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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 79
עמוד 27
... river Borne to a height of 265 feet , with a circumference at its base of 500 feet , and at its top ; of from 45 to 50 feet . The sides of this ' sugar - loaf ' are almost perpendicular ; but a winding stair cut along the rock conducts ...
... river Borne to a height of 265 feet , with a circumference at its base of 500 feet , and at its top ; of from 45 to 50 feet . The sides of this ' sugar - loaf ' are almost perpendicular ; but a winding stair cut along the rock conducts ...
עמוד 56
... rivers on the eastern seaboard are the Logan , the Brisbane , the Mary , the Caliope , the Boyne , the Fitzroy , the Pioneer , and the Burdekin . The longest tidal river in Q. is the Fitzroy , which drains an area of not less than 50 ...
... rivers on the eastern seaboard are the Logan , the Brisbane , the Mary , the Caliope , the Boyne , the Fitzroy , the Pioneer , and the Burdekin . The longest tidal river in Q. is the Fitzroy , which drains an area of not less than 50 ...
עמוד 57
... river ) rises 14 feet , and the stream is thus rendered navigable for vessels of considerable burden . The banks of the rivers are usually well elevated , and in many places consist of very rich alluvium , brought down from the great ...
... river ) rises 14 feet , and the stream is thus rendered navigable for vessels of considerable burden . The banks of the rivers are usually well elevated , and in many places consist of very rich alluvium , brought down from the great ...
עמוד 69
... river on a marshy plain at the confluence of the Raab of that name , 67 miles west - north - west of Buda . It consists of an inner and outer town - the former well defended - is well built , but suffers from an insufficient supply of ...
... river on a marshy plain at the confluence of the Raab of that name , 67 miles west - north - west of Buda . It consists of an inner and outer town - the former well defended - is well built , but suffers from an insufficient supply of ...
עמוד 84
... rivers , although it often eludes plentiful in many pastures . It is refused or dis- observation , threading its way among ... River , 5 miles from its mouth , and the New Jersey Railway , 19 miles west of New York , It contains numerous ...
... rivers , although it often eludes plentiful in many pastures . It is refused or dis- observation , threading its way among ... River , 5 miles from its mouth , and the New Jersey Railway , 19 miles west of New York , It contains numerous ...
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עמוד 234 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
עמוד 131 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
עמוד 221 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
עמוד 300 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
עמוד 216 - And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead...
עמוד 285 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
עמוד 299 - Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
עמוד 340 - But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows ? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ? " The Man of Ross," each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread ! The Man of Ross...
עמוד 131 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
עמוד 299 - I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible...