Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 2Edward Augustus Kendall Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - 415 pages |
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Page 161
... dominical letter for the given year , find that on the head , and guide your eye down from it till you come oppo- site the month , and there is the name of the day of the week that begins that month . See DOMINICAL Letter . DIASTOLE ...
... dominical letter for the given year , find that on the head , and guide your eye down from it till you come oppo- site the month , and there is the name of the day of the week that begins that month . See DOMINICAL Letter . DIASTOLE ...
Page 197
... DOMINICAL LETTER , in chronology , is that letter of the alphabet which points out in the calendar the Sundays throughout the year , thence also called Sunday letter . See Kalendar . The distribution of days into weeks is marked by the ...
... DOMINICAL LETTER , in chronology , is that letter of the alphabet which points out in the calendar the Sundays throughout the year , thence also called Sunday letter . See Kalendar . The distribution of days into weeks is marked by the ...
Page 198
... DOMINICAL LETTER . in the calendar . By this means the last day of December has the letter A joined to it , for if the 365 days , which are in a year , be divided by seven , we shall have fifty - two weeks , and one day over . If there ...
... DOMINICAL LETTER . in the calendar . By this means the last day of December has the letter A joined to it , for if the 365 days , which are in a year , be divided by seven , we shall have fifty - two weeks , and one day over . If there ...
Page 199
... dominical letter A , the twenty - fourth day of February will fall on a Friday , and the twenty - fifth on a Saturday ; and since both these days are marked in the calendar with the letter F , the following day , which is Sunday , will ...
... dominical letter A , the twenty - fourth day of February will fall on a Friday , and the twenty - fifth on a Saturday ; and since both these days are marked in the calendar with the letter F , the following day , which is Sunday , will ...
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... dominical letter being F , ( the letter which is opposite to the 7th of April ) Easter - day will be the Sunday after , or the 14th of April . EASTLAND company , a company of merchants in- corporated in the 21st of the reign of queen ...
... dominical letter being F , ( the letter which is opposite to the 7th of April ) Easter - day will be the Sunday after , or the 14th of April . EASTLAND company , a company of merchants in- corporated in the 21st of the reign of queen ...
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Page 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Page 344 - Or, as the whole stock, is to the whole gain or loss, So is each man's particular stock, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together...
Page 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch...
Page 37 - When those companies do not trade upon a joint stock, but are obliged to admit any person, properly qualified, upon paying a certain fine, and agreeing to submit to the regulations of the company, each member trading upon his own stock, and at his own risk, they are called regulated companies.
Page 51 - The names of the signs of the zodiac are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, and Pisces.
Page 72 - ... care. But how was this to be effected ? The freehold was vested in the parson; and, if we suppose it vested in his natural capacity, on his death it might descend to his heir, and would be liable to his debts and...
Page 221 - Britain, to deliver and set forth the judgment of the sessions, in the face of the sun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may seek for presid^ncy and privilege.
Page 333 - When two adjacent circles meet, and interfere with each other's progress, they not only do not cross each other, but both circles are invariably obliterated between the points of contact : for the exhaustion occasioned by each obstructs the progress of the other, and both are starved.