particularly distinguished himself at the battles of Warburg in 1760 , of Kirchdenkern in 1761 , and of Græbenstein and Homburg in 1762 . In 1760 ...
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Стр. 125 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Стр. 39 - And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Стр. 86 - Florence), and a protracted discussion took place, the chief points of which were the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son...
Стр. 344 - Heron (Árdea cinérea). from the point of the bill to the end of the tail.
Стр. 199 - A Voyage of Discovery to the Western Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island in the Japan Sea (Lond.
Стр. 259 - Edge-hill with him; and during the fight, the Prince and duke of Yorke were committed to his care: he told me that he withdrew with them under a hedge, and tooke out of his pockett a booke and read; but he had not read very long before a bullet of a great gun grazed on the ground neare him, which made him remove his station.
Стр. 73 - Ireland; and that the royal style and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the said united kingdom and its dependencies ; and also the ensigns, armorial flags, and banners thereof, shall be such as his Majesty, by his royal proclamation under the great seal of the united kingdom, shall be pleased to appoint.
Стр. 43 - Naples, he negotiated the armistice which separated that general from Napoleon. In 1818, he was returned for Hull on Whig principles ; but at the next election, in 1820, lost his seat, and some years elapsed before he re-entered parliament.
Стр. 246 - HARMO'NIC PROPORTION. Three numbers are said to be in harmonic proportion when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second is to the difference between the second and third, otherwise harmonic proportion is that which subsists between the reciprocals of numbers which are in arithmetical proportion.
Стр. 119 - And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.