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... known portion of that country , and our information about it is extremely scanty , except as to the vale of the Rio Huallaga . This exten- sive valley lies east of the vale of the Marañon , being separated from it by the Eastern Andes ...
... known portion of that country , and our information about it is extremely scanty , except as to the vale of the Rio Huallaga . This exten- sive valley lies east of the vale of the Marañon , being separated from it by the Eastern Andes ...
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... known by the name of the Eugubine tables , which are now in the museum of Gubbio . According to the interpretation of Lanzi , they relate entirely to the religious rites of the an- tient Umbri . 7. Cagli , the antient Callis , a Roman ...
... known by the name of the Eugubine tables , which are now in the museum of Gubbio . According to the interpretation of Lanzi , they relate entirely to the religious rites of the an- tient Umbri . 7. Cagli , the antient Callis , a Roman ...
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... known disease - epidemic catarrh , or influenza : what is more common than for all the members of a family living together , the clerks in the same office , and the artisans of the same workshop , to be successively or almost simultane ...
... known disease - epidemic catarrh , or influenza : what is more common than for all the members of a family living together , the clerks in the same office , and the artisans of the same workshop , to be successively or almost simultane ...
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... known by his Latinised name Petrus Blesensis ( Blois being his birth - place ) , a writer of the twelfth century , who spent much of his life in Eng- land , being invited thither by King Henry II . , who gave him the archdeaconry of ...
... known by his Latinised name Petrus Blesensis ( Blois being his birth - place ) , a writer of the twelfth century , who spent much of his life in Eng- land , being invited thither by King Henry II . , who gave him the archdeaconry of ...
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... known in the neighbourhood of the place in which it occurs by the name of stone oil , and is employed as a substitute for grease in diminishing the friction of machinery . It is totally and readily soluble in æther . When this petroleum ...
... known in the neighbourhood of the place in which it occurs by the name of stone oil , and is employed as a substitute for grease in diminishing the friction of machinery . It is totally and readily soluble in æther . When this petroleum ...
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Page 193 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.
Page 194 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed; a cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Page 266 - ... and black pieces of burning rock : they were likewise in danger, not only of being aground by the sudden retreat of the sea, but also from the vast fragments which rolled down from the mountain, and obstructed all the shore. Here he stopped to consider whether he should return back again ; to which the pilot advising him, ' Fortune,' said he, ' befriends the brave ; carry me to Pomponianus.
Page 192 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Page 193 - Pardon me, gentlemen [bowing to the ministry], confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom. Youth is the season of credulity. By comparing events with each other, reasoning from effects to causes, methinks I plainly discover the traces of an overruling influence.
Page 266 - ... presence of mind, as to be able to make and dictate his observations upon the motion and figure of that dreadful scene.
Page 266 - The court which led to his apartment being now almost filled with stones and ashes, if he had continued there any time longer it would have been impossible for him to have made his way out, it was thought proper therefore to awaken him.
Page 193 - Nothing but an intractable temper in your friend Pitt can prevent a most admirable and lasting system from being put together, and this crisis will show whether pride* or patriotism be predominant in his character ; for you may be assured, he has it now in his power to come into the service of his country upon any plan of politics he may choose to dictate, with great and honourable terms to himself and...
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Page 91 - Copenhagen, and is as fine a winter-piece as we have ever had from any of the schools of the most learned painters. Such images as these give us a new pleasure in our sight, and fix upon our minds traces of reflection, which accompany us whenever the like objects occur.