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... late distinguished travellers in this quarter of the world , may be mentioned Bruce , who commenced his travels in 1768 ; Mungo Park , who made his first voyage to Africa , May 22 , 1795 ; and his second voyage , January 30 , 1804 , but ...
... late distinguished travellers in this quarter of the world , may be mentioned Bruce , who commenced his travels in 1768 ; Mungo Park , who made his first voyage to Africa , May 22 , 1795 ; and his second voyage , January 30 , 1804 , but ...
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... late author , reflecting on the barbarism of the first ages , will have the order assigned by the poets inverted the first , being a time of ignorance , would be more properly denominated an iron , rather than a golden age . Various ...
... late author , reflecting on the barbarism of the first ages , will have the order assigned by the poets inverted the first , being a time of ignorance , would be more properly denominated an iron , rather than a golden age . Various ...
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... late events , see Syria and Turkey . ALEXANDRIA , BATTLE OF , between the French , under Menou , who made the attack , and the British army , under sir Ralph Abercrombie , amounting to about 15,000 men , which had but recently debarked ...
... late events , see Syria and Turkey . ALEXANDRIA , BATTLE OF , between the French , under Menou , who made the attack , and the British army , under sir Ralph Abercrombie , amounting to about 15,000 men , which had but recently debarked ...
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... ( late Mr. Addington ) , Mr. Fox , earl Spencer , Mr. Windham , lord Erskine , lord Ellenborough , lord Minto , right hon . Charles Grey ( afterwards earl Grey ) , right hon . Richard Fitzpatrick , lord Moira , as master of the ordnance ...
... ( late Mr. Addington ) , Mr. Fox , earl Spencer , Mr. Windham , lord Erskine , lord Ellenborough , lord Minto , right hon . Charles Grey ( afterwards earl Grey ) , right hon . Richard Fitzpatrick , lord Moira , as master of the ordnance ...
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... late invention , for the convenience of writing . The alphabets of the different nations contain the following number of letters : - English French Italian . . 26 German . 23 • 20 Sclavonic Russian . 27 Latin · 26 Greek . · • 27 Hebrew ...
... late invention , for the convenience of writing . The alphabets of the different nations contain the following number of letters : - English French Italian . . 26 German . 23 • 20 Sclavonic Russian . 27 Latin · 26 Greek . · • 27 Hebrew ...
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Seite 69 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Seite 199 - Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twas even to thee), yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids ' the pure in heart behold their God.
Seite 26 - And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Seite 299 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head.
Seite 14 - whispers through the trees': If crystal streams 'with pleasing murmurs creep': The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with 'sleep'.
Seite 475 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion.
Seite 155 - I pity the man who can travel from Dan. to Beersheba, and cry, 'Tis all barren and so it is; and so is all the world to him, who will not cultivate the fruits it offers.
Seite 459 - May, 1700, and was buried in Westminster abbey, where a monument was erected to his memory by John, duke of Buckingham.
Seite 556 - If there were as many devils in Worms as there are tiles on the housetops I would go.
Seite 373 - ... thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.