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... fishes , including nine spe- cies , of which the most remarkable is the Gymnotus electricus , to which we have alluded in the article Electricity . This fish is found in the hot climates of Africa and America , particularly in the ...
... fishes , including nine spe- cies , of which the most remarkable is the Gymnotus electricus , to which we have alluded in the article Electricity . This fish is found in the hot climates of Africa and America , particularly in the ...
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... fish guides the body . The helm is composed of three parts , the rudder , the tiller , and the wheel ; except in small ships , where the wheel is needless . The rudder de- scends into the water ; the tiller is the tree , or beam , by ...
... fish guides the body . The helm is composed of three parts , the rudder , the tiller , and the wheel ; except in small ships , where the wheel is needless . The rudder de- scends into the water ; the tiller is the tree , or beam , by ...
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... fish , and commonly builds in cliffs on the sea - shore , though sometimes in lofty trees . This bird , which is very voracious , is extremely hostile to the interests of those who have fish - ponds . It is said that it will eat fifty ...
... fish , and commonly builds in cliffs on the sea - shore , though sometimes in lofty trees . This bird , which is very voracious , is extremely hostile to the interests of those who have fish - ponds . It is said that it will eat fifty ...
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... fanciful . From symbols of this kind , all letters have been formed . An in- scription on the temple of Minerva , at Sais , affords a specimen of hieroglyphics . An ipfant , an old man , a hawk , a fish , and a 84 HIE.
... fanciful . From symbols of this kind , all letters have been formed . An in- scription on the temple of Minerva , at Sais , affords a specimen of hieroglyphics . An ipfant , an old man , a hawk , a fish , and a 84 HIE.
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Edward Augustus Kendall J J. man , a hawk , a fish , and a river - horse , expressed this moral sentence : " You who come into the world , and you who go out of it , know this that the gods bate impudence . " HIGH ADMIRAL , see ADMIRAL ...
Edward Augustus Kendall J J. man , a hawk , a fish , and a river - horse , expressed this moral sentence : " You who come into the world , and you who go out of it , know this that the gods bate impudence . " HIGH ADMIRAL , see ADMIRAL ...
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Página 171 - ... unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always to believe two witnesses, if the probability of the fact does upon other circumstances reasonably encounter them ; for the trial is not here simply by witnesses, but by jury : nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false that a witness swore to be true, or may know a witness to be incompetent or incredible, though nothing be objected against him — and may...
Página 353 - OPTION, in law, every bishop, whether created or translated, is bound immediately after confirmation, to make a legal conveyance to the archbishop, of the next avoidance of such dignity or benefice belonging to the see, as the said archbishop shall choose, which is therefore called an option.
Página 220 - Rut every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase...
Página 43 - This is a high prerogative writ, and therefore by the common law issuing out of the court of king's bench not only in term-time, but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.
Página 140 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.
Página 171 - I have before said) they are not precisely bound by the rules of the civil law, viz,, to have two witnesses to prove every fact, unless it be in cases of treason, nor to reject one witness because he is single, or always to believe two witnesses, if the probability of the fact does upon other circumstances reasonably encounter them ; for the trial is not here simply by witnesses, but by jury; nay, it may so fall out, that a jury upon their own knowledge may know a thing to be false, that a witness...
Página 172 - This grand jury are previously instructed in the articles of their inquiry, by a charge from the judge who presides upon the bench. They then withdraw, to sit and receive indictments, which are preferred to them in the name of the king, but at the suit of any private prosecutor; and they are only to hear evidence on behalf of the prosecution : for the finding of an indictment is only in the nature of an inquiry or accusation, which is afterwards to be tried and...
Página 51 - ... them is sometimes useful, to make them catch the glass and bring out the tone more readily. Both hands are used, by which means different .parts are played together. — Observe, that the tones are best drawn out when the glasses turn from the ends of the fingers, not when they turn to them.
Página 309 - Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon.
Página 186 - THE BOUNDARIES WHICH THE CONSTITUTION HAS SET TO THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE. IN reading the foregoing enumeration of the powers with which the laws of England have intrusted the king, we are at a loss to reconcile them with the idea of a monarchy, which, we are told, is limited. The king not...