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 13
... successful in repelling the incursions of the Scots and Picts , but they resolved to take advantage of the weak and ... success , that they were encou raged to a renewal of their ravages , till at length , in the beginning of the ...
... successful in repelling the incursions of the Scots and Picts , but they resolved to take advantage of the weak and ... success , that they were encou raged to a renewal of their ravages , till at length , in the beginning of the ...
עמוד 14
... successful , as the Saxons entertained a great antipathy to these haughty foreigners . In process of time , however , many Norman words and phrases were incorporated into the Saxon lan- guage but its general form and construction still ...
... successful , as the Saxons entertained a great antipathy to these haughty foreigners . In process of time , however , many Norman words and phrases were incorporated into the Saxon lan- guage but its general form and construction still ...
עמוד 82
... success . The forms of Government , prevailing in this part of the world , are , 41. Monarchical , in which one person only is vested with the Sovereign Power . Such are the Governments of France aud Russia . 2. In Republics , many ...
... success . The forms of Government , prevailing in this part of the world , are , 41. Monarchical , in which one person only is vested with the Sovereign Power . Such are the Governments of France aud Russia . 2. In Republics , many ...
עמוד 88
... success ; and from which the most be- neficial consequences may be expected to flow . Another mission to the western coast of Africa has also been formed within a few years , by a society for missions to Africa and the east ; from which ...
... success ; and from which the most be- neficial consequences may be expected to flow . Another mission to the western coast of Africa has also been formed within a few years , by a society for missions to Africa and the east ; from which ...
עמוד 135
... success for the liberty of the Jews , against the Syrians , and having acquired immortal glory by his courage , fell in the battle against Bacchides . 2. Jonathan , emulous of his brother's fortitude , after having exhibited many signal ...
... success for the liberty of the Jews , against the Syrians , and having acquired immortal glory by his courage , fell in the battle against Bacchides . 2. Jonathan , emulous of his brother's fortitude , after having exhibited many signal ...
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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...