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, Том 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... covered a country , to which , on a second visit , he gave the name of Winland , from the wild grapes he saw there . Five years after its dis- covery the Norman Greenlanders formed a colony in this country ; and in 1121 Greenland sent a ...
... covered a country , to which , on a second visit , he gave the name of Winland , from the wild grapes he saw there . Five years after its dis- covery the Norman Greenlanders formed a colony in this country ; and in 1121 Greenland sent a ...
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... stretches across the Pacific at dif- ferent points . Meanwhile Cabot having dis- covered Newfoundland , Cortereal , a Portuguese navigator , followed him to the north of Hudson's Bay , to which he gave the name of the 62 GEOGRAPHY .
... stretches across the Pacific at dif- ferent points . Meanwhile Cabot having dis- covered Newfoundland , Cortereal , a Portuguese navigator , followed him to the north of Hudson's Bay , to which he gave the name of the 62 GEOGRAPHY .
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... covered with the most overgrown and gigantic forms . The mighty elephant here dwells in the depths of the ancient ... covering . Some of the dif- ferent species of fox are said also to be found almost every where . 5. Of the vegetable ...
... covered with the most overgrown and gigantic forms . The mighty elephant here dwells in the depths of the ancient ... covering . Some of the dif- ferent species of fox are said also to be found almost every where . 5. Of the vegetable ...
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... covered . They do not therefore , as in the sphere , tend to the centre of the spheroid ; neither are they in the same direction , nor of the same magnitude , as the radii drawn from the centre to its surface ; which cut it obliquely ...
... covered . They do not therefore , as in the sphere , tend to the centre of the spheroid ; neither are they in the same direction , nor of the same magnitude , as the radii drawn from the centre to its surface ; which cut it obliquely ...
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... the portion of the globe covered with water would appear to be similar in its sur- face to that part of it which we inhabit , and to possess eminences and depressions as strongly • the surface , or constitute the mass of a 78 GEOLOGY .
... the portion of the globe covered with water would appear to be similar in its sur- face to that part of it which we inhabit , and to possess eminences and depressions as strongly • the surface , or constitute the mass of a 78 GEOLOGY .
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Стр. 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Стр. 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...
Стр. 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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*.