Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Հատոր 9Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... necessary for a minister of the gospel . His natural abi- lities were excellent , and he improved to the utmost the favourable opportunities he enjoyed at the university , which made him be considered as well qualified for a preacher of ...
... necessary for a minister of the gospel . His natural abi- lities were excellent , and he improved to the utmost the favourable opportunities he enjoyed at the university , which made him be considered as well qualified for a preacher of ...
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... necessary pro- Formula . visions : but above all , to ascertain in the most accurate manner the different losses sustained by the inhabitants , and the precise number of people that have perished , in order that I may be able to give ...
... necessary pro- Formula . visions : but above all , to ascertain in the most accurate manner the different losses sustained by the inhabitants , and the precise number of people that have perished , in order that I may be able to give ...
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... necessary every day , instead of once in half a century . Before we proceed further in the argument , however , it will be necessary to give some account of the situation and appearance of these for tresses . According to Mr Cardonnel ...
... necessary every day , instead of once in half a century . Before we proceed further in the argument , however , it will be necessary to give some account of the situation and appearance of these for tresses . According to Mr Cardonnel ...
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... necessary to use wood as well as stone in their construction . This kind of building , then , in our au- thor's opinion , was begun by raising a double row of pallisades or strong stakes in the form of the intended structure , in the ...
... necessary to use wood as well as stone in their construction . This kind of building , then , in our au- thor's opinion , was begun by raising a double row of pallisades or strong stakes in the form of the intended structure , in the ...
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... necessary to change that of fortifying likewise . From that time ramparts were added to the walls , the towers enlarged into bastions , and all sorts of out- works have been added , such as ravelins , counter- guards , horn and crown ...
... necessary to change that of fortifying likewise . From that time ramparts were added to the walls , the towers enlarged into bastions , and all sorts of out- works have been added , such as ravelins , counter- guards , horn and crown ...
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Էջ 241 - When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son ! . Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
Էջ 384 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Էջ 17 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Էջ 384 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Էջ 11 - The reason of this, their curiosity, is, because the Italian cannot by any means endure to have his dish touched with fingers, seeing all men's fingers are not alike clean.
Էջ 216 - Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Էջ 11 - I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes in England since I came home...
Էջ 210 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject. Being therefore derived from the Crown, they must arise from the king's grant ; or in some cases may be held by prescription, which, as has been frequently said, presupposes a grant. The kinds of them are various and almost infinite.
Էջ 381 - The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year.
Էջ 11 - ... which they hold in their other hand upon the same dish, so that whatsoever he be that sitting in the company of any others at...