The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, Volume 2Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1898 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 80
... species of A. , of which one of the finest is A. Indica , well known in Britain as a green house shrub . Its flowers exhibit great brilliancy of colors . Many hybrids exist between the more hardy species and this . Another extremely ...
... species of A. , of which one of the finest is A. Indica , well known in Britain as a green house shrub . Its flowers exhibit great brilliancy of colors . Many hybrids exist between the more hardy species and this . Another extremely ...
Page 90
... species , perhaps the only one known to the ancients , is often sculptured on the ancient monuments of Egypt , and it is supposed to have been the species of monkey to which divine honors were paid . Its body was frequently embalmed ...
... species , perhaps the only one known to the ancients , is often sculptured on the ancient monuments of Egypt , and it is supposed to have been the species of monkey to which divine honors were paid . Its body was frequently embalmed ...
Page 108
... species are known , all American . The leaves of some are pinnate , those of others entire . They are generally small palms , some of them very small , and with slender stems ; that of B. tenuis is not thicker than a goose quill . Some ...
... species are known , all American . The leaves of some are pinnate , those of others entire . They are generally small palms , some of them very small , and with slender stems ; that of B. tenuis is not thicker than a goose quill . Some ...
Page 120
... species found in these beds . 3. The Bracklesham beds , so called from their extensive development at Bracklesham bay , near Chichester in Sussex , are composed of marly clays and white sands , capped by a bed of flint - pebble ...
... species found in these beds . 3. The Bracklesham beds , so called from their extensive development at Bracklesham bay , near Chichester in Sussex , are composed of marly clays and white sands , capped by a bed of flint - pebble ...
Page 143
... species , and they are found in almost all seas , attached to stones , timber , shells , crustaceans , etc. They ... species of B. were esteemed a delicacy by the ancient Romans . The Chinese entertain the same estimation of B ...
... species , and they are found in almost all seas , attached to stones , timber , shells , crustaceans , etc. They ... species of B. were esteemed a delicacy by the ancient Romans . The Chinese entertain the same estimation of B ...
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Page 312 - The general law of the land is in favor of the wager of battle, and it is our duty to pronounce the law as it is, and not as we may wish it to be. Whatever prejudices, therefore, may justly exist against this mode of trial, still, as it is the law of the land, the court must pronounce judgment for it.
Page 414 - In 1836 he was elected professor of surgery in the university of Edinburgh. He was a fellow of the royal societies of London and Edinburgh, and a member of some other learned bodies.
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Page 204 - Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the (Red) sea; and all were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea...
Page 412 - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
Page 426 - Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person, who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast.
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Page 199 - They say, moreover, that in every battle, wherever that flag went before them, if they were to gain the victory a live crow would appear flying on the middle of the flag; but if they were doomed to be defeated it would hang down motionless, and this was often proved to be so.