The Beauties of Washington IrvingCarey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838 - 270 σελίδες |
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... ancient and modern fa- shions , as most suited to set off her charms . She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great - great- grandmother had brought over from Saardum ; the tempt- ing stomacher of the olden time ; and ...
... ancient and modern fa- shions , as most suited to set off her charms . She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold , which her great - great- grandmother had brought over from Saardum ; the tempt- ing stomacher of the olden time ; and ...
Σελίδα 45
... ancient sages , that the earth and the whole system of the universe was the deity himself ; * a doctrine most strenuously maintained by Zenophanes and the whole tribe of Eleatics , as also by Strato and the sect of peripatetic ...
... ancient sages , that the earth and the whole system of the universe was the deity himself ; * a doctrine most strenuously maintained by Zenophanes and the whole tribe of Eleatics , as also by Strato and the sect of peripatetic ...
Σελίδα 46
... ancient sages , let me not pass over , with neglect , those of other philosophers ; which , though less universal than re- nowned , have equal claims to attention , and equal chance for correctness . Thus it is recorded by the Brahmins ...
... ancient sages , let me not pass over , with neglect , those of other philosophers ; which , though less universal than re- nowned , have equal claims to attention , and equal chance for correctness . Thus it is recorded by the Brahmins ...
Σελίδα 47
... ancient and outlandish philosophers , whose deplorable ignorance , in despite of all their erudition , compelled them to write in languages , which but few of my readers can understand ; and I shall proceed briefly to notice a few more ...
... ancient and outlandish philosophers , whose deplorable ignorance , in despite of all their erudition , compelled them to write in languages , which but few of my readers can understand ; and I shall proceed briefly to notice a few more ...
Σελίδα 82
... ancient town of Saardam ; and our hero , we are told , made very curious investigations in the nature and opera- tions of those machines when a boy , which is one reason why he afterwards came to be so ingenious a governor . His name ...
... ancient town of Saardam ; and our hero , we are told , made very curious investigations in the nature and opera- tions of those machines when a boy , which is one reason why he afterwards came to be so ingenious a governor . His name ...
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