Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 9, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... affiftance of this fliding rule , the exact ftate of the fpirits is correctly obtained . A perfect comprehenfion of this rule can only be had by an infpection of it , and it always accompanies the hydrometer on fale . Mr Dicas has ...
... affiftance of this fliding rule , the exact ftate of the fpirits is correctly obtained . A perfect comprehenfion of this rule can only be had by an infpection of it , and it always accompanies the hydrometer on fale . Mr Dicas has ...
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... affiftance of the upper card F , an index is thereby obtained of the num- ber of revolutions the lower card G performs , which are reckoned by the line E on the flip of wood . Example . It must first be obferved what divifion of the ...
... affiftance of the upper card F , an index is thereby obtained of the num- ber of revolutions the lower card G performs , which are reckoned by the line E on the flip of wood . Example . It must first be obferved what divifion of the ...
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... affiftance , he made great pro- ficiency in every part of learning and the fine arts ; that he became a perfect master in grammar , rhetoric , poetry , mufic , and all the fecrets of natural philofo- phy , and was inferior to none in ...
... affiftance , he made great pro- ficiency in every part of learning and the fine arts ; that he became a perfect master in grammar , rhetoric , poetry , mufic , and all the fecrets of natural philofo- phy , and was inferior to none in ...
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... affiftance , as proving that all impregnation is performed while the egg is in the body of its parent : and he fup- plies the want of the organs of generation by a very ftrange procefs , affirming , that the males eject their fe- men ...
... affiftance , as proving that all impregnation is performed while the egg is in the body of its parent : and he fup- plies the want of the organs of generation by a very ftrange procefs , affirming , that the males eject their fe- men ...
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... affiftance of his country ; but above all , the clear , evident , and exprefs meaning of the text . They obferve , that vows of perpetual virginity are inftitutions of a modern date ; and had there been no more in it , there would have ...
... affiftance of his country ; but above all , the clear , evident , and exprefs meaning of the text . They obferve , that vows of perpetual virginity are inftitutions of a modern date ; and had there been no more in it , there would have ...
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Page 219 - ... even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see; and as far as the...
Page 174 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 299 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Page 391 - THE judgment, though pronounced or awarded by the judges, is not their determination or sentence, but the determination and sentence of the law.
Page 300 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Page 106 - ... Also, if a man in his sound memory commits a capital offence, and before arraignment for it he becomes mad, he ought not to be arraigned for it, because he is not able to plead to it with that advice and caution that he ought. And if, after he has pleaded, the prisoner becomes mad, he shall not be tried ; for how can he make his defence? If, after he be tried and found guilty, he loses his senses before judgment, judgment shall not be pronounced...
Page 219 - II. as a recompense for those who went in person upon the meritorious enterprise of conquering the Holy Land. They were afterwards granted to those who hired a soldier for that purpose ; and in process of time were bestowed on such as gave money for accomplishing any pious work enjoined by the pope.
Page 117 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Page 148 - ... ignorance, or mistake, is another defect of will; when a man, intending to do a lawful act, does that which is unlawful. For here the deed and the will acting separately, there is not that conjunction between them, which is necessary to form a criminal act.
Page 216 - England of the lives of the subjects, that no man can be convicted at the suit of the king of any capital offence, unless by the unanimous voice of twenty-four of his equals and neighbours : that is, by twelve at least of the grand jury, in the first place, assenting to the accusation : and afterwards, by the whole petit jury, of twelve more, finding him guilty, upon his trial.