Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Հատոր 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... language of the country . The Creoles use the latter as much as the former , but both are considerably adulterated by borrowed words and expressions . The first language generally spoken by children is the Inga ; for the nurses being ...
... language of the country . The Creoles use the latter as much as the former , but both are considerably adulterated by borrowed words and expressions . The first language generally spoken by children is the Inga ; for the nurses being ...
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... language , it gradually acqui- red a much more extensive , and at the same time a much more useful , as well as more exalted , signification . It Objects comprehended the study of grammar , criticism , etymo- and uses of logy , the ...
... language , it gradually acqui- red a much more extensive , and at the same time a much more useful , as well as more exalted , signification . It Objects comprehended the study of grammar , criticism , etymo- and uses of logy , the ...
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... language communicated to Adam , see the article on LANGUAGE ; also Schuckford's Connect . vol . i . lib . ii . p . 111. et seq . ( E ) Josephus and the fathers of the church tell us , that the number of languages produced by the ...
... language communicated to Adam , see the article on LANGUAGE ; also Schuckford's Connect . vol . i . lib . ii . p . 111. et seq . ( E ) Josephus and the fathers of the church tell us , that the number of languages produced by the ...
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... language , will , we doubt not , be vouched by every one of our readers who has acquired even a su- perficial knowledge of the languages current in those quarters at a very early period . It appears , then , that the languages of the ...
... language , will , we doubt not , be vouched by every one of our readers who has acquired even a su- perficial knowledge of the languages current in those quarters at a very early period . It appears , then , that the languages of the ...
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... Language . and arrived at the plains of Shinar , which had been possessed by the Ashurim ever since the era of the first migration at the birth of Peleg . The sacred historian informs us , that the whole earth " was of one language and ...
... Language . and arrived at the plains of Shinar , which had been possessed by the Ashurim ever since the era of the first migration at the birth of Peleg . The sacred historian informs us , that the whole earth " was of one language and ...
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Էջ 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Էջ 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Էջ 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Էջ 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Էջ 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Էջ 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Էջ 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Էջ 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Էջ 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Էջ 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...