XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Τόμος 2Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... died Jan. 27 , 1893 . Blainville ( blan - vel ) , HENRI MARIE DU- CROTAY DE , French naturalist , born 1777 , died 1850. After attending a military school , and also studying art , his interest in Cuvier's lectures led him to the study ...
... died Jan. 27 , 1893 . Blainville ( blan - vel ) , HENRI MARIE DU- CROTAY DE , French naturalist , born 1777 , died 1850. After attending a military school , and also studying art , his interest in Cuvier's lectures led him to the study ...
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... died in 1828 . Lives of Blake have been written by Alex . Gilchrist ( 1863 ) and William Rossetti ( 1874 ) ; and a critical essay on his life and works by Mr. Swinburne was published in 1868. His complete poetical works were collected ...
... died in 1828 . Lives of Blake have been written by Alex . Gilchrist ( 1863 ) and William Rossetti ( 1874 ) ; and a critical essay on his life and works by Mr. Swinburne was published in 1868. His complete poetical works were collected ...
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... died 1834 . was educated at Edinburgh University , but took the degree of M.D. at Glasgow . He became private physician to Admiral Rod- ney , and then physician to the fleet in the W. Indies , in which position he introduced the use of ...
... died 1834 . was educated at Edinburgh University , but took the degree of M.D. at Glasgow . He became private physician to Admiral Rod- ney , and then physician to the fleet in the W. Indies , in which position he introduced the use of ...
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... died at Cape Town 1875. In 1855 he went to South Africa and devoted himself to the study of the language , man- ners , and customs of the natives . In 1860 he was appointed public librarian at Cape Town , and his researches were ...
... died at Cape Town 1875. In 1855 he went to South Africa and devoted himself to the study of the language , man- ners , and customs of the natives . In 1860 he was appointed public librarian at Cape Town , and his researches were ...
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... died in 1817 ; and a few months after his death his widow married Charles John Gardiner , earl of Blessington . In 1822 they went abroad , and continued to reside on the Continent till the earl's death in 1829 , when Lady Blessington ...
... died in 1817 ; and a few months after his death his widow married Charles John Gardiner , earl of Blessington . In 1822 they went abroad , and continued to reside on the Continent till the earl's death in 1829 , when Lady Blessington ...
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Σελίδα 480 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Σελίδα 159 - It is difficult to comprehend how men not assisted by revelation could have soared so high and approached so near to the truth. * * * Besides the five great commandments not to kill, not to steal...
Σελίδα 480 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Σελίδα 119 - that the crown is, by common law and constitutional custom, hereditary; and this in a manner peculiar to itself; but that the right of inheritance may, from time to time, be changed or limited by act of parliament; under which limitations the crown still continues hereditary (2).
Σελίδα 119 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
Σελίδα 137 - Dating his first call from 1790, he announced himself, in 1793, the apostle of a new religion, "the nephew of the Almighty, and prince of the Hebrews, appointed to lead them to the land of Canaan.
Σελίδα 107 - 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...
Σελίδα 70 - Stainville, in the campaign of 1761, in Germany: After the peace, he entered the navy, and became one of the greatest naval officers in France. He persuaded the inhabitants of St. Malo to...
Σελίδα 358 - Hampden began his career of resistance to the king's arbitrary measures by refusing to pay ship-money, the right to levy which, without authority of parliament, he was determined to bring before a court of law. His cause was argued for twelve days in the Court of Exchequer ; and although he lost it by the decision of eight of the judges out of twelve, the discussion of the question produced a very powerful impression on the public mind. It was in Scotland, however, that formal warlike opposition...
Σελίδα 120 - Another capacity, in which the king is considered in domestic affairs, is as the fountain of justice and general conservator of the peace of the kingdom. By the fountain of justice, the law does not mean the author or original, but only the distributor. Justice is not derived from the king, as from his free gift; but he is the steward of the public, to dispense it to whom it is due.