The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 3Americana Company, 1904 |
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... lived quietly on the fortune left him by his father , and was led to embrace the principles of the Puritans , by whose interest he was elected member for Bridgewater in the Parliament of 1640. This being soon dissolved , he lost his ...
... lived quietly on the fortune left him by his father , and was led to embrace the principles of the Puritans , by whose interest he was elected member for Bridgewater in the Parliament of 1640. This being soon dissolved , he lost his ...
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... lived at Puiseaux , in France , and was a chemist and musician , that he could accurately estimate the proportions of objects , could judge of the distance of fire by the degree of heat , determine the quantity of fluid in vessels by ...
... lived at Puiseaux , in France , and was a chemist and musician , that he could accurately estimate the proportions of objects , could judge of the distance of fire by the degree of heat , determine the quantity of fluid in vessels by ...
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... lived forgotten . Blood , the yellowish to reddish liquid alkaline medium present in the arteries and veins , the chief tissue of oxidation in the animal body . The composition and character of the blood varies very widely in different ...
... lived forgotten . Blood , the yellowish to reddish liquid alkaline medium present in the arteries and veins , the chief tissue of oxidation in the animal body . The composition and character of the blood varies very widely in different ...
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... lived and traveled in the United States and many European countries and has been a correspondent of various English and French journals . His published works include : The Silent Shore ' ( 1886 ) ; His Own Enemy ' ( 1887 ) ; The Desert ...
... lived and traveled in the United States and many European countries and has been a correspondent of various English and French journals . His published works include : The Silent Shore ' ( 1886 ) ; His Own Enemy ' ( 1887 ) ; The Desert ...
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... lived on his estates in Silesia till 1815 , when the chief command was again committed to him , and he led his army into the Netherlands . On 15 June Napoleon threw him- self upon him , and Blücher , on the 16th , was was killed , and ...
... lived on his estates in Silesia till 1815 , when the chief command was again committed to him , and he led his army into the Netherlands . On 15 June Napoleon threw him- self upon him , and Blücher , on the 16th , was was killed , and ...
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Page 106 - The Family Shakspeare ; in which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Page 106 - Society ; the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the University of Glasgow in 1806; and in 1808 he was elected a member of the French Institute.
Page 200 - Yet do I believe that all this is true, which indeed my reason would persuade me to be false ; and this I think is no vulgar part of faith, to believe a thing not only above, but contrary to reason, and against the arguments of our proper senses.
Page 130 - Authority of Holy Scripture (1891); The Bible, the Church, and the Reason (1892); The Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch (1893); The Messiah of the Gospels...
Page 13 - ... apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result? In five staples only, in the United States alone, the inexhaustible forces of Nature would .produce annually, without effort and without cost, 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn, 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat, 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats, 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley, 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Page 105 - B. resolved to make the attempt with such assistance as he could obtain from private individuals. He, however, previously went to Paris, to improve his acquaintance with physical and mathematical science. His reception from the French literati was extremely flattering. A public eulogium was pronounced on him at a meeting of the institute, and an advantageous appointment was offered him by the French government. To obtain funds for the prosecution of his favorite project, B. also published a translation...