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The tints and shades of these to agriculture with extraordinary zeal and success :
colors vary almost to infinity , and , in their mixture , and several of their treatises
on this subject are stili present curious , and sometimes very singular , shapes ...
The tints and shades of these to agriculture with extraordinary zeal and success :
colors vary almost to infinity , and , in their mixture , and several of their treatises
on this subject are stili present curious , and sometimes very singular , shapes ...
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The im- trace the art of bridge - building from its first rude provement in the quality
of the article thus far and imperfect state , through its various stages of exceeds
the additional labor ; and none would hes- improvement , to its present maturity ...
The im- trace the art of bridge - building from its first rude provement in the quality
of the article thus far and imperfect state , through its various stages of exceeds
the additional labor ; and none would hes- improvement , to its present maturity ...
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The water is supposed , at over tops of mountains , which are at present much
present , to cover about three - fifths of the whole above the level of the ocean , is
yielded , by the cirearth , but undoubted evidence exists , of its having cumstance
...
The water is supposed , at over tops of mountains , which are at present much
present , to cover about three - fifths of the whole above the level of the ocean , is
yielded , by the cirearth , but undoubted evidence exists , of its having cumstance
...
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... tracts of land being left unered the earth ; whilst from the overturned frag-
covered by the retreat of the sea to its bed , the land ments , arose the
irregularities of the earth's present became supplied with vegetables and animals
. surface .
... tracts of land being left unered the earth ; whilst from the overturned frag-
covered by the retreat of the sea to its bed , the land ments , arose the
irregularities of the earth's present became supplied with vegetables and animals
. surface .
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It has been objected against this mountains themselves , Werner discovered the
system of crystallization of rocks , & c . that nature strongest proofs of the
diminution of the original seems to form nothing of that kind at the present waters
of the ...
It has been objected against this mountains themselves , Werner discovered the
system of crystallization of rocks , & c . that nature strongest proofs of the
diminution of the original seems to form nothing of that kind at the present waters
of the ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ... |
| Autor/in | John Lauris Blake |
| Verlag | P. Hill, 1834 |
| Original von | Harvard University |
| Digitalisiert | 28. Aug. 2007 |
| Länge | 960 Seiten |
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