Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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... person . The battle of the Granicus was fought 334 years B. C. How many years have fucceeded that event this prefent year 1795 ? Anf . 2129 years . N. B. The fucceeding year , Alexander defeated Darius at Iffus fituated in Cilicia , on ...
... person . The battle of the Granicus was fought 334 years B. C. How many years have fucceeded that event this prefent year 1795 ? Anf . 2129 years . N. B. The fucceeding year , Alexander defeated Darius at Iffus fituated in Cilicia , on ...
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... person of mean occupation ; in which fenfe Shakespeare ufes it ; and no au- thor has , we think , treated these valuable members of the community with more aristocratic infolence than that inimitable bard . " Mecha- nic flaves ...
... person of mean occupation ; in which fenfe Shakespeare ufes it ; and no au- thor has , we think , treated these valuable members of the community with more aristocratic infolence than that inimitable bard . " Mecha- nic flaves ...
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... person in his laft moments . This fpeaks to the heart , as well as to the understand- ing . We then fee things and actions in their true light , which the falfe glare of gain or pleasure , or the involved and complicated na- ture of fin ...
... person in his laft moments . This fpeaks to the heart , as well as to the understand- ing . We then fee things and actions in their true light , which the falfe glare of gain or pleasure , or the involved and complicated na- ture of fin ...
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... persons * -The hunter - horfe , unquell'd by toil , Ardently rushes to the rapid chace . The impatient courfer pants in ev'ry vein , And , pawing , feems to beat the diftant plain ; Hills , vales , and floods , appear already croft ...
... persons * -The hunter - horfe , unquell'd by toil , Ardently rushes to the rapid chace . The impatient courfer pants in ev'ry vein , And , pawing , feems to beat the diftant plain ; Hills , vales , and floods , appear already croft ...
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... person will have ftrange credit given him , if he can but recol- lect ftriking paffages from different books , and bring his stock of knowledge artfully into play . Mrs. Piozzi's Anecd . With views probably fimilar to thofe of Dr ...
... person will have ftrange credit given him , if he can but recol- lect ftriking paffages from different books , and bring his stock of knowledge artfully into play . Mrs. Piozzi's Anecd . With views probably fimilar to thofe of Dr ...
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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...