Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Том 11Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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... continued , was originally designed for the amusement of the court , and men of the world , and was very miscellaneous in its contents . The editorship , which was bestowed as an act of court favor , was sometimes in good hands , as ...
... continued , was originally designed for the amusement of the court , and men of the world , and was very miscellaneous in its contents . The editorship , which was bestowed as an act of court favor , was sometimes in good hands , as ...
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... continued un- der the title Curieuse Bibliothek ) , are among the earlier German journals of criticism . The Neuen Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen ( Leipsic , under different titles , 1715-97 ) gives an abstract of all native and foreign ...
... continued un- der the title Curieuse Bibliothek ) , are among the earlier German journals of criticism . The Neuen Zeitungen von gelehrten Sachen ( Leipsic , under different titles , 1715-97 ) gives an abstract of all native and foreign ...
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... continued to follow his profes- son , of which he was enthusiastically fond , until he lost the sight of one of his eyes . He , however , retained his equable spirits until threatened , in 1791 , with the loss of his other eye , the ...
... continued to follow his profes- son , of which he was enthusiastically fond , until he lost the sight of one of his eyes . He , however , retained his equable spirits until threatened , in 1791 , with the loss of his other eye , the ...
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... continued to retain the power of prophecy ; and some traces of her were preserved in the mysteries , in which , however , she was confounded with Cybele . As the preserver of the future sovereign of gods and men , she was the symbol of ...
... continued to retain the power of prophecy ; and some traces of her were preserved in the mysteries , in which , however , she was confounded with Cybele . As the preserver of the future sovereign of gods and men , she was the symbol of ...
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... continued to be schools of repu- tation in Rome . The teachers received very high prices for tuition ; and Marcus Scaurus gave about 16,000 dollars for a learned slave , Lutatius Daphnis , and soon after set him at liberty ; and Lucius ...
... continued to be schools of repu- tation in Rome . The teachers received very high prices for tuition ; and Marcus Scaurus gave about 16,000 dollars for a learned slave , Lutatius Daphnis , and soon after set him at liberty ; and Lucius ...
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Стр. 110 - ... multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as ftie third term.
Стр. 4 - An estate in reversion is the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him.
Стр. 274 - The Lady of the Lake (1810), the Vision of Don Roderick (.1811), Rokeby (1812), Lord of the Isles (1814), Harold the Dauntless, and the Bridal of Triermain, the two latter of which appeared anonymously, with some other works of less merit, marked his brilliant poetical career.
Стр. 154 - Yet notwithstanding, all parsons, vicars, and curates, shall teach and declare unto their parishioners, that they may with a safe and quiet conscience, after their common prayer in the time of harvest, labour upon the holy and festival days, and save that thing which God hath sent ; and if for any scrupulosity or grudge of conscience, men should superstitiously abstain from working upon those days, that then they should grievously offend and displease God.
Стр. 559 - ... her ladyship's evinced a degree of genius that astonished me, and was couched in such forcible and energetic language as to impress me with the idea that I was conversing with a woman of no ordinary intellect. The peculiarity of...
Стр. 51 - Was there ever yet any thing written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?
Стр. 275 - In 1673, he was presented by his college to a living, but recalled the following year, and made professor of theology. His great exertions, both in this capacity and as a preacher, threw him into a consumption, and he died, greatly lamented, in 1678, at the early age of twenty-eight. He was the author of an eloquent and able work, entitled, The Life of God in the Soul of Man...
Стр. 16 - Basle to the sea, and enables the inhabitants of its banks to exchange the rich and various products of its shores ; whose cities, famous for commerce, science, and works of strength, which furnish protection to Germany, are also famous as the seats of Roman colonies, and of ecclesiastical councils, and are associated with many of the most important events recorded in the history of mankind...
Стр. 113 - MD, was born on the 24th December, 1745 (old style), near Philadelphia, and, in 1759, entered the college of Princeton, where he graduated, in 1760, before he had completed his fifteenth year. The next six years of his life were devoted to the study of medicine. During his novitiate, he translated the aphorisms of Hippocrates into English, and also began to keep a note-book of remarkable occurrences, which he con-
Стр. 225 - Wernerite is in crystals doubly terminated, of a greenish-gray color; from which Nuttallite scarcely differs, except that the crystals have a tinge of blue, and are slightly chatoyant. The following results, relative to the chemical composition of scapolite, were obtained, 1.