Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...W. and R. Chambers, 1874 |
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... species . It is larger than a wild duck ; the adult male has the head and upper part of the neck of a rich shining green ; the feathers of the crown and back of the head elongated , the back black and gray , the wings black and white ...
... species . It is larger than a wild duck ; the adult male has the head and upper part of the neck of a rich shining green ; the feathers of the crown and back of the head elongated , the back black and gray , the wings black and white ...
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... species becomes a spur . The DOMESTIC G. is regarded as deriving its origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent ...
... species becomes a spur . The DOMESTIC G. is regarded as deriving its origin from the GRAY LAG G. or COMMON WILD G. ( A. ferus ) ; but all the species seem very capable of domestication , and several of them have been to some extent ...
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... species , and probably shoots , whilst care ought to be taken to have an many of the fine white goose feathers imported from abundant supply of young wood , which produces Russia . Its flesh is greatly esteemed . - The CANADA the ...
... species , and probably shoots , whilst care ought to be taken to have an many of the fine white goose feathers imported from abundant supply of young wood , which produces Russia . Its flesh is greatly esteemed . - The CANADA the ...
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... species of G. are rare 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 ...
... species of G. are rare 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 ...
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... species , but by several , not improbably many species ; whilst it is also said to be produced by young , and not by mature spiders , a circumstance which , if placed beyond doubt , would help to account for its appearance at a ...
... species , but by several , not improbably many species ; whilst it is also said to be produced by young , and not by mature spiders , a circumstance which , if placed beyond doubt , would help to account for its appearance at a ...
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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.