The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Հատոր 6George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... father had been a tai- lor at Menin , in the Netherlands , and escaping with difficulty from the persecution of the duke of Alva , had arrived in London in 1568. The Courten family were engaged in the manufac- ture of French hoods ...
... father had been a tai- lor at Menin , in the Netherlands , and escaping with difficulty from the persecution of the duke of Alva , had arrived in London in 1568. The Courten family were engaged in the manufac- ture of French hoods ...
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... father's family was a large one , and her grandfather's fortune , which had been left to his widow ( the actress , Miss Mellon , whom he married late in life ) , had apparently been diverted into another channel by the marriage of the ...
... father's family was a large one , and her grandfather's fortune , which had been left to his widow ( the actress , Miss Mellon , whom he married late in life ) , had apparently been diverted into another channel by the marriage of the ...
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... father died before his birth , and he was brought up under the care of his mother , by whose solicitation he was admitted into Westminster school . Spenser's " Fairy Queen " first led him to turn his attention to poetry . A volume of ...
... father died before his birth , and he was brought up under the care of his mother , by whose solicitation he was admitted into Westminster school . Spenser's " Fairy Queen " first led him to turn his attention to poetry . A volume of ...
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... father , who was a collector of salt duties , ex- erted himself to give his son a superior edu- cation . At the age of 14 years , having made some progress in the study of mathematics and the classics , George was destined to the ...
... father , who was a collector of salt duties , ex- erted himself to give his son a superior edu- cation . At the age of 14 years , having made some progress in the study of mathematics and the classics , George was destined to the ...
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... father is called a yeoman . Having acquired the rudiments of knowledge at Aslacton school , he was sent at the age of 14 to Jesus college , Cambridge , where he remained 16 years . He was not only an ac- complished scholar , but versed ...
... father is called a yeoman . Having acquired the rudiments of knowledge at Aslacton school , he was sent at the age of 14 to Jesus college , Cambridge , where he remained 16 years . He was not only an ac- complished scholar , but versed ...
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Էջ 96 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space, filled with young shrimps...
Էջ 294 - If I had strength enough to hold a pen, I would write how easy and pleasant a thing it is to die.
Էջ 346 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Էջ 346 - All power residing originally in and being derived from the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them.
Էջ 264 - I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Col. Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner, for some important service.
Էջ 162 - was to consider the several matters not only in themselves, but relatively, or as they respect each other ; both to treat them as so many wholes, and as so many parts of some greater whole.
Էջ 204 - An Inquiry into the Secondary Causes which Mr. Gibbon has assigned for the rapid growth of Christianity.
Էջ 260 - Take counsel, execute judgment; Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; Hide the outcasts ; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; Be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : For the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, The oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Էջ 232 - Commedia made during the fourteenth century, and now existing in the libraries of Europe, are more numerous than those of all other works, ancient and modern, made during the same period. Between the invention of printing and the year 1500, more than twenty editions were published in Italy, the earliest in 1472. During the sixteenth century there were forty editions; during the seventeenth, a period, for Italy, of sceptical...
Էջ 306 - His father, one of the French protestants who took refuge in England upon...