Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People, Volume 2W. and R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... species found in the northern parts of the world is B. arctica ( for which name there are unhappily many synonyms , as B. leucas , & c . ) , the White Whale and White Fish of whalers , often called by English writers the B. , and the ...
... species found in the northern parts of the world is B. arctica ( for which name there are unhappily many synonyms , as B. leucas , & c . ) , the White Whale and White Fish of whalers , often called by English writers the B. , and the ...
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... species are numerous , and are found in almost all countries and climates ; several are natives of Britain . All of them are grasses of a slender and delicate appear ance . Some are very useful as pasture - grasses and for hay , upon ...
... species are numerous , and are found in almost all countries and climates ; several are natives of Britain . All of them are grasses of a slender and delicate appear ance . Some are very useful as pasture - grasses and for hay , upon ...
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... species of pepper , BESTIAIRES ( Fr. ) , the name given to a class of to which the name of betel - pepper is indiscrim- written books of great popularity in the middle inately applied , plucked green , spread over with ages , describing ...
... species of pepper , BESTIAIRES ( Fr. ) , the name given to a class of to which the name of betel - pepper is indiscrim- written books of great popularity in the middle inately applied , plucked green , spread over with ages , describing ...
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... species found in the more northern parts of North America , and sometimes called the SWEET B. or CHERRY B. ( B. lenta ) , also a tree of 70 feet or upwards in height , and of which the timber is fine - grained , and valuable for making ...
... species found in the more northern parts of North America , and sometimes called the SWEET B. or CHERRY B. ( B. lenta ) , also a tree of 70 feet or upwards in height , and of which the timber is fine - grained , and valuable for making ...
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... species of Mygale , natives of the warm parts of America , the East Indies , and Africa . It is probably a species of this genus that Dampier mentions as found in Campeachy , the fangs of which , black as jet , smooth as glass , and ...
... species of Mygale , natives of the warm parts of America , the East Indies , and Africa . It is probably a species of this genus that Dampier mentions as found in Campeachy , the fangs of which , black as jet , smooth as glass , and ...
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Page 95 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Page 362 - Of these the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Speaker of the House of Commons are termed the Principal Trustees.
Page 13 - He was a fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
Page 31 - That no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent, by act of parliament...
Page 239 - ... did abide so many blows in them, that his legs were crushed and beaten together as small as might be, and the bones and flesh so bruised, that the blood and marrow spouted forth in great abundance, whereby they were made unserviceable for ever.
Page 355 - ... the sole supreme government, command and disposition of the militia and of all forces by sea and land and of all forts and places of strength is and by the laws of England ever was the undoubted right of his Majesty and his royal predecessors, kings and queens of England, and that both or either of the Houses of Parliament cannot nor ought to pretend to the same...
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Page 345 - On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation ; illustrating such work by all reasonable arguments, as for instance the variety and formation of God's creatures in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; the effect of digestion, and thereby of conversion ; the construction of the hand of man, and an infinite variety of other arguments ; as also by discoveries ancient and modern, in arts, sciences, and the whole extent of literature.
Page 328 - God's law and man's ; as, for example, in the case of murder, the Brehon — that is, their judge — will compound between the murderer and the friends of the party murdered, which prosecute the action, that the malefactor shall give unto them, or to the child or wife of him that is slain, a recompense, which they call an eriach. By which vile law of theirs many murders amongst them are made up and smothered.
Page 118 - Holy Scripture and ancient authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church ; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.