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... probably the old Pelasgic , brought from Arcadia , and primarily from the east ; which Pelasgic , in Greece itself , was expelled by the introduction of the Cadmian letters . It is obvious that these profound and obscure topics can only ...
... probably the old Pelasgic , brought from Arcadia , and primarily from the east ; which Pelasgic , in Greece itself , was expelled by the introduction of the Cadmian letters . It is obvious that these profound and obscure topics can only ...
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... probably very rude and imper- fect . Unless the happy expedient was originally dictated by supe- rior direction , it is more likely to have been suggested by the call of some urgent occasion , than to have been the result of ...
... probably very rude and imper- fect . Unless the happy expedient was originally dictated by supe- rior direction , it is more likely to have been suggested by the call of some urgent occasion , than to have been the result of ...
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... probably , be considered as the least attractive . The most antient poems contained in this compilation were written by contemporaries of the Prophet ; the most modern , in the beginning of the thirteenth century . The national genius ...
... probably , be considered as the least attractive . The most antient poems contained in this compilation were written by contemporaries of the Prophet ; the most modern , in the beginning of the thirteenth century . The national genius ...
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... probably detect those minute circumstances , which often occasion an appear- ance of caprice . The mode of performing the experiments was this : A tin - plate , eight inches in diameter , was fixed to a small piece of wood about three ...
... probably detect those minute circumstances , which often occasion an appear- ance of caprice . The mode of performing the experiments was this : A tin - plate , eight inches in diameter , was fixed to a small piece of wood about three ...
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... probably soon be made acquainted . Mr. Nicholson alleges that , in a charged jar , there is always a certain portion of the electricity uncombined , which remains to form the residuum after the latent part is disengaged . This residuum ...
... probably soon be made acquainted . Mr. Nicholson alleges that , in a charged jar , there is always a certain portion of the electricity uncombined , which remains to form the residuum after the latent part is disengaged . This residuum ...
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Seite 160 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Seite 11 - ARCANA : or the principles of the late petitioners to parliament for relief in the matter of subscription.
Seite 127 - At the side was a pan or basin of milk, and the master and apprentices, each with a wooden spoon in his hand, without loss of time dipped into the same dish, and thence into the milk pan ; and as soon as it was finished, they all returned...
Seite 357 - The State of the Poor: or an History of the Labouring Classes in England, from the Conquest to the present Period ; in which are particularly considered, their Domestic Economy, with respect to Diet, Dress, Fuel, and Habitation ; and the various...
Seite 338 - With inward stillness, and a bowed mind ; When lo ! its folds far waving on the wind, I saw the train of the departing Year ! Starting from my silent sadness Then with no unholy madness Ere yet the...
Seite 130 - ... and forgotten by those to whose care nature or the laws had consigned them. These children are usually too long confined to work in close rooms, often during the whole night : the air they breathe from the oil...
Seite 130 - ... mosphere are predisposing causes to " sickness and debility, and particularly to " the epidemic fever which is so generally " to be met with in these factories. It is " also much to be questioned if society does " not receive detriment from the manner " in which children are thus employed " during their early years. They are not " generally strong to labour, or capable of " pursuing any other branch of business " when the term of their apprenticeship " expires. The females are wholly unin" structed...
Seite 116 - The Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, by the distribution of books.
Seite 59 - Smith soon attracted notice, by his passion for books, and by the extraordinary powers of his memory. The weakness of his bodily constitution prevented him from partaking in their more active amusements; but he was much beloved by them on account of his temper, which, though warm, was to an uncommon degree friendly and generous.
Seite 174 - History of Hindostan; its Arts, and its Sciences, as connected •with the History of the other great Empires of Asia, during the most ancient Periods of the World. With numerous illustrative Engravings.