Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Volume 211845 |
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... contains 31 parishes , 11 of which belong to the Hebrides . Some of these parishes are of enormous extent ; those of Kilmalie and Kilmorack are 60 miles long , and about 30 broad . The County con- tains about 58 freeholders , who return ...
... contains 31 parishes , 11 of which belong to the Hebrides . Some of these parishes are of enormous extent ; those of Kilmalie and Kilmorack are 60 miles long , and about 30 broad . The County con- tains about 58 freeholders , who return ...
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... contains more than fifty species , mostly natives of Europe and North America . I. Helenium and dysenterica are natives of England ; the former is the plant that produces the aromatic bitter extract called Elecampane . INUMBRATION , Lat ...
... contains more than fifty species , mostly natives of Europe and North America . I. Helenium and dysenterica are natives of England ; the former is the plant that produces the aromatic bitter extract called Elecampane . INUMBRATION , Lat ...
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... contains only a single species , discovered on the English coast by the late Colonel Montague , and figured by him under the name of Oniscus thoracicus , in the Lin . Trans . vol . ix . pl . iv . fig . 3. , copied into the Ency . Méthod ...
... contains only a single species , discovered on the English coast by the late Colonel Montague , and figured by him under the name of Oniscus thoracicus , in the Lin . Trans . vol . ix . pl . iv . fig . 3. , copied into the Ency . Méthod ...
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... contains 2250 inhabitants , and is remarkable for health and cleanliness . It is about a mile long , and all its ... contain , altogether , about 1500 inhabitants , Professor Kruse ( Hellas , iii . 420. ) thinks the two former may be the ...
... contains 2250 inhabitants , and is remarkable for health and cleanliness . It is about a mile long , and all its ... contain , altogether , about 1500 inhabitants , Professor Kruse ( Hellas , iii . 420. ) thinks the two former may be the ...
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... contains , as Mr. Galt heard , about 1200 inhabitants , but is a wretched place , worthy , according to Mr. Ken ... containing forty villages , besides the Capital , and a population of 8000 souls . Neither of the harbours is secure ...
... contains , as Mr. Galt heard , about 1200 inhabitants , but is a wretched place , worthy , according to Mr. Ken ... containing forty villages , besides the Capital , and a population of 8000 souls . Neither of the harbours is secure ...
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Page 158 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy ; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Page 6 - NB — Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent., and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent, unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Page 210 - That own'd the virtuous Ring and Glass, And of the wondrous Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar King did ride ; And if aught else, great Bards beside, In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of Turneys and of Trophies hung; Of Forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Page 5 - ... they are, of the seas, men-of-war, fire," enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes, and people* of what nation, condition, or quality soever...
Page 65 - Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Page 2 - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey...
Page 372 - Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep awhile one parent from the sky...
Page 76 - O NIGHTINGALE that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill, While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.
Page 362 - THE great end of men's entering into society being the enjoyment of their properties in peace and safety, and the great instrument and means of that being the laws established in that society, the first and fundamental positive law of all commonwealths is the establishing of the legislative power, as the first and fundamental natural law which is to govern even the legislative.
Page 5 - ... of the seas, men of war, fire, enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and counter-mart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.