 | Robert Jackson - Fever - 1817 - 678 pages
...was given to him. The knowledge of the virtue of cob-web in curing intermittents is old and vulgar; but, it was not until the beginning of the present century that I knew of it, and that experiment was made, under my own direction., which ascertains the fact —... | |
 | 1842 - 400 pages
...Netherlands. From the appearance of this ground, may be dated the origin of the modern pillow lace in use ; but it was not until the beginning of the present...elegant, from the construction of the ground, was miserably poor and spiritedless in the design. Soon after the year 1800, a freer and bolder style was... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Commerce - 1852 - 882 pages
...the modern pillow lace trade; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that !'ii' most striking improvements were made ; for during...and elegant from the construction of the ground, was miserably poor and spiritless in the design. Soon after the year 1800, a freer and bolder style was... | |
 | 1899 - 1078 pages
...sixty-three years had been spent in contesting the claims of the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the French. But it was not until the beginning of the present century that the English became the paramount power. In 1826 Assam was taken, and twenty years afterwards the British... | |
 | George Miller Beard - Central nervous system stimulants - 1871 - 188 pages
...disciples, and over four centuries ago temperance organizations of some kind were known to exist in Europe; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the agitation on the subject assumed any very definite shape. One of the first to write on this subject... | |
 | Marine engineering - 1875 - 670 pages
...board ship seems to have been noticed by Dampier in 1680, and again a century later (in 1769) by Cook ; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that Captain Flinders, RN called the particular attention of seamen, "to the influence upon the compass... | |
 | 1876 - 830 pages
...it was the duty of the State to protect the home agricultural interests, irrespective of all others. But it was not until the beginning of the present century that these bad laws began to press with their full cramping power on the trade of the country. Then the... | |
 | Alexander Johnstone Wilson - Economic history - 1878 - 424 pages
...home agricultural interests, irrespective of all others, a notion still very strong in rural England. But it was not until the beginning of the present century that these bad laws began to press with their full cramping power on the trade of the country. Then the... | |
 | Francis Charles Sessions - Europe - 1880 - 370 pages
...The proposition to construct the canal was first made after the suppression of the rebellion in 1745; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the scheme was revived. The work did not meet the expectations of its projectors, although it cost five... | |
 | Francis Charles Sessions - Europe - 1880 - 400 pages
...The proposition to construct the canal was first made after the suppression of the rebellion in 1745; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the scheme was revived. The work did not meet the expectations of its projectors, although it cost five... | |
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From the first appearance of this ground may be dated the origin of the modern pillow lace trade ; but it was not until the beginning of the present century that the... 
