The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 10Charles Knight, 1838 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 29
... father's power , and had to bear up against the weight of Roman hostility when the invasion was renewed in the reign of Claudius ( A.D. 43 ) . After sustaining several severe defeats , the Britons retired into the marshes of Essex , and ...
... father's power , and had to bear up against the weight of Roman hostility when the invasion was renewed in the reign of Claudius ( A.D. 43 ) . After sustaining several severe defeats , the Britons retired into the marshes of Essex , and ...
Page 30
... father , and of which mention is occasionally made in the history of Ethel- wulf and his sons , until the reign of Alfred , by whom the Saxon kingdoms were finally incorporated ; and England , with the exception of those parts which ...
... father , and of which mention is occasionally made in the history of Ethel- wulf and his sons , until the reign of Alfred , by whom the Saxon kingdoms were finally incorporated ; and England , with the exception of those parts which ...
Page 31
... fathers , Svein and Ethelred . Canute , by the treachery of Edric ( brother - in - law and foster - father to Edmund ) , obtained the victory . The battle was fought at Assandun , which some suppose to be Ashdon , in the north - western ...
... fathers , Svein and Ethelred . Canute , by the treachery of Edric ( brother - in - law and foster - father to Edmund ) , obtained the victory . The battle was fought at Assandun , which some suppose to be Ashdon , in the north - western ...
Page 35
... father's wish , under the superintendence of Lord Burleigh , by whose direc- tion he was sent to Trinity College ... father - in - law , who had been suspected of causing his father's death ; and received the appointment of Master of the ...
... father's wish , under the superintendence of Lord Burleigh , by whose direc- tion he was sent to Trinity College ... father - in - law , who had been suspected of causing his father's death ; and received the appointment of Master of the ...
Page 36
... father's death , received him into her house ; and in 1602 he was re- moved to Merton College , Oxford , where the warden , Mr. ( afterwards Sir Henry ) Savile , who had been an intimate friend of his father , took charge of his ...
... father's death , received him into her house ; and in 1602 he was re- moved to Merton College , Oxford , where the warden , Mr. ( afterwards Sir Henry ) Savile , who had been an intimate friend of his father , took charge of his ...
Common terms and phrases
afterwards Alliance animals antient appears bank birds bishop body called Carpels castle century character Chelmsford chiefly choroid church coast Colchester colour common considerable consists contains court cultivated districts Dunmow Eagle east England English Essex Estremadura Ethelwulf Etruscan Euboea Europe Evreux extends Falco Falconidae father feet feoffment Ferdinand Finland fish fishery flax France French genus Greek ground houses inches inhabitants island king land latter length London lord manufacture manure membrane ment miles mountains nature nearly northern observed original parish passed persons plain plants population portion possession principal produce province quantity reign remains retina rises river Roman Rome Scotland Shah Nameh side soil species square miles supposed surface Tagus tail tarsi Temminck tion town trees upper vitreous humour West Flanders whole wood
Popular passages
Page 171 - ... and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.
Page 171 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly...
Page 41 - Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Page 223 - ... qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 289 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Page 289 - And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 171 - ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case, but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little King-bird, not bigger than a Sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven...
Page 289 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 102 - The being and existence of the thing itself is what I call the original truth. A credible man vouching his knowledge of it is a good proof: but if another equally credible do witness it from his report, the testimony is weaker; and a third that attests the hear-say of an hear-say, is yet less considerable.
Page 246 - ... know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the custom and services which I ought to do, at the terms assigned, so help me god and his saints; and he shall kiss the book.