The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically Arranged;: With Lists of Select Books on Every Important Subject of Learning and Science; Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools, and for Young Persons in GeneralSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813 - 645 עמודים |
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עמוד 21
... objects is expressed in form , and pursued more fully than the nature of metaphor admits ; as when Job says , My days are passed away as the swift ships , as the 66 eagle that hasteth to her prey . And I ORNAMENTS OF COMPOSITION . 21.
... objects is expressed in form , and pursued more fully than the nature of metaphor admits ; as when Job says , My days are passed away as the swift ships , as the 66 eagle that hasteth to her prey . And I ORNAMENTS OF COMPOSITION . 21.
עמוד 44
... passed , prohibiting the introduction of any known names . The middle Comedy , to evade this law , assumed imaginary names , under which were depicted from nature , the characters and manners of those who were to be the subject of ...
... passed , prohibiting the introduction of any known names . The middle Comedy , to evade this law , assumed imaginary names , under which were depicted from nature , the characters and manners of those who were to be the subject of ...
עמוד 46
... passed from this transitory life to the regions of eternity . On one side of this lowest platform , was the resemblance of a dark pitchy cavern , whence issued the appearance of fire and flames ; and when it was necessary , the audience ...
... passed from this transitory life to the regions of eternity . On one side of this lowest platform , was the resemblance of a dark pitchy cavern , whence issued the appearance of fire and flames ; and when it was necessary , the audience ...
עמוד 62
... passed round him , leaving the space clear , and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the God . He is said to smile when the libation of the blood is made . The people threw.cowries , or ...
... passed round him , leaving the space clear , and he was crushed to death by the wheels of the tower . A shout of joy was raised to the God . He is said to smile when the libation of the blood is made . The people threw.cowries , or ...
עמוד 65
... passing over the calm surface of the waters , with a trident in his right hand , standing in his chariot drawn by sea - hors- es , with sometimes a triton on each side , guiding those who draw the chariot . V. Venus , is said to have ...
... passing over the calm surface of the waters , with a trident in his right hand , standing in his chariot drawn by sea - hors- es , with sometimes a triton on each side , guiding those who draw the chariot . V. Venus , is said to have ...
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עמוד 29 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
עמוד 516 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
עמוד 40 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
עמוד 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
עמוד 28 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
עמוד 553 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
עמוד 22 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
עמוד 26 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
עמוד 24 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
עמוד 376 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...