Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volym 11Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... colours and denominations . This town is situated in a delightful plain on the banks of the Rio Cobre , 13 miles from ... colour . They make excellent soap , by boiling ground nuts in water , and then adding a ley of wood ashes . They ...
... colours and denominations . This town is situated in a delightful plain on the banks of the Rio Cobre , 13 miles from ... colour . They make excellent soap , by boiling ground nuts in water , and then adding a ley of wood ashes . They ...
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... colour , and 1400 maroons ; in all 291,400 inhabitants . In 1812 , the number of slaves was 319,912 . The number of whites was not published ; but estimating it at 40,000 , the whole population would be 360,000 . The administration of ...
... colour , and 1400 maroons ; in all 291,400 inhabitants . In 1812 , the number of slaves was 319,912 . The number of whites was not published ; but estimating it at 40,000 , the whole population would be 360,000 . The administration of ...
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... colour of the face is commonly yellow ; which sometimes varies to brown , and sometimes to white . The inferior sort , who during their work in summer have often the upper parts of the body naked , are sun - burnt and browner ; women of ...
... colour of the face is commonly yellow ; which sometimes varies to brown , and sometimes to white . The inferior sort , who during their work in summer have often the upper parts of the body naked , are sun - burnt and browner ; women of ...
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... colour itself may be laid. The interpreters are all natives ; they speak Dutch in different degrees of purity . The government per- mits no foreigner to learn their language , lest they should by means of this acquire the knowledge of ...
... colour itself may be laid. The interpreters are all natives ; they speak Dutch in different degrees of purity . The government per- mits no foreigner to learn their language , lest they should by means of this acquire the knowledge of ...
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... colour ; or by the varnish either coloured or without colour , on which some painting or other decoration is afterwards to be laid . It is necessary , however , before we proceed to speak of the particular grounds , to show the manner ...
... colour ; or by the varnish either coloured or without colour , on which some painting or other decoration is afterwards to be laid . It is necessary , however , before we proceed to speak of the particular grounds , to show the manner ...
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Sida 14 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Sida 240 - ... and, then, from all thy, sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be ; even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see ; and as far as the...
Sida 45 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Sida 335 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Sida 276 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Sida 131 - Jesuits had obtained the chief direction of the education of youth in every catholic country in Europe. They had become the confessors of almost all its monarchs, a function of no small importance in any reign, but under a weak prince superior even to that of minister.
Sida 115 - ... says the humanity of the English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.
Sida 308 - ... no man had stronger likings or aversions. His veracity was indeed, from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions, strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances, which (he used to say) took off from its real value.
Sida 278 - In human works, though laboured on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce; Yet serves to second too some other use.
Sida 378 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity ; therefore I die in exile...