The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically Arranged;: With Lists of Select Books on Every Important Subject of Learning and Science; Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools, and for Young Persons in GeneralSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813 - 645 pages |
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... reigns of their earliest monarchs . They had eight superior gods who reigned as kings for an incredible number of years ; and their imaginary exploits formed a fund of mythological ro- mance , These were merely the revolutions of the ...
... reigns of their earliest monarchs . They had eight superior gods who reigned as kings for an incredible number of years ; and their imaginary exploits formed a fund of mythological ro- mance , These were merely the revolutions of the ...
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... reign , however , it was proscribed . Like 3. Hindu . The Hindus , or Gentoos , vie with the Chi- nese for antiquity . They reckon the duration of the world by four jogues , or distinct ages : the first , the Suttee jogue , or age of ...
... reign , however , it was proscribed . Like 3. Hindu . The Hindus , or Gentoos , vie with the Chi- nese for antiquity . They reckon the duration of the world by four jogues , or distinct ages : the first , the Suttee jogue , or age of ...
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... reign was formerly known ) is obviously a corruption . Of the minor African states , the governments are des- potic in the extreme ; the sovereigns , little acquainted with the interests of their subjects , rarely study to promote their ...
... reign was formerly known ) is obviously a corruption . Of the minor African states , the governments are des- potic in the extreme ; the sovereigns , little acquainted with the interests of their subjects , rarely study to promote their ...
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... In the year 1172 , Henry II . conquered this island , and assumed the title of Lord of Ireland , ' as did his succes- sors till the reign of Henry VIII . who assumed the title of ' King of Ireland . ' Until lately it was 114 GEOGRAPHY .
... In the year 1172 , Henry II . conquered this island , and assumed the title of Lord of Ireland , ' as did his succes- sors till the reign of Henry VIII . who assumed the title of ' King of Ireland . ' Until lately it was 114 GEOGRAPHY .
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... reign are said to be reckoned by Olympiads . This method of reckoning was followed by the antient Greeks . 2. The era of the building of Rome ; which took place A. M. ( i . e . in the year of the world ) 3197 , and B. C. ( before Christ ) ...
... reign are said to be reckoned by Olympiads . This method of reckoning was followed by the antient Greeks . 2. The era of the building of Rome ; which took place A. M. ( i . e . in the year of the world ) 3197 , and B. C. ( before Christ ) ...
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Page 29 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 516 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 40 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Page 28 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 553 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
Page 22 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 26 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 24 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 376 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...