XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, Tom 2Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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... genus Staphylea , order Sapinda- ceae , natives of Europe , Asia , and North America , the fruits of which consist of an inflated bladdery capsule containing the seeds . Bladderwort , the common name of slender aquatic plants , genus ...
... genus Staphylea , order Sapinda- ceae , natives of Europe , Asia , and North America , the fruits of which consist of an inflated bladdery capsule containing the seeds . Bladderwort , the common name of slender aquatic plants , genus ...
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... genus of acanthopterygious fishes ( Blennius ) distinguished by a short rounded head and a long compressed smooth body . Owing to the smallness of their gill openings they can exist for some time with- out water . Several species ...
... genus of acanthopterygious fishes ( Blennius ) distinguished by a short rounded head and a long compressed smooth body . Owing to the smallness of their gill openings they can exist for some time with- out water . Several species ...
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... genus of bulbous plants of the Amaryllis family , natives of the Cape of Good Hope . The most common species is Haemanthus coccineus , or Cape Tulip , a very showy plant , the bulb of which is used as a diuretic . Blood - hound , a ...
... genus of bulbous plants of the Amaryllis family , natives of the Cape of Good Hope . The most common species is Haemanthus coccineus , or Cape Tulip , a very showy plant , the bulb of which is used as a diuretic . Blood - hound , a ...
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... genus of American ducks , so called from the colour of the wing- coverts . One species ( Querquedula discors ) is brought in great quantities to market , the flesh being highly esteemed for its flavour . Bluffs , the name in America for ...
... genus of American ducks , so called from the colour of the wing- coverts . One species ( Querquedula discors ) is brought in great quantities to market , the flesh being highly esteemed for its flavour . Bluffs , the name in America for ...
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... genus of fungi , order Hymen- omycetes , family Polyporei . The characters of the genus are : broad , hemispherical cap , the lower surface formed of open tubes , cylindrical in form , and adhering to one another . The tubes can be ...
... genus of fungi , order Hymen- omycetes , family Polyporei . The characters of the genus are : broad , hemispherical cap , the lower surface formed of open tubes , cylindrical in form , and adhering to one another . The tubes can be ...
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Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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).
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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...
Strona 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...
Strona 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.