The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2Charles Knight, 1834 |
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... island of Cyprus , where he became on good terms with the king of Citium , to whom he is accused of delivering up his own cousin , a female , whom he had carried off from Athens . The story rests on doubtful authority ; but the king and ...
... island of Cyprus , where he became on good terms with the king of Citium , to whom he is accused of delivering up his own cousin , a female , whom he had carried off from Athens . The story rests on doubtful authority ; but the king and ...
Pagina 10
... island of the Grecian Archipelago , lying off the S.E. end of Euboea , from which it is distant six miles . It lies in a N.W. and S.E. direction , is twenty - one miles long and eight bad , with a population of about 18,000 . The island ...
... island of the Grecian Archipelago , lying off the S.E. end of Euboea , from which it is distant six miles . It lies in a N.W. and S.E. direction , is twenty - one miles long and eight bad , with a population of about 18,000 . The island ...
Pagina 11
... island are less favoured , being covered with sandy deposits thrown forward by the surf . The sand is frequently ... island , from some of which considerable quantities of salt are gathered . There is abundance of fresh - water on almost ...
... island are less favoured , being covered with sandy deposits thrown forward by the surf . The sand is frequently ... island , from some of which considerable quantities of salt are gathered . There is abundance of fresh - water on almost ...
Pagina 20
... island of Hernö , at the mouth of the Angerman - Elf , and joined to the continent by a bridge . The bays between the island and the continent form the spacious harbour of the town , which itself consists of well - looking houses ...
... island of Hernö , at the mouth of the Angerman - Elf , and joined to the continent by a bridge . The bays between the island and the continent form the spacious harbour of the town , which itself consists of well - looking houses ...
Pagina 22
... one right angle . For the most important properties of angles see TRIANGLE , PARALLEL , POLYGON , TRIGONOMETRY . The methods of measuring an angle , of which we think it one of the staple productions of the island , and ANG ANG 22.
... one right angle . For the most important properties of angles see TRIANGLE , PARALLEL , POLYGON , TRIGONOMETRY . The methods of measuring an angle , of which we think it one of the staple productions of the island , and ANG ANG 22.
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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...