A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Τόμος 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Σελίδα 45
... Greek and Latin , a peculiar termination of nouns called the genitive case ; but in the modern tongues a particle is prefixed to express the relation of this case . In English we prefix the particle of ; in French de or du , & c ...
... Greek and Latin , a peculiar termination of nouns called the genitive case ; but in the modern tongues a particle is prefixed to express the relation of this case . In English we prefix the particle of ; in French de or du , & c ...
Σελίδα 58
... Greek colonies of the Euxine from the Bos- phorus to the Phasis , but he adheres to the Ho- meric system in many respects . He describes the world as divided into three parts ; but Eu- rope separated , according to him , from Asia , by ...
... Greek colonies of the Euxine from the Bos- phorus to the Phasis , but he adheres to the Ho- meric system in many respects . He describes the world as divided into three parts ; but Eu- rope separated , according to him , from Asia , by ...
Σελίδα 59
... Greek , the sea is not navigable on account of the thick herbs with which it is covered . Half a century after , Eudoxus of Cnide first applied geographical observations to astronomy ; and Aristotle inferred about the same time the ...
... Greek , the sea is not navigable on account of the thick herbs with which it is covered . Half a century after , Eudoxus of Cnide first applied geographical observations to astronomy ; and Aristotle inferred about the same time the ...
Σελίδα 113
... Greek it being the ancien custom to cast little pebbles and μαντεία , divination ; on the earth , and thence to form their conjec- tures , instead of the points afterwards made use of . Polydore Virgil defines geomancy a kind of ...
... Greek it being the ancien custom to cast little pebbles and μαντεία , divination ; on the earth , and thence to form their conjec- tures , instead of the points afterwards made use of . Polydore Virgil defines geomancy a kind of ...
Σελίδα 114
... Greek and Latin . The edition of Euclid by Dr. Robert Simpson , of Glasgow , containing the first six books , with the eleventh and twelfth , is much esteemed for its correctness ; and Playfair's edition of the first six books , with ...
... Greek and Latin . The edition of Euclid by Dr. Robert Simpson , of Glasgow , containing the first six books , with the eleventh and twelfth , is much esteemed for its correctness ; and Playfair's edition of the first six books , with ...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2015 |
A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2015 |
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Σελίδα 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Σελίδα 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Σελίδα 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Σελίδα 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Σελίδα 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Σελίδα 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Σελίδα 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Σελίδα 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Σελίδα 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Σελίδα 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.