Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Company, 1838 |
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Pàgina 18
... obtained the surname of the Admirable . He was edu- cated at the university of St. Andrew , and , before his 20th year , had run through the whole circle of the sciences , could speak and write to perfection 10 different languages , and ...
... obtained the surname of the Admirable . He was edu- cated at the university of St. Andrew , and , before his 20th year , had run through the whole circle of the sciences , could speak and write to perfection 10 different languages , and ...
Pàgina 42
... obtained chiefly from mines , and the gold dust of the river Pactolus , were greater than those of any king before him ; and the expression " riches of Croesus " came to signify unbounded wealth . Proud of his treasures , he carried his ...
... obtained chiefly from mines , and the gold dust of the river Pactolus , were greater than those of any king before him ; and the expression " riches of Croesus " came to signify unbounded wealth . Proud of his treasures , he carried his ...
Pàgina 56
... killed , and a large rookery is con- sidered a valuable appendage to an estate . The young are obtained from the nest , and considered very fine for the table . tecting every contrivance intended for their destruction , they are.
... killed , and a large rookery is con- sidered a valuable appendage to an estate . The young are obtained from the nest , and considered very fine for the table . tecting every contrivance intended for their destruction , they are.
Pàgina 68
... obtained by the English was great . About three millions of dol- lars in specie , and a large quantity of goods , fell into their hands , besides a great quantity of munitions of war , 9 ships of the line , and 4 frigates . In 1763 ...
... obtained by the English was great . About three millions of dol- lars in specie , and a large quantity of goods , fell into their hands , besides a great quantity of munitions of war , 9 ships of the line , and 4 frigates . In 1763 ...
Pàgina 73
... obtained currency as standards of the weight of coins . Among Cufic coins , those are particularly sought for which bear images , because the forms repre- sented upon them appear to be opposed to the precepts of the Koran . But their ...
... obtained currency as standards of the weight of coins . Among Cufic coins , those are particularly sought for which bear images , because the forms repre- sented upon them appear to be opposed to the precepts of the Koran . But their ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 134 - 'arth's orbit has an inclination towards changes,' you say." " The changes in the seasons, sir, are owing to ' the inclination of the earth's axis to the plane of its orbit.
Pàgina 260 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Pàgina 484 - Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Pàgina 362 - Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the object of his attention; the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Pàgina 113 - History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster; the unfinished state of which he frequently laments.
Pàgina 362 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Pàgina 363 - Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.
Pàgina 10 - Who although he be God and Man, yet he is not two but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into flesh, but by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of Person.
Pàgina 326 - ... and cannot help himself by alleging that he was first struck by the deceased ; or that he had often declined to meet him, and was prevailed upon to do it by his importunity ; or that it was his intent only to vindicate his reputation ;(/) or that he meant not to kill, but only to disarm his adversary. (</) He has deliberately engaged in an act, highly unlawful, in defiance of the laws, and he must at his peril abide the consequences...
Pàgina 325 - ... that to this absurd custom, we must ascribe in some degree the extraordinary gentleness and complaisance of modern manners, and that respectful attention of one man to another, which, at present, render the social intercourses of life far more agreeable and decent, than among the most civilized nations of antiquity.