Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Τόμος 12,Μέρος 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... earth with their bills , in search of worms , which are the na- tural food of thefe birds . Mr Ekmark speaks thus of the retreat of the whole tribe of cloven - footed water fowl out of his country ( Sweden ) at the approach of winter ...
... earth with their bills , in search of worms , which are the na- tural food of thefe birds . Mr Ekmark speaks thus of the retreat of the whole tribe of cloven - footed water fowl out of his country ( Sweden ) at the approach of winter ...
Σελίδα 5
... earth into it , which has greatly diminished its depth . But veffels frequently anchor between this island and the main . Befide these towns are several smaller , viz . Alagoa , Agoa de Pao , Brelanha , Fanaes de Ajuda , and a num- ber ...
... earth into it , which has greatly diminished its depth . But veffels frequently anchor between this island and the main . Befide these towns are several smaller , viz . Alagoa , Agoa de Pao , Brelanha , Fanaes de Ajuda , and a num- ber ...
Σελίδα 11
... earth . MILITARY , fomething belonging to the foldiery or militia . MILITARY - Difcipline , the training of foldiers , and the due enforcement of the laws and regulations infti- tuted by authority for their conduct . Next to the forming ...
... earth . MILITARY , fomething belonging to the foldiery or militia . MILITARY - Difcipline , the training of foldiers , and the due enforcement of the laws and regulations infti- tuted by authority for their conduct . Next to the forming ...
Σελίδα 23
... earth with Chrift 1000 years . See MILLENIUM . MILLENER , or MILLINER , one who fells rib- bands and dreffes , particularly head - dreffes , for wo- men ; and who makes up thofe dreffes . Of this word different etymologies have been gi ...
... earth with Chrift 1000 years . See MILLENIUM . MILLENER , or MILLINER , one who fells rib- bands and dreffes , particularly head - dreffes , for wo- men ; and who makes up thofe dreffes . Of this word different etymologies have been gi ...
Σελίδα 24
... earth were to enjoy every bodily delight . The moderns , on the other hand , confider the power and pleasure of this kingdom as wholly fpiritual ; and they reprefent them as not to commence till after the conflagration of the prefent earth ...
... earth were to enjoy every bodily delight . The moderns , on the other hand , confider the power and pleasure of this kingdom as wholly fpiritual ; and they reprefent them as not to commence till after the conflagration of the prefent earth ...
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Σελίδα 24 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Σελίδα 24 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Σελίδα 24 - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Σελίδα 369 - ... nor should by any art or ingenuity appropriate to himself any lands or tenements in mortmain, upon pain that the immediate lord of the fee, or, on his default for one year, the lords paramount, and, in default of all of them, the king, might enter thereon as a forfeiture.
Σελίδα 278 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Σελίδα 173 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Σελίδα 175 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Σελίδα 367 - ... the estate to the mortgagor: in this case the land, which is so put in pledge, is by law, in case of non-payment at the time limited, for ever dead and gone from the mortgagor ; and the mortgagee's estate in the lands is then no longer conditional, but absolute. But, so long as it continues conditional, that is, between the time of lending the money, and the time allotted for payment, the mortgagee is called tenant in mortgage x.
Σελίδα 370 - ... witnesses twelve calendar months before the death of the donor, and enrolled in the court of chancery within six months after its execution (except stocks in the public funds, which may be transferred within six months previous to the donor's death), and unless such gift be made to take effect immediately, and be without power of revocation: and that all other ¡gifts shall be void...
Σελίδα 11 - In a land of liberty it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies this is necessary for the safety of the prince, and arises from the main principle of their constitution, which is that of governing by fear : but...