The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 13C. Knight, 1839 V.1-20 are, like missing vols. 21-26, also freely available online at the the China-America Digital Academic Library (CADAL), & can be accessed with the following individual urls: http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv1 Note: Click to view v.1 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv2 Note: Click to view v.2 via CADAL http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv3 Note: Click to view v.3 via CADAL http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv4 Note: Click to view v.4 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv5 Note: Click to view v.5 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv6 Note: Click to view v.6 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv7 Note: Click to view v.7 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv8 Note: Click to view v.8 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv9 Note: Click to view v.9 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv10 Note: Click to view v.10 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv11 Note: Click to view v.11 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv12 Note: Click to view v.12 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv13 Note: Click to view v.13 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv14 Note: Click to view v.14 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv15 Note: Click to view v.15 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv16 Note: Click to view v.16 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv17 Note: Click to view v.17 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv18 Note: Click to view v.18 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv19 Note: Click to view v.19 via CADAL. -- http://lookup.lib.hku.hk/lookup/bib/B3144507Xv20 Note: Click to view v.20 via CADAL. |
From inside the book
Page 102
... his own house . A simple inscription , which was found among his papers after his death , record- ing him as the author of the Declaration of American In- dependence , of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Free- dom , and Father of the ...
... his own house . A simple inscription , which was found among his papers after his death , record- ing him as the author of the Declaration of American In- dependence , of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Free- dom , and Father of the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid acres Adour afterwards antennæ antient appears bishop borough called canal castle century chiefly church coast colour considerable consists contains court cultivated death diocese district divided duke earl east emperor England English extends feet France French genus Greek harbour hills houses inhabitants iodine Ireland Irenæus iridium iron Isère island Isle of Thanet Isocrates Isopods Italy James Jesuits Jews John Jugurtha jury Justinian Kent Kildare Kilkenny king king's kingdom lakes Lancashire land language latter length London Lord manufacture miles mountains native navigation nearly northern obtained occupied parish parliament parliamentary borough persons population portion possession principal produce province quantity Queen's County reign river Roman Rome root schools Scotland Scray side soil southern species square square miles statute surface tion town tract Tralee valley whole
Popular passages
Page 102 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia ; because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 162 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins : and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Page 131 - ... and vealpie with plums, his inextinguishable thirst for tea, his trick of touching the posts as he walked, his mysterious practice of treasuring up scraps of orange-peel, his morning slumbers, his midnight disputations, his contortions, his mutterings, his gruntings, his puffings, his vigorous, acute, and ready eloquence, his sarcastic wit, his vehemence, his insolence, his fits of tempestuous rage, his queer inmates, old Mr. Levett and blind Mrs. Williams, the cat Hodge and the negro Frank —...
Page 160 - Act, the person accused shall be allowed to make his full answer and defence, and to have all witnesses examined and cross-examined by counsel or attorney.
Page 250 - To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire, above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most cont.rarious to his revealed will and approved ordinance, and finally it is the subversion of all equity and justice.
Page 131 - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, .the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...
Page 77 - Justiciars of co-ordinate authority, one on the north and the other on the south of the...
Page 85 - I shall make it my endeavour to preserve this government, both in church and state, as it is now by law established.
Page 123 - ... or common councilman, or in or to any office of magistracy, or place, trust, or employment relating to the government of any city...
Page 159 - Tenure whatever, for the unexpired Residue, whatever it may be, of any Term originally created for a Period of not less than...