The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 23 |
What people are saying - Write a review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingThis is the 198215th Edition, in two halves, with the Macropaedia and the Micropaedia. First published in 1768, the publisher is the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print. Two Scottish ... Read full review
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
animals appears authority became become body born British called carried cells century character chief Church close common complete consists contains continued council court death developed direction early effect elected England English especially established existence fact force France French gametophyte German give given hand House important interest island Italy John king known land later less London Lord lungs male means nature object occur organs original Paris party passed period person portion position practice present produced published received Reformation regard religion remains rent represented reptiles result rhetoric Roman separate side snakes sometimes success term tion town United usually various vols vote whole
Popular passages
Page 180 - The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the times; measures of retaliation are not.
Page 277 - My genial spirits fail; And what can these avail To lift the smothering weight from off my breast? It were a vain endeavour, Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.
Page 277 - There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 22 - LECTURES ON THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY IN ITS RELATION TO MODERN THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE.
Page 257 - ... qualities of manhood truth courage devotion to duty sympathy for and protection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship and (iv) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates...
Page 22 - But the loss of one mystery was amply compensated by the stupendous doctrines of original sin, redemption, faith, grace, and predestination, which have been strained from the epistles of St.
Page 220 - And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Page 11 - ... but, on the contrary, that the spiritual power is above the temporal. Secondly, if it were proposed to admonish them with the Scriptures, they objected that no one may interpret the Scriptures but the Pope. Thirdly, if they are threatened with a council, they pretend that no one may call a council...
Page 220 - The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go into perdition.
Page 2 - This law is: the incident and reflected rays make equal angles with the normal to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence, and are coplanar with the normal.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 23 Handy volume issue The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Hugh Chisholm |
| Editor | Hugh Chisholm |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |