A New Family Encyclopedia: Or, Compendium of Universal Knowledge : Comprehending a Plain and Practical View of Those Subjects, Most Interesting to Persons, in the Ordinary Professions of LifeCharles Augustus Goodrich T. Belknap, 1835 - 468 pages |
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... Liquors upon the bodies and minds of men ; Of Opium and Laudanum ; Of Wounds cut with sharp instruments ; Of Poisoned Wounds ; Mode of treatment ; Strains or Sprains ; Treatment of Frozen Limbs ; Burns and Scalds ; Dress of Children ...
... Liquors upon the bodies and minds of men ; Of Opium and Laudanum ; Of Wounds cut with sharp instruments ; Of Poisoned Wounds ; Mode of treatment ; Strains or Sprains ; Treatment of Frozen Limbs ; Burns and Scalds ; Dress of Children ...
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... liquor , known by the name of perry . PLUM . The tree which bears this fruit , is found growing wild in Great Britain , and other parts of Europe ; but it is supposed to be a na- tive of Asia . It is also indigenous in North America ...
... liquor , known by the name of perry . PLUM . The tree which bears this fruit , is found growing wild in Great Britain , and other parts of Europe ; but it is supposed to be a na- tive of Asia . It is also indigenous in North America ...
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... liquor , prepared by fer- menting the juices of those vegetables which contain saccharine mat- ter . The kinds of wine are extremely various . The difference which ex- ists between them is not , however , so much owing to a distinction ...
... liquor , prepared by fer- menting the juices of those vegetables which contain saccharine mat- ter . The kinds of wine are extremely various . The difference which ex- ists between them is not , however , so much owing to a distinction ...
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... liquors , and which , for convenience , we insert in this place . Rum , Brandy , French , Gin Scotch Whiskey , Port Wine , from Madeira , Currant , Claret , from Tokay , 54 53 52 54 19 to 26 19 to 24 21 " L Sherry , Lisbon and Malaga ...
... liquors , and which , for convenience , we insert in this place . Rum , Brandy , French , Gin Scotch Whiskey , Port Wine , from Madeira , Currant , Claret , from Tokay , 54 53 52 54 19 to 26 19 to 24 21 " L Sherry , Lisbon and Malaga ...
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... liquor of the former is stronger than that of the latter . Of our best cider apples , ten or twelve bushels of fruit are required for a barrel of juice ; while of the ordinary juicy kinds , eight bushels general- ly suffice . Very ...
... liquor of the former is stronger than that of the latter . Of our best cider apples , ten or twelve bushels of fruit are required for a barrel of juice ; while of the ordinary juicy kinds , eight bushels general- ly suffice . Very ...
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Page 451 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretence whatever.
Page 128 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 453 - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 378 - If you plant in the fall, cut them down as soon as the frost is out of the ground in the spring, and before the buds begin to swell; and, if you plant in the spring, cut down as soon as you have
Page 452 - Vice-President of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen by the Senate.
Page 208 - To give it a polish, it is put into a tub containing a quantity of bran, which is set in motion by turning a shaft that runs through its centre, and thus by means of friction it becomes perfectly bright. The pin being complete, nothing remains but to separate it from the bran, which is performed...
Page 437 - ... the whole should protect all its parts, and that every part should pay obedience to the will of the whole; or, in other words, that the community should guard the rights of' each individual member, and that (in return for this protection) each individual should submit to the laws CHAP. of the community; without which submission of all ¿; it was impossible that protection could be certainly extended to any.
Page 450 - He shall be at least thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and shall have resided in this State at least five years immediately preceding his election.
Page 120 - ... more, and that it moved at the rate of one mile in a minute, four hours, the time it continued passing, would make its whole length two hundred and forty miles. Again, supposing that each square yard of this moving body comprehended three pigeons, the square yards in the whole...
Page 120 - ... surprising. The ground is covered to the depth of several inches with their dung; all the tender grass and underwood destroyed; the surface strewed with large limbs of trees broken down by the weight of the birds clustering one above another; and the trees themselves, for thousands of acres, killed as completely as if girdled with an axe. The marks of this desolation remain for many years on the spot; and numerous places could be pointed out where for several years after, scarce a single vegetable...