Miscellaneous Notes and Queries with Answers in All Departments of Literature, Հատոր 2S. C. & L. M. Gould, 1885 |
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... never been able to imitate , was obtained . The oscillation of a chandelier in a cathedral suggested to Galileo the use of the pendulum , and about the year 1639 he applied it to clocks . The gun - barrel of a Hessian lieutenant ...
... never been able to imitate , was obtained . The oscillation of a chandelier in a cathedral suggested to Galileo the use of the pendulum , and about the year 1639 he applied it to clocks . The gun - barrel of a Hessian lieutenant ...
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... never caused the defeat of an army . An eclipse of the moon caused Nicias , the Greek commander , to withdraw his army from before Syracuse , ( B. C. 413 ) at the instigation of the soothsayers , and this led to the defeat of the ...
... never caused the defeat of an army . An eclipse of the moon caused Nicias , the Greek commander , to withdraw his army from before Syracuse , ( B. C. 413 ) at the instigation of the soothsayers , and this led to the defeat of the ...
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... it originate ? how many of the states is it common at present ? I occasionally see it in villages in Rhode Island . I never saw or heard of it in Connecticut . J. Q. A. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND QUERIES , WITH ANSWERS . " Truth ( 336 )
... it originate ? how many of the states is it common at present ? I occasionally see it in villages in Rhode Island . I never saw or heard of it in Connecticut . J. Q. A. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND QUERIES , WITH ANSWERS . " Truth ( 336 )
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... never wear any necklaces , but they wear bracelets , rings and pendants , the latter of which are longer than a person's hand , and so heavy that I have wondered how they could carry them without tearing out the lobes of their ears , to ...
... never wear any necklaces , but they wear bracelets , rings and pendants , the latter of which are longer than a person's hand , and so heavy that I have wondered how they could carry them without tearing out the lobes of their ears , to ...
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... never read the original work . A. P. SOUTHWICK . " ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY , " ( pp . 284 , 317 , ) was the motto of The Age , a political paper published in Augusta , Me . , fifty years ago , and so could not have ...
... never read the original work . A. P. SOUTHWICK . " ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY , " ( pp . 284 , 317 , ) was the motto of The Age , a political paper published in Augusta , Me . , fifty years ago , and so could not have ...
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Էջ 591 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Էջ 355 - Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Էջ 478 - In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Էջ 526 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Էջ 598 - Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Էջ 479 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Էջ 355 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge...
Էջ 543 - And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Էջ 530 - If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.
Էջ 481 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.