Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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... famous among the Greeks , were in- ftituted in honour of Jupiter . They were holden at the beginning of every fifth year , on the banks of the Alpheus , near Olympia , to ex- ercife their youth in five kinds of combats . Those who were ...
... famous among the Greeks , were in- ftituted in honour of Jupiter . They were holden at the beginning of every fifth year , on the banks of the Alpheus , near Olympia , to ex- ercife their youth in five kinds of combats . Those who were ...
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... famous pyramids were built . Gofhen was the best and most fertile portion in the district of Ramefis , which bordered upon the banks of the Nile near Heliopolis . It was given by Jofeph to his father and brethren . Gen. xlvi . II . In ...
... famous pyramids were built . Gofhen was the best and most fertile portion in the district of Ramefis , which bordered upon the banks of the Nile near Heliopolis . It was given by Jofeph to his father and brethren . Gen. xlvi . II . In ...
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William Butler. the most famous of any among the ancients , was undertaken by the Greeks , to recover Helen , whom Paris , the fon of Priam king of Troy , had carried away from the houfe of Menelaus her husband , king of Sparta . All ...
William Butler. the most famous of any among the ancients , was undertaken by the Greeks , to recover Helen , whom Paris , the fon of Priam king of Troy , had carried away from the houfe of Menelaus her husband , king of Sparta . All ...
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... famous city , not only many years , but feveral ages before it happened . " Prophecy , as Dr. Rutherford obferves , is a permanent miracle on earth : a voice which speaks from heaven , and proclaims its author to all nations and ages ...
... famous city , not only many years , but feveral ages before it happened . " Prophecy , as Dr. Rutherford obferves , is a permanent miracle on earth : a voice which speaks from heaven , and proclaims its author to all nations and ages ...
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... famous in history for the dreadful fiege it fuftained 219 years B. C. when the heroic citizens , after exerting in- credible acts of valour , chofe to be buried in the ruins of their city rather than furrender to HANNIBAL , the famous ...
... famous in history for the dreadful fiege it fuftained 219 years B. C. when the heroic citizens , after exerting in- credible acts of valour , chofe to be buried in the ruins of their city rather than furrender to HANNIBAL , the famous ...
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Seite 175 - ... and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the...
Seite 87 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Seite 19 - He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Seite 69 - Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Seite 36 - For these reasons, there are not more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants ; they knit mankind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great.
Seite 87 - IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station...
Seite 96 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Seite 7 - Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud, Bestriding earth, the grand ethereal bow Shoots up immense; and every hue unfolds, In fair proportion, running from the red To where the violet fades into the sky.
Seite 163 - Obedience : for so work the honey bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom : They have a king, and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad ; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring...
Seite 9 - Pharaoh's daughter, chufing rather to fuffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleafures of fin for a feafon...