Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T.G. Bradford). |
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Strana 5
... took advantage , 80 years after the destruction of Troy , to possess themselves of the Peloponnesus . They drove out the Ionians and Achæans , who took refuge in Attica . But , not finding here sufficient room , Neleus ( 1044 ) led an ...
... took advantage , 80 years after the destruction of Troy , to possess themselves of the Peloponnesus . They drove out the Ionians and Achæans , who took refuge in Attica . But , not finding here sufficient room , Neleus ( 1044 ) led an ...
Strana 15
... took another turn ; and it is evident , that the use of an immense library must necessari- ly have made erudition triumph over the former free action of mind , which , how- ever , could not be immediately suppress- ed . In philosophy ...
... took another turn ; and it is evident , that the use of an immense library must necessari- ly have made erudition triumph over the former free action of mind , which , how- ever , could not be immediately suppress- ed . In philosophy ...
Strana 19
... took up arms , and obliged the Turks to shut themselves up in the fortified cities ; but these move ments were not decisive , because they took place without coöperation ; and , in fact , nothing was effected , but the driving the Turks ...
... took up arms , and obliged the Turks to shut themselves up in the fortified cities ; but these move ments were not decisive , because they took place without coöperation ; and , in fact , nothing was effected , but the driving the Turks ...
Strana 20
... took the peninsula of Cassandra , Nov. 11 , by storm , the Greeks having become en- feebled by dissensions . 3000 Greeks were put to the sword , women and children carried into slavery , and the flourish- ing península made a desert ...
... took the peninsula of Cassandra , Nov. 11 , by storm , the Greeks having become en- feebled by dissensions . 3000 Greeks were put to the sword , women and children carried into slavery , and the flourish- ing península made a desert ...
Strana 22
... took up arms . Great disorders occurred , and the Turks , after having taken 80 hos- tages from among the richest inhabitants of the city , retired into the citadel . At this moment , the great Turkish fleet made its appearance . In ...
... took up arms . Great disorders occurred , and the Turks , after having taken 80 hos- tages from among the richest inhabitants of the city , retired into the citadel . At this moment , the great Turkish fleet made its appearance . In ...
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Strana 455 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions...
Strana 322 - We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
Strana 455 - ... 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. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Strana 146 - As the result of his researches, he published a general chart, showing at one view the variation of the compass in all those seas where the English navigators were acquainted.
Strana 134 - And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Strana 2 - Act, entitled an Act, for the encouragement of Learning, by securing'the copies of Maps,' Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Strana 266 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Strana 455 - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Strana 206 - They terminate in the capillary vessels (qv'f— a series of extremely minute vessels, which pass over into the veins. The veins are the channels by which the blood passes back from the body into the auricles of the heart.
Strana 266 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.