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... sometimes destructive to the crops by their inunda- tions . No portion of the ocean is subject to such violent gales as the sea surrounding Taï - wan on the west and east . Both monsoons , the north - eastern and the south - western ...
... sometimes destructive to the crops by their inunda- tions . No portion of the ocean is subject to such violent gales as the sea surrounding Taï - wan on the west and east . Both monsoons , the north - eastern and the south - western ...
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... sometimes in long prisms . Cleavage distinct , perpendicular to the axis . It is easily separable into thin plates , which are flexible , but not elastic . It is easily scraped with a knife , and the powder is unc- tuous to the touch ...
... sometimes in long prisms . Cleavage distinct , perpendicular to the axis . It is easily separable into thin plates , which are flexible , but not elastic . It is easily scraped with a knife , and the powder is unc- tuous to the touch ...
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... sometimes parading round the heap , at others perching on the top , and displaying its brilliantly coloured neck and wattle to the greatest advantage : this wattle it has the power of expanding and contracting at will ; at one moment it ...
... sometimes parading round the heap , at others perching on the top , and displaying its brilliantly coloured neck and wattle to the greatest advantage : this wattle it has the power of expanding and contracting at will ; at one moment it ...
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... sometimes made small enough to carry in the pocket , and sometimes larger , for hanging up in the house . Similar calendars are said to have been formerly used in Sweden . Perhaps the most curious of the illustrations collected in the ...
... sometimes made small enough to carry in the pocket , and sometimes larger , for hanging up in the house . Similar calendars are said to have been formerly used in Sweden . Perhaps the most curious of the illustrations collected in the ...
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... sometimes marked by notches instead of writing or painting ; particular forms or com- binations of notches being used to represent either Arabic numerals or the Roman letters commonly employed in numeration . Tallies formed of brick ...
... sometimes marked by notches instead of writing or painting ; particular forms or com- binations of notches being used to represent either Arabic numerals or the Roman letters commonly employed in numeration . Tallies formed of brick ...
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109 psl. - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
192 psl. - Tenant at will is, where lands or tenements are let by one man to another, to have and to hold to him at the will of the lessor", by force of which lease the lessee is in possession.
109 psl. - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
190 psl. - ... by parol, and not put in writing, and signed by the parties so making or creating the same, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized by writing, shall have the force and effect of leases or estates at will only...
97 psl. - All the objects which are exhibited to our view by nature, upon close examination will be found to have their blemishes and defects. The most beautiful forms have something about them like weakness, minuteness, or imperfection. But it is not every eye that perceives these blemishes. It must be an eye long used to the contemplation and comparison of these forms; and which, by a long habit of observing what any set of objects of the same kind have in common, has acquired the power of discerning what...
109 psl. - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
190 psl. - Except nevertheless all leases not exceeding the term of three years from the making thereof, whereupon the rent reserved to the landlord, during such term, shall amount unto two third parts at the least of the full improved value of the thing demised.
117 psl. - And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
202 psl. - Tenement is a word of still greater extent, and though in its vulgar acceptation it is only applied to houses and other buildings, yet in its original, proper, and legal sense it signifies everything that may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature ; whether it be of a substantial and sensible, or of an unsubstantial, ideal kind.
97 psl. - ... yet the highest perfection of the human figure is not to be found in any one of them. It is not in the Hercules...