Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volume 10Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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Pagina 3
... ancients employed a certain reed , the nature of which is not precisely ascer- tained , for writing . The reeds were ... ancient judicial principle was transferred to religious pen- ance , that is , to the atonement which the sinner has ...
... ancients employed a certain reed , the nature of which is not precisely ascer- tained , for writing . The reeds were ... ancient judicial principle was transferred to religious pen- ance , that is , to the atonement which the sinner has ...
Pagina 12
... ancient grammarians , who in this way make of the pentameter a verse of five feet , can give no other reason for so ... ancients the elegiac , and each two verses a distich . ( See Distich , and Elegy . ) The character of the pentameter ...
... ancient grammarians , who in this way make of the pentameter a verse of five feet , can give no other reason for so ... ancients the elegiac , and each two verses a distich . ( See Distich , and Elegy . ) The character of the pentameter ...
Pagina 13
... ancient Greeks and Romans were acquainted with it , and , at the present day , no spice is so generally used ; the con- sumption is prodigious in all parts of the globe , but the southern Asiatics seem to employ it the most frequently ...
... ancient Greeks and Romans were acquainted with it , and , at the present day , no spice is so generally used ; the con- sumption is prodigious in all parts of the globe , but the southern Asiatics seem to employ it the most frequently ...
Pagina 15
... Ancient English Poetry ( in 3 vols . , 8vo . ) , and a poem , the Hermit of Warkworth . He was well skilled in the Icelandic and several of the Oriental lan- guages , especially the Chinese , from which he made some translations . His ...
... Ancient English Poetry ( in 3 vols . , 8vo . ) , and a poem , the Hermit of Warkworth . He was well skilled in the Icelandic and several of the Oriental lan- guages , especially the Chinese , from which he made some translations . His ...
Pagina 19
... ancient astronomers used , instead of this , the term perigaum , as they placed the earth in the centre . The ... ancients wrote general history ethnographically ( q . v . ) , and chronologically , or in the way of annals . Bossuet , in ...
... ancient astronomers used , instead of this , the term perigaum , as they placed the earth in the centre . The ... ancients wrote general history ethnographically ( q . v . ) , and chronologically , or in the way of annals . Bossuet , in ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 254 - So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.
Pagina 324 - If, after such reconsideration, two thirds of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and, if approved by two thirds of that house, it shall become a law.
Pagina 451 - The grace of God which bringeth salvation, hath appeared unto all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world...
Pagina 7 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world, and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil society...
Pagina 451 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Pagina 404 - Indian title east of that line, as soon as it could be done, " peaceably and on reasonable terms.
Pagina 451 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world...
Pagina 254 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Pagina 152 - It is of no importance, for the purpose of giving jurisdiction, on whom or where a piratical offence has been committed. A pirate, who is one by the law of nations, may be tried and punished in any country where he may be found...
Pagina 254 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.