The English mother's catechism for her children, by the rev. T. Clark1823 |
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Σελίδα 54 - It is nearly three inches in length, of a slender shape, and in its general sitting posture is observed to hold up the two forelegs, slightly bent, as if in an attitude of prayer : for this reason the superstition of the vulgar has conferred upon it the reputation of a sacred animal, and a popular noiion has often prevailed, that a child or traveller having lost his way, jvnuld'be safeiy directed by observing the quarter to which the animal pointed when taken into the hand.
Σελίδα 6 - God made the firmament and the superior spheres to this end, that it should separate the waters that be under the firmament, from those that be above the firmament, and God called the firmament heaven. In the fourth day .God made the sun, the moon, and the stars, and sheweth to what purpose he made them: the one to have dominion in the day, the other in the night: and God put them in the firmament of heaven to give light to the earth. They rule in the day and night, and put diversity between light...
Σελίδα 71 - ... to marry four lawful wives, and he may have as many female slaves as he can buy. The latter are bought at the bazaar, or market. The costume of the Turks, and other Oriental nations, is not, as among us, subject to fashion: their present dress is such as was worn several centuries ago. There is but little difference between the dress of the men and the women. The turban is the characteristic of the men. The pelisse of the women is the same as that of the men. And they also wear the same kind...
Σελίδα 68 - ... capital of the empire, and the residence of the emperor, contains two millions of inhabitants. It is said to be three times as large as Paris or London. Though the houses are low, they do not contain the fewer occupants on that account. Besides, the chief part of the tradespeople and the poor do not live in Pekin; but occupy boats, with which the river is covered, and which form a subordinate floating city, almost as populous as the capital itself. An immense crowd is continually in motion in...
Σελίδα 54 - Locusts were at length driven by the force of the wind into the Belgic ocean, and being thrown back by the tide and left on the shores, caused a dreadful pestilence by their smell. In 1271, all the corn-fields of Milan were destroyed ; and in the year 1339, all those of Lombardy. In 1541, incredible hosts afflicted Poland, Walachia, and all the adjoining territories, darkening the sun...
Σελίδα 17 - JANUARY, Second, FEBRUARY, Third, MARCH, Fourth, APRIL, Fifth, MAY, Sixth, JUNE, Seventh is JULY, Eighth, AUGUST, Ninth, SEPTEMBER, Tenth, OCTOBER, Elevenih, NOVEMBER, Twelfth, DECEMBEtt.