The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Charles Knight, 1834 |
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... inhabitants . ANDO'CIDES , the son of Leogoras , of a noble Athe- nian family , was born about B.C. 468. We find him , during the war of the Corcyræans and Corinthians , commanding , jointly with Glaucon , an Athenian squadron which was ...
... inhabitants . ANDO'CIDES , the son of Leogoras , of a noble Athe- nian family , was born about B.C. 468. We find him , during the war of the Corcyræans and Corinthians , commanding , jointly with Glaucon , an Athenian squadron which was ...
Pagina 10
... inhabitants , who are great drinkers . Silk , to the amount of about 3000 pounds on an average , is exported annually . It is the practice to sow wheat and barley together , of which they make their bread , but there is not sufficient ...
... inhabitants , who are great drinkers . Silk , to the amount of about 3000 pounds on an average , is exported annually . It is the practice to sow wheat and barley together , of which they make their bread , but there is not sufficient ...
Pagina 11
... inhabitants . Several ponds are met with on the surface of the island , from some of which considerable quantities of salt are gathered . There is abundance of fresh - water on almost every part of the island , even in the immediate ...
... inhabitants . Several ponds are met with on the surface of the island , from some of which considerable quantities of salt are gathered . There is abundance of fresh - water on almost every part of the island , even in the immediate ...
Pagina 19
... inhabitants , but also some articles of exportation . In some of the higher parts of the country , where the crops are scanty and subject to be destroyed by the early night - frost in September , the inner bark of the pine is mingled ...
... inhabitants , but also some articles of exportation . In some of the higher parts of the country , where the crops are scanty and subject to be destroyed by the early night - frost in September , the inner bark of the pine is mingled ...
Pagina 20
... inhabitants , whose number in 1825 amounted only to 1840 , gain their livelihood by the fishery of the strömlings . A few vessels are built . This town has an ex- cellent grammar - school , a society for the improvement of agriculture ...
... inhabitants , whose number in 1825 amounted only to 1840 , gain their livelihood by the fishery of the strömlings . A few vessels are built . This town has an ex- cellent grammar - school , a society for the improvement of agriculture ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 174 - Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
Pagina 99 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God : and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come ; and even now already is it in the world.
Pagina 174 - Now the names of the twelve apostles are these ; the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother ; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother ; Philip and Bartholomew ; Thomas, and Matthew the publican ; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed him.
Pagina 174 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Pagina 160 - Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
Pagina 182 - I endeavoured to recall the ideas, they were feeble and indistinct; one collection of terms, however, presented itself: and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, " Nothing exists but thoughts! — -the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains...
Pagina 150 - They are, under the point of view of religion and philosophy, wholly rotten, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there is no soundness in them.
Pagina 174 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Pagina 271 - He taught me how to draw, how to lay my body in my bow, and not to draw with strength of arms as other nations do, but with strength of the body. I had my bows bought me, according to my age and strength: as I increased in them, so my bows were made bigger and bigger: for men shall never Shoot well, except they be brought up in it. It is a goodly Art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in Physic.
Pagina 183 - My wife and another person came into my apartment in the morning in order to console me, but I was too much agitated by a series of incidents which had most powerfully affected my moral feeling, to be capable of attending to them; on a sudden I perceived, at about the distance of ten steps, a form like that of a deceased person. I pointed at it, asking my wife if she did not see it ? It was but natural...