The Elements of Useful Knowledge: Comprehending, Among Other Interesting Particulars, Short Systems of Astronomy, Mythology, Chronology, and Rhetoric: With a Brief Account of the Trial and Execution of Louis XVI, and of the Late Transactions in France ...B. Law and Son, 1793 - 333 páginas |
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... consist of a certain number · of whole days , without any odd hours or minutes , to render the computation of time inore eafy . It is diftinguished into common and biffextile . The common year confifts of 365 days ; and the biffextile ...
... consist of a certain number · of whole days , without any odd hours or minutes , to render the computation of time inore eafy . It is diftinguished into common and biffextile . The common year confifts of 365 days ; and the biffextile ...
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... a common year , and consist but of 365 days ; but as that was too much , every four hundredth year was to remain a leap - year or biffextile . This reformation of the calendar is called the Gregorian account This ( 100 )
... a common year , and consist but of 365 days ; but as that was too much , every four hundredth year was to remain a leap - year or biffextile . This reformation of the calendar is called the Gregorian account This ( 100 )
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... consisting of 366 days , there are fifty - two weeks , and two days over ; fo that if the leap - year begins on a Sunday , it will end on a Monday , and the next year begin on a Tuef- day , and confequently the Dominical Letter will be ...
... consisting of 366 days , there are fifty - two weeks , and two days over ; fo that if the leap - year begins on a Sunday , it will end on a Monday , and the next year begin on a Tuef- day , and confequently the Dominical Letter will be ...
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... consists of 38 knights . 1400 Died the famous Geoffrey Chaucer , of Lon- don , the father of English poetry . 1402 Died John Gower , of Wales , the poet . H 1410 Guild- A.D. 1410 Guildhall , London , was built . 1411 ( 145 ) ·
... consists of 38 knights . 1400 Died the famous Geoffrey Chaucer , of Lon- don , the father of English poetry . 1402 Died John Gower , of Wales , the poet . H 1410 Guild- A.D. 1410 Guildhall , London , was built . 1411 ( 145 ) ·
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Términos y frases comunes
aftronomical againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient anſwer Apollo appear becauſe Cæfar called Capricornus caufe Ceres CHAP Chrift confequently confifting crown CYBELE cycle daugh deftroyed deities died diſtance diſtinguiſhed Dominical Letter eaſt eclipfe England Engliſh epact epocha eſtabliſhed faid fame feconds feven fignifies firft firſt fixed ftars flain flouriſhed folar fome fometimes fubject fuch fuppofed furface fyftem goddeſs gods greateſt Greek heavenly bodies heavens himſelf hiſtory houſe itſelf Julian Julian calendar Julian period Jupiter king laſt leap-year leaſt lord lunar Mars meaſure miles moft months moon moſt motion mount Etna move round muſt Neptune obferved occafioned Oracle paffed perfons philofopher planets Pluto poet prefent prefided publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon reprefented rife Roman round the fun Saturn Sextilis ſhe ſhould ſome ſpace ſpeaking ſtars ſtate telef thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thunder tion univerfe uſed Venus weft СНАР
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Página 231 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Página 32 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Página 218 - Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord: For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Página 270 - And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the English government, that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the king is a check upon both, which preserves the executive power from encroachments. And this very executive power...
Página 275 - ... of king Henry VIII, and his three children. It can change and create afresh even the constitution of the kingdom and of parliaments themselves; as was done by the act of union...
Página 275 - ... by the Constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
Página 22 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Página 280 - ... to exert any power but that of rejecting; they will not permit the least alteration or amendment to be made by the lords to the mode of taxing the people by a money bill; under which appellation are included all bills, by which money is directed to be raised upon the subject, for any purpose or in any shape whatsoever...
Página 281 - This petition (when founded on facts that may be in their nature disputed) is referred to a committee of members, who examine the matter alleged, and accordingly report it to the house ; and then (or otherwise upon the mere petition) leave is given to bring in the bill. In public matters the bill is brought in upon motion made to the house, without any petition at all.
Página 26 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...