The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...P. Hill, 1834 - 960 pages |
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... pieces of moss , & c . that are frequently found in it . The enclosure of these ob- jects evidently proves that amber is originally in a soft state ; at which time , insects , leaves , and other casual matters , are liable to adhere ...
... pieces of moss , & c . that are frequently found in it . The enclosure of these ob- jects evidently proves that amber is originally in a soft state ; at which time , insects , leaves , and other casual matters , are liable to adhere ...
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... pieces of mechanism . All this preparation being made , the automaton is ready to play , and it always takes the first move . At every motion the wheels are heard , the figure moves its head , and seems to look over every part of the ...
... pieces of mechanism . All this preparation being made , the automaton is ready to play , and it always takes the first move . At every motion the wheels are heard , the figure moves its head , and seems to look over every part of the ...
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... pieces of their different arts as were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans . Thus we say , an antique bust , an antique statue , or an antique painting . ANTIQUITIES . Such documents of ancient history as industrious and learned men ...
... pieces of their different arts as were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans . Thus we say , an antique bust , an antique statue , or an antique painting . ANTIQUITIES . Such documents of ancient history as industrious and learned men ...
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... pieces , and of a perfectly white color , is reckoned the best . covered a space of between 3 and 4 miles long and from 1 to 2 broad , containing 300 tents and 25,000 camels . In this Babel , he reckoned about 40 lan- guages , and had ...
... pieces , and of a perfectly white color , is reckoned the best . covered a space of between 3 and 4 miles long and from 1 to 2 broad , containing 300 tents and 25,000 camels . In this Babel , he reckoned about 40 lan- guages , and had ...
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... pieces . After an engagement of only three hours , the carnage became so dreadful , that even the Car- thagenian general cried out , to spare the conquered . Above 40,000 Romans were left dead on the field , and six thousand of the ...
... pieces . After an engagement of only three hours , the carnage became so dreadful , that even the Car- thagenian general cried out , to spare the conquered . Above 40,000 Romans were left dead on the field , and six thousand of the ...
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Popular passages
Page 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Page 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Page 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
Page 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
Page 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
Page 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.