Arithmetical questions, on a new plan: a suppl. to Introduction to arithmetic1795 |
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... pieces in a minute , and continue at work ten hours each day , he will take feven- teen days to reckon 1,000,000 ; a thousand men would take 45 years to reckon 1,000,000,000,000 . If we fuppofe the whole earth to be as well peopled as ...
... pieces in a minute , and continue at work ten hours each day , he will take feven- teen days to reckon 1,000,000 ; a thousand men would take 45 years to reckon 1,000,000,000,000 . If we fuppofe the whole earth to be as well peopled as ...
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... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince firft ftruck florens , fuppofed to be fo called from the ...
... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince firft ftruck florens , fuppofed to be fo called from the ...
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... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince firft ftruck florens , fuppofed to be fo called from the ...
... pieces of gold were coined by Henry III . about the year 1257 ; but it is from the reign of Edward III . that the regular feries of gold coinage commences . In 1344 , that prince firft ftruck florens , fuppofed to be fo called from the ...
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... pieces of filver as the reward of his perfidy . Thefe , fome commentators apprehend to have been 30 fhekels ; others , that they were 30 denarii , or Roman pence . Efti- mating the former at 2s . 6d . each , and the latter at 7d ...
... pieces of filver as the reward of his perfidy . Thefe , fome commentators apprehend to have been 30 fhekels ; others , that they were 30 denarii , or Roman pence . Efti- mating the former at 2s . 6d . each , and the latter at 7d ...
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... pieces , freed from the bark , with a hole through the middle of each , externally of a yellow colour , internally variegated with lively reddish streaks . The other , which is lefs efteemed , comes immediately from the East - Indies ...
... pieces , freed from the bark , with a hole through the middle of each , externally of a yellow colour , internally variegated with lively reddish streaks . The other , which is lefs efteemed , comes immediately from the East - Indies ...
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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...