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, Volume 16Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... Greek inscriptions are cut on the propylon , recording the devotion of those who visited these sacred buildings . Of these our travellers copied two . The first is— ' I , Apollo- nius , the son of Apollonius , commander - in - chief of ...
... Greek inscriptions are cut on the propylon , recording the devotion of those who visited these sacred buildings . Of these our travellers copied two . The first is— ' I , Apollo- nius , the son of Apollonius , commander - in - chief of ...
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... Greek inscription on the leg of one of the colossal statues which guards the entrance , recording the visit of Psammeticus ( spelt YAMMATIXOI in the dative , and writ- ten in very ancient letters ) , which , from appear- ances , it was ...
... Greek inscription on the leg of one of the colossal statues which guards the entrance , recording the visit of Psammeticus ( spelt YAMMATIXOI in the dative , and writ- ten in very ancient letters ) , which , from appear- ances , it was ...
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... Greek numerical figures were no other than the letters of their alphabet . A small stroke was the mark of unity ... Greek figures , having no characters in their language to represent all the numbers . The Greeks observed in their ...
... Greek numerical figures were no other than the letters of their alphabet . A small stroke was the mark of unity ... Greek figures , having no characters in their language to represent all the numbers . The Greeks observed in their ...
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... Greek vouspa money , and λoyos a discourse , is the name given to the science which treats of coins and medals , whether ancient or modern . The application of this term has , however , generally been confined to the consideration of ...
... Greek vouspa money , and λoyos a discourse , is the name given to the science which treats of coins and medals , whether ancient or modern . The application of this term has , however , generally been confined to the consideration of ...
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... Greek characters and language , could , at first , scarcely have been regarded as any acquisi- tion ; as they would have to a Greek the air of a domestic coinage , and be regarded with but little curiosity , however beautiful their ...
... Greek characters and language , could , at first , scarcely have been regarded as any acquisi- tion ; as they would have to a Greek the air of a domestic coinage , and be regarded with but little curiosity , however beautiful their ...
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Page 430 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Page 407 - Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Page 188 - Heaven reserv'd in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Page 377 - Tower-hill, where he is said to have died of want; or, as it is related by one of his biographers, by swallowing, after a long fast, a piece of bread which charity had supplied. He went out, as is reported, almost naked, in the rage of hunger, and, finding a gentleman in a neighbouring coffee-house, asked him for a shilling. The gentleman gave him a guinea; and Otway going away, bought a roll, and was choked with the first mouthful.
Page 430 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Page 72 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 166 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this is he which received seed by the way side.
Page 75 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these...
Page 181 - I think we may as rationally hope to see with other men's eyes, as to know by other men's understandings. So much as we ourselves consider and comprehend of truth and reason, so much we possess of real and true knowledge. The floating of other men's opinions in our brains makes us not one jot the more knowing, though they happen to be true.
Page 99 - twas a pleasing fear; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, — as I do here.