The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 13George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1861 |
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... London , 1828 ) . PARR , THOMAS , commonly known as Old Parr , an Englishman celebrated on account of his great age , born in Winnington , Shropshire , in 1483 , died in London , Nov. 15 , 1635. He was the son of poor parents , and ...
... London , 1828 ) . PARR , THOMAS , commonly known as Old Parr , an Englishman celebrated on account of his great age , born in Winnington , Shropshire , in 1483 , died in London , Nov. 15 , 1635. He was the son of poor parents , and ...
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... ( London and Paris , 1755 ) . He remarks that it is found in the woods of Caux , and intimates that its heartwood might be employed in making blocks and pulleys , but says nothing of its being an article of export . Guibourt , author of a ...
... ( London and Paris , 1755 ) . He remarks that it is found in the woods of Caux , and intimates that its heartwood might be employed in making blocks and pulleys , but says nothing of its being an article of export . Guibourt , author of a ...
Pagina 26
... London was scarcely less brilliant , and for several years she continued to sing alternately in Paris and London . In 1827 , some business difficulty having occurred between her and Rossini , then director of the Italian opera in Paris ...
... London was scarcely less brilliant , and for several years she continued to sing alternately in Paris and London . In 1827 , some business difficulty having occurred between her and Rossini , then director of the Italian opera in Paris ...
Pagina 34
... London in the capacity of a merchant , and also visited America , where he acquired from the buccaneers much infor- mation in regard to the Spanish main , of which he subsequently made great use in connection with the Darien expedition ...
... London in the capacity of a merchant , and also visited America , where he acquired from the buccaneers much infor- mation in regard to the Spanish main , of which he subsequently made great use in connection with the Darien expedition ...
Pagina 35
... ( London , 1860 ) , a sort of pre - Ra- phaelite attempt to give a poetic interest to the commonplace incidents of life , has been se- verely criticized by the leading literary period- icals of Great Britain , but has met with a warm ...
... ( London , 1860 ) , a sort of pre - Ra- phaelite attempt to give a poetic interest to the commonplace incidents of life , has been se- verely criticized by the leading literary period- icals of Great Britain , but has met with a warm ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 119 - And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire ; and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost ; and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Pagina 275 - The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
Pagina 109 - ... of a polity. But his writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. He had no skill in reading the characters of others. His confidence in persons less virtuous than himself, led him into great errors and misfortunes. His enthusiasm for one great principle sometimes impelled him to violate other great principles which he ought to have held sacred.
Pagina 359 - ... revised by history. And history, while, for the warning of vehement, high, and daring natures, she notes his many errors, will yet deliberately pronounce that, among the eminent men whose bones lie near his, scarcely one has left a more stainless, and none a more splendid name.
Pagina 357 - The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult.
Pagina 219 - I would now explain is this, that the Pharisees have delivered to the people a great many observances by succession from their fathers, which are not written in the law of Moses ; and for that reason it is that the Sadducees reject them, and say, that we are to esteem those observances to be obligatory which are in the written word, but are not to observe what are derived from the tradition of our forefathers.
Pagina 189 - And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Pagina 208 - Oil," and besides is subject to such tremendous explosions of gas, as to force out all the water, and afford nothing but gas for several days, that they make but little or no salt. Nevertheless the petroleum affords considerable profit, and is beginning to be in demand for lamps, in workshops and manufactories. It affords a clear, brisk light when burnt this way, and will be a valuable article for lighting the street lamps in the future cities of Ohio.
Pagina 232 - ... this I will say for the good providence of God, that of all the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard the rivers, or the conveniency of the coves, docks, springs, the loftiness and soundness of the land and the air, held by the people of these parts to be very good.
Pagina 190 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, 'Get thee behind me, Satan. Thou art an offence unto me, for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.