The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...P. Hill, 1834 - 960 עמודים |
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עמוד 3
... plant called by this name to pro- duce that beautiful and durable yellow which has been so much admired in their ... plants , others among stones , and others on the bodies of other animals , and even under their skin . The most ...
... plant called by this name to pro- duce that beautiful and durable yellow which has been so much admired in their ... plants , others among stones , and others on the bodies of other animals , and even under their skin . The most ...
עמוד 5
... plant , the flower of which resembles the hood of a monk . There are several species of the aconite , most of which are violent poisons . The ancients were so surprised at their pernicious effects , that they were afraid to touch the plants ...
... plant , the flower of which resembles the hood of a monk . There are several species of the aconite , most of which are violent poisons . The ancients were so surprised at their pernicious effects , that they were afraid to touch the plants ...
עמוד 14
... plants , some of which are not more than a few inches , whilst oth- ers are thirty feet and upwards , in height . All the leaves are fleshy , thick , and more or less spinous at the edges , or extremity . These plants are mostly ...
... plants , some of which are not more than a few inches , whilst oth- ers are thirty feet and upwards , in height . All the leaves are fleshy , thick , and more or less spinous at the edges , or extremity . These plants are mostly ...
עמוד 23
... plants , like cattle in our meadows ; which repose under the shade of a down impercep- tible to the naked eye . ANNALS . In matters of literature , a species of history , which relates events in the chronological or- der wherein they ...
... plants , like cattle in our meadows ; which repose under the shade of a down impercep- tible to the naked eye . ANNALS . In matters of literature , a species of history , which relates events in the chronological or- der wherein they ...
עמוד 46
... plants ; some of which will advance fifteen or twenty feet in one summer . It is likewise added , that they should ... plant some of the tallest growing flowering shrubs round the inside , to form the dimensions of the arbor ; then , on ...
... plants ; some of which will advance fifteen or twenty feet in one summer . It is likewise added , that they should ... plant some of the tallest growing flowering shrubs round the inside , to form the dimensions of the arbor ; then , on ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
עמוד 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
עמוד 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
עמוד 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
עמוד 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
עמוד 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
עמוד 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
עמוד 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
עמוד 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
עמוד 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.