A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Band 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... rivers . In the fens of Lincolnshire , and some rivers that proceed from them , they are found in prodigious quantities . At Spalding , once in seven or eight years , amazing shoals appear in the Welland , and come up the river in form ...
... rivers . In the fens of Lincolnshire , and some rivers that proceed from them , they are found in prodigious quantities . At Spalding , once in seven or eight years , amazing shoals appear in the Welland , and come up the river in form ...
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... river and were drowned , though some had the good fortune to cross over in safety : while the rest , surrounding their prince , conti- nued the fight through despair . The sultan , however , considering that he had scarce 7,000 men left ...
... river and were drowned , though some had the good fortune to cross over in safety : while the rest , surrounding their prince , conti- nued the fight through despair . The sultan , however , considering that he had scarce 7,000 men left ...
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... river are distinguished for their su- perior richness . The chief town is Batavia . GENESEE , a river of the United States , which rises in Pennsylvania , and runs through the western part of the state of New York into Lake Ontario ...
... river are distinguished for their su- perior richness . The chief town is Batavia . GENESEE , a river of the United States , which rises in Pennsylvania , and runs through the western part of the state of New York into Lake Ontario ...
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... river , north - east by the Mississippi . Upon the latter it extends upwards of 100 miles . Its limits to the west are indefinite . The land is various , and perhaps less fertile than some of the neighbouring districts . It is rich ...
... river , north - east by the Mississippi . Upon the latter it extends upwards of 100 miles . Its limits to the west are indefinite . The land is various , and perhaps less fertile than some of the neighbouring districts . It is rich ...
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... river , the sources of which Hesiod after- wards placed near the pillars of Hercules . The disk included the Mediterranean much con- tracted on the west , the Ægean and part of the Euxine seas , so that Greece is the centre of Homer's ...
... river , the sources of which Hesiod after- wards placed near the pillars of Hercules . The disk included the Mediterranean much con- tracted on the west , the Ægean and part of the Euxine seas , so that Greece is the centre of Homer's ...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Seite 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Seite 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Seite 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Seite 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Seite 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Seite 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Seite 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Seite 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.