The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Հատոր 6George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... means to heal , and which were only remedied by time . COWLEY , ABRAHAM , an English poet , born in London in 1618 , died at Chertsey , in Surrey , July 28 , 1667. His father died before his birth , and he was brought up under the care ...
... means to heal , and which were only remedied by time . COWLEY , ABRAHAM , an English poet , born in London in 1618 , died at Chertsey , in Surrey , July 28 , 1667. His father died before his birth , and he was brought up under the care ...
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... means of the tail , whose strokes propel them backward ; they crawl well on the bottom , and are some- times seen at a considerable distance from streams , using holes filled with water , and oc- casional pools , as places of retreat ...
... means of the tail , whose strokes propel them backward ; they crawl well on the bottom , and are some- times seen at a considerable distance from streams , using holes filled with water , and oc- casional pools , as places of retreat ...
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... means of transport then at command . Reducing the estimate of the French in the same ratio , we may assume the battle to have been fought between 17,000 English and 50,000 to 60,000 French . Even these numbers give it the magnitude of a ...
... means of transport then at command . Reducing the estimate of the French in the same ratio , we may assume the battle to have been fought between 17,000 English and 50,000 to 60,000 French . Even these numbers give it the magnitude of a ...
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... means of the Po , and the various canals communicating with that river . Cremona was a Roman colony , founded in 219 B. C .; it was often attacked by hostile Gallic tribes , and was destroyed by them in 193. In A. D. 69 it was plundered ...
... means of the Po , and the various canals communicating with that river . Cremona was a Roman colony , founded in 219 B. C .; it was often attacked by hostile Gallic tribes , and was destroyed by them in 193. In A. D. 69 it was plundered ...
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... means , a large family of children , among whom several were noted for intellectual ability . Mr. Critten- den commenced life as a lawyer in Hopkinsville , but soon removed to Frankfort , where he en- joyed an excellent practice and won ...
... means , a large family of children , among whom several were noted for intellectual ability . Mr. Critten- den commenced life as a lawyer in Hopkinsville , but soon removed to Frankfort , where he en- joyed an excellent practice and won ...
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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...