The new American cyclopædia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, المجلد 8 |
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... present day in medicine is the ergot of rye , sometimes employed in cases of protracted labor . Several others have been used in times past like the cordyceps Sinensis , a sphærioid species par- asitic on a caterpillar ; but these are ...
... present day in medicine is the ergot of rye , sometimes employed in cases of protracted labor . Several others have been used in times past like the cordyceps Sinensis , a sphærioid species par- asitic on a caterpillar ; but these are ...
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... present century had elapsed , being estab- lished on Lewis and Columbia rivers . No other business was conducted throughout these regions but what was connected directly with the fur trade ; agriculture and all the other resources of ...
... present century had elapsed , being estab- lished on Lewis and Columbia rivers . No other business was conducted throughout these regions but what was connected directly with the fur trade ; agriculture and all the other resources of ...
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... present a uniform color . The seams are con- cealed by the lining with which the furs are finished . - Furs intended for felting , as the sorts used in hat making , are differently prepared . Hare skins are split open , then rubbed with ...
... present a uniform color . The seams are con- cealed by the lining with which the furs are finished . - Furs intended for felting , as the sorts used in hat making , are differently prepared . Hare skins are split open , then rubbed with ...
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... present . This being known , and the specific gravity ascertained with the accuracy due to the graduation of the galactom- eter , the quality of the milk can be more cor- rectly determined than by the use of other in- struments . GALAM ...
... present . This being known , and the specific gravity ascertained with the accuracy due to the graduation of the galactom- eter , the quality of the milk can be more cor- rectly determined than by the use of other in- struments . GALAM ...
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... present in most fishes , all reptiles , and most birds . There seems to be no general law regulating its presence or absence in mammalia ; it is wanting in many rodents ( as the mice ) , in the elephant , rhinoceros , tapir , camel ...
... present in most fishes , all reptiles , and most birds . There seems to be no general law regulating its presence or absence in mammalia ; it is wanting in many rodents ( as the mice ) , in the elephant , rhinoceros , tapir , camel ...
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الصفحة 241 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 239 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
الصفحة 68 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
الصفحة 268 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
الصفحة 174 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
الصفحة 245 - William Slade, of Vermont, joined to the presentation of some abolitionist petitions the motion that they should be referred to an extraordinary committee, with instructions to bring in a bill for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
الصفحة 334 - I am fond of people, and that every one feels directly — young and old. I pass without pretension through the world, and that gratifies men. I never bemoralise any one — always seek out the good that is in them, and leave what is bad to him who made mankind, and knows how to round off the angles. In this way I make myself happy and comfortable.
الصفحة 142 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
الصفحة 107 - He was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania, in 1789, and for two succeeding years he was representative of the State legislature.
الصفحة 90 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persons of all colors,