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... nature and qualities . Since political rights , or , as some call them , civil rights , cannot be manufactured by man , and are not the objects of donation or transfer from one individual to another , they must all originate in natural ...
... nature and qualities . Since political rights , or , as some call them , civil rights , cannot be manufactured by man , and are not the objects of donation or transfer from one individual to another , they must all originate in natural ...
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... natural and experimental philosophy , some such funda- mental laws are known to exist , and as soon as their nature and properties are ascertained , they cease to be matters of opinion , but become princi- ples . In reference to the ...
... natural and experimental philosophy , some such funda- mental laws are known to exist , and as soon as their nature and properties are ascertained , they cease to be matters of opinion , but become princi- ples . In reference to the ...
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... nature . Whether we speak of trees , shrubs , or herbaceous plants , their principles are equally the same ; that is to say , they all alike draw their nourishment from their roots , which nourishment is conveyed through proper vessels ...
... nature . Whether we speak of trees , shrubs , or herbaceous plants , their principles are equally the same ; that is to say , they all alike draw their nourishment from their roots , which nourishment is conveyed through proper vessels ...
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... nature to pass into the ovaries of the plant , and even into the several eggs or seeds therein contained , we may easily perceive , if we split the pistillum of a flower , that nature has provided a sufficient passage for it into the ...
... nature to pass into the ovaries of the plant , and even into the several eggs or seeds therein contained , we may easily perceive , if we split the pistillum of a flower , that nature has provided a sufficient passage for it into the ...
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... nature has designed the dust of the apices to fecun- date the female parts contained in the flowers of plants , yet ... natural eye , we may discover the vessels distinctly , which form the tunick or covering of each ovary ; we may see ...
... nature has designed the dust of the apices to fecun- date the female parts contained in the flowers of plants , yet ... natural eye , we may discover the vessels distinctly , which form the tunick or covering of each ovary ; we may see ...
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Alderney ancient appears appointed ATTINGHAUSEN bailiff and jurats barons Beauvoir British called Captain castle Castle Cornet cause Channel Islands church command commerce committee Constable D'Escombas death declared desire duke Duke of Normandy duty elected England English exported father favour fish fishery France French give governor harbour Helier's Henry honour hundred imported inhabitants island of Guernsey isle Jersey John Jumieges justice king king's labour land livres tournois Lord Lord John Russell lordships Majesty Majesty's matter merchants Monjoy nature Norman Normandy observed order in council Ordericus Vitalis oysters parish parliament party persons Peter Carey petition possession present prince principle prison produce received reign rent respect revenue Richard Rouen Royal Court sent ships spirit STAUFFACHER Suwarrow tion town trade vessels votes vraic Wace whole William William Longsword
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Page 359 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 326 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 326 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 170 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said...
Page 245 - One of the surest signs of the regeneration of society will be, the elevation of the art of teaching to the highest rank in the community.
Page 269 - Hopkins to set forth, in Warlike Manner, the said . . . Brigantine, Called the Providence, under his own Command, and therewith by Force of Arms to apprehend, Seize, and take the Ships, Vessels, and Goods belonging to...
Page 110 - ... his bounties to his relations, his mistresses, and his favourites, yet frequently paying neither his household nor his creditors. His consequence always depended on a woman ; and he was always unfaithful to her. Nothing could equal the activity of his mind, nor the indolence of his body. No dangers could appal his courage ; no difficulties force him to abandon his projects. But the success of an enterprise always brought on disgust.
Page 278 - Proofs and Illustrations of the Attributes of GOD, from the Facts and Laws of the Physical Universe : being the Foundation of Natural and Revealed Religion.
Page 69 - It deserves to be remarked too, that, if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are in general the soberest people in Europe ; witness the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the sou them provinces of France.
Page 326 - Dark-heaving ; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth...