Chambers's Information for the People: A Popular Encyclopedia, Band 2J.W. Moore, 1853 |
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... capital , Nineveh , was rich in splendid buildings ; the Phoenicians , whose cities , Sidon , Tyre , Aradus , and Sarepta , were adorned with equal magnificence ; the Israelites , whose temple was considered as a wonder of architecture ...
... capital , Nineveh , was rich in splendid buildings ; the Phoenicians , whose cities , Sidon , Tyre , Aradus , and Sarepta , were adorned with equal magnificence ; the Israelites , whose temple was considered as a wonder of architecture ...
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... capital , whose broad square abacus projects a Jeep shadow on the bold ovalo , which mingles it with reflections , and produces on itself almost every variety . The play of light and shade , again , about the insulated columns , is ...
... capital , whose broad square abacus projects a Jeep shadow on the bold ovalo , which mingles it with reflections , and produces on itself almost every variety . The play of light and shade , again , about the insulated columns , is ...
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... capital two modules ten minutes ; thus giving ten diameters to the whole column . The architrave and frieze are each one module fifteen minutes in height , and the cornice two modules . The cornice is distinguished by modillions ...
... capital two modules ten minutes ; thus giving ten diameters to the whole column . The architrave and frieze are each one module fifteen minutes in height , and the cornice two modules . The cornice is distinguished by modillions ...
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... capital , to the hypotrachelium , reversed to form a base to receive its grotesque form . The base and coping cornice of a ba- lustrade are those of an ordinary attic , or of a pedestal whose dado may be pierced into balusters . The ...
... capital , to the hypotrachelium , reversed to form a base to receive its grotesque form . The base and coping cornice of a ba- lustrade are those of an ordinary attic , or of a pedestal whose dado may be pierced into balusters . The ...
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... capital , the length of the shaft , or the extraordinary simplicity of the pedestal . To whom this famous pillar was erected is now unknown . It acquired the name of Pompey's Pillar so late as the fifteenth century . The preceding cut ...
... capital , the length of the shaft , or the extraordinary simplicity of the pedestal . To whom this famous pillar was erected is now unknown . It acquired the name of Pompey's Pillar so late as the fifteenth century . The preceding cut ...
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Seite 229 - Three removes is as bad as a fire ;' and again, ' Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ;' and again, ' If you would have your business done, go if not, send.' And again — ' He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Seite 229 - A Ploughman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, as Poor Richard says. Perhaps they have had a small Estate left them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think 'tis Day and will never be Night...
Seite 228 - Friends," says he, and Neighbours, "the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them ; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something...
Seite 230 - I resolved to be the better for the echo of it, and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
Seite 230 - Would you not say, that you were free, have a right to dress as you please, and that such an edict would be a breach of your privileges, and such a government tyrannical? and yet you are about to put yourself under that tyranny when you run in debt for such dress!
Seite 228 - I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at an auction of merchants' goods. The hour of the sale not being come, they were conversing on the badness of the times; and one of the company called to a plain, clean old man, with white locks; — "Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times?
Seite 229 - So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality, if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a groat at last. A fat kitchen makes a lean will, as Poor Richard says; and — • Many estates are spent in the getting, Since women for tea ' forsook spinning and knitting, And men for punch forsook hewing and splitting.
Seite 229 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy. And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? It cannot promote health, nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune.
Seite 229 - But with our industry, we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says...
Seite 237 - Beware of thinking all your own that you possess, and of living accordingly. It is a mistake that many people who have credit fall into. To prevent this, keep an exact account for some time, both of your expenses and your income. If you take the pains at first to mention particulars, it will have this good effect ; you will discover how wonderfully small trifling expenses mount up to large sums, and will discern what might have been, and may for the future be saved, without occasioning any great...