Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 6Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... reason , however , to conclude , that the Chinese , in the above estimate of their standing army , have been rather by- perbolical , for Lord Macartney , from the information communicated by Van - ta - zin , makes the whole of the ...
... reason , however , to conclude , that the Chinese , in the above estimate of their standing army , have been rather by- perbolical , for Lord Macartney , from the information communicated by Van - ta - zin , makes the whole of the ...
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... Reason humbly confesses every word of it to be absolutely incomprehen- sible ; and faith itself has almost as hard a struggle in believing it as the never - to - be - fathomed creed of Athanasius . China . is the union of the three tsai ...
... Reason humbly confesses every word of it to be absolutely incomprehen- sible ; and faith itself has almost as hard a struggle in believing it as the never - to - be - fathomed creed of Athanasius . China . is the union of the three tsai ...
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... reason of this may be the dread of earthquakes ; but , besides this , such buildings are rendered eligible by the ... reasons a variety of stories are not used in the Chinese buildings ; as nei- ther a second nor third story would be ...
... reason of this may be the dread of earthquakes ; but , besides this , such buildings are rendered eligible by the ... reasons a variety of stories are not used in the Chinese buildings ; as nei- ther a second nor third story would be ...
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... reason they are called , on account of their excellence , perfect chords . Hence , in order to render that harmony complete , it is ne- cessary that each chord should at least consist of three sounds . The trio is likewise found by ...
... reason they are called , on account of their excellence , perfect chords . Hence , in order to render that harmony complete , it is ne- cessary that each chord should at least consist of three sounds . The trio is likewise found by ...
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... reason for les- sening the distance of the intervals , which compose the harmony of the chorus , as much as possible . We may affirm , that a chorus is improperly composed , when the distance between the chords increases ; when those ...
... reason for les- sening the distance of the intervals , which compose the harmony of the chorus , as much as possible . We may affirm , that a chorus is improperly composed , when the distance between the chords increases ; when those ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 356 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
Seite 334 - ... being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be expected, that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own.
Seite 356 - As when a vulture on Imaus bred, Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds, Dislodging from a region scarce of prey, To gorge the flesh of lambs or yeanling kids, On hills where flocks are fed, flies towards the springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams; But in his way lights on the barren plains Of Sericana, where Chineses drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light...
Seite 355 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Seite 16 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Seite 356 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Seite 357 - Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Seite 246 - ... these primitive particles, being solids, are incomparably harder than any porous bodies compounded of them, even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces : no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first creation.
Seite 246 - These principles I consider not as occult qualities, supposed to result from the specific forms of things, but as general laws of nature by which the things themselves are formed : their truth appearing to us by phenomena, though their causes be not yet discovered. For these are manifest qualities, and their causes only are occult.
Seite 354 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.