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单词 sustentation
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And any who were absent without lawful cause shall forfeit one pound of wax to the sustentation of the said great candle. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
The revenues confiscated were those used for “the finding, maintaining or sustentation of any priest or of any anniversary, or obit, lamp, light or other such things.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
Perhaps a little sustentation of life to the country will be obtained by a wretched peace. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z
And so all things appertaining to the sustentation of man, in triple and more exceeded their accustomed prices. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z
The problem is,—To find an Ultimate Ground, a Final Cause, which shall be adequate to account for the existence and sustentation of this Universe. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z
The prolonged, delicate, exquisite sustentation of the pictorial tone seems to me a marvel of ingenuity and fancy. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z
Prohibition of all interference on the part of employers with the management of the relief and sustentation funds of the working classes, to whom the sole control of these funds should be left. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z
For his sustentation and comfort he carried on his back a scrip with some bread in it, and a wooden flagon of wine. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z
The struggles of Garrison and Wendell Phillips for the rescue and sustentation of fugitive slaves are well-known instances of underground conspiracy. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z
Of peculiar fitnesses which make the earth suited to the sustentation of life, as we know that it is, we shall speak hereafter; and at present pass on to the other planets, Venus and Mercury. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z
It would seem that the system by which he maintained them was that he assigned to each a region of which the inhabitants were responsible for its manning and its sustentation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z
For the growth and sustentation of a forest and of such plants as prefer the woods to the openings it would far excel the deep and exhaustless alluvians of the prairie states. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z
That in which this excellent knowledge produces knowledge and effects sustentation thereof, that is pure illusion, as known and sustained, therefore by the Supreme Lord duality is not illusorily imagined. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy
Deriving its power of sustentation from the gas contained in the gas-bag, the free balloon is spherical in form. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis
They make the peopling of the earth, with its successive races of inhabitants, a series of events altogether different from the operation of physical laws in the sustentation of existing species. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z
The air-ship, unlike the aeroplane, is not dependent upon its engines for its power to remain in flight, but derives its sustentation from the hydrogen gas with which it is filled. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide
He had prepared a sustentation fund scheme for the support of the seceding ministers, and this was at once put into successful operation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross"
And again— "Brahmá, Śiva, and the greatest of the gods decay with the decay of their bodies; "Greater than these is Hari, undecaying, because his body is for the sustentation of Lakshmí. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy
Ideals act for good as well as for evil; if they cramp all progress, they nevertheless tend to the sustentation of a certain level of thought. The Soul of a People
The conditions of their sustentation and generation being given, which no difference of physical circumstances can render incredible, the race may, so far as we can see, go on forever. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z
Aeroplane, a flying-machine deriving its power of sustentation from the reaction of the air driven downwards by the rapid transit of fixed wings or 'planes' through the air. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide
We regard it as another law, that the distribution of the sustentation money entrusted to the Church should be a distribution, not discretionary, but fixed by definite enactment. Leading Articles on Various Subjects
Thorold Rogers justly remarks that the strength of communism lies in the misconduct of administrations, the sustentation of odious and unjust privileges and the support of what are called vested interests. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses
The Fishmongers had a grant of power to hold land "for the sustentation of the poor men and women of the said commonalty." Memorials of Old London Volume I
The meteoric, or "dynamical," theory of solar sustentation was expounded by him before the British Association in 1853. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
The presence of God in his world was thus to be evinced by his regular sustentation of its natural order, rather than by irregular occurrences, such as the deluge, in seeming contravention of it. Miracles and Supernatural Religion
But the writer has perhaps learned to regard two glasses of meridian wine as but a moderate amount of sustentation. Dr. Wortle's School
The fundamental question that had to be answered in that book was the question of the "sustentation" of the new Church. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
Interest as connected with the sustentation of a certain mode of social life. A Critical Examination of Socialism
There remains, then, as the only intelligible rationale of solar sustentation, Helmholtz's shrinkage theory. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition
And Brahman has been defined as that from which there proceed the origination, sustentation, and retractation of this world. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1
There are two funds: one subscribed expressly for the building of churches, the other limited to the "sustentation" of incumbents. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844
The argument points, then, to the sustentation of those moderate forces of order, which, somewhat to the world's surprise, still manage to maintain themselves on the rock of the German character. The Economic Consequences of the Peace
Fourthly, for that they let the harvest, which is the chief sustentation of our life; and God of his goodness hath sent it abundantly. Notes and Queries, Number 62, January 4, 1851
The rain which descends from heaven is confessedly amongst the contrivances of the Creator for the sustentation of the animals and vegetables which subsist upon the surface of the earth. Evidence of Christianity
They have three times as many ribs as we possess, and between them are openings into which air or water enters for life sustentation. Life in a Thousand Worlds
It is a land of death, and Famine there Holds sovereignty; though some there be her sway Who challenge, and intrenched in larders live, Drawing their sustentation from abroad. Black Beetles in Amber
Every organized natural body, in the provisions which it contains for its sustentation and propagation, testifies a care, on the part of the Creator, expressly directed to these purposes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829
In Flanders there are permanent funds, &c. for the sustentation of the poor. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829
I ask you for heavenly nectar for the sustentation of the higher winged nature in me, and you give me a boiled sweet potato, toasted strips of sun-dried pumpkins, and a handful of parched maize! Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest
Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
The young of human beings compare so poorly in original efficiency with the young of many of the lower animals, that even the powers needed for physical sustentation have to be acquired under tuition. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
The source, the sustentation, the defence of his being, the endless mediation betwixt his needs and the things that supply them, are all one. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
And so when the hygrometric gauge falls below the point of actual sustentation, the plant shrinks and dies; while, without the necessary conditions, it would never have made its appearance. Life: Its True Genesis
An appeal had been issued to the Presbyterian churches of the world for aid to establish a sustentation fund for the use of the new church. Frederick Douglass A Biography
When sailing within 30 feet of the ground sustentation is comparatively easy and, should a fall occur, the results are not likely to be serious. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
There are two funds: one subscribed expressly for the building of churches, the other limited to the 'sustentation' of incumbents. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2
But any praise so obtained must be an injustice to the public, for whose instruction, and not for the sustentation of the author, such notices are intended. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
There was no proper sustentation fund; and the result was that nearly all the ministers had to add to their incomes in other ways. A History of the Moravian Church
For this civilisation makes no provision excepting temporary sustentation in hospitals, workhouses or prisons. London's Underworld
Speed not only furnishes sustentation for the airship, but adds to the stability of the machine. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
Another simple means of illustrating the principle of flying machine operation, so far as sustentation and the elevation and depression of the planes is concerned, is explained in the accompanying diagram. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
This is done to meet the varying gusts and eddies of the air so that sustentation may be maintained and headway made. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
Straight planes were tried for a time, but found greatly lacking in the power of sustentation. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship
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