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 - Počet stran: 645 |
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Strana 15
... whole extent of judicial proceedings , both criminal and civil . When Rome could boast her illustrious days of forensic eloquence , Cicero and Hortensius gave full scope to their talents . For a long series of years , the proceedings of ...
... whole extent of judicial proceedings , both criminal and civil . When Rome could boast her illustrious days of forensic eloquence , Cicero and Hortensius gave full scope to their talents . For a long series of years , the proceedings of ...
Strana 24
... whole is put for a part , ( 2. ) a part for the whole , ( 3. ) a general name for a particular one , and ( 4. ) a particular name for a gene- ral one , ( 1. ) In Luke xvi . 23. Lazarus is said to be in Abraham's bosom ; here man is put ...
... whole is put for a part , ( 2. ) a part for the whole , ( 3. ) a general name for a particular one , and ( 4. ) a particular name for a gene- ral one , ( 1. ) In Luke xvi . 23. Lazarus is said to be in Abraham's bosom ; here man is put ...
Strana 44
... whole open space of the theatre was called cavea . Here sat the senators , and here were the dancers and music . ( 3. ) The proscenium , was a place drawn from one horn of the theatre to the other , between the orchestra and the scene ...
... whole open space of the theatre was called cavea . Here sat the senators , and here were the dancers and music . ( 3. ) The proscenium , was a place drawn from one horn of the theatre to the other , between the orchestra and the scene ...
Strana 51
... whole . And so of sculpture . The poetry of Homer , of Virgil , and of Milton , will always please from its intrinsic beauty ; but the casual reader of these sublime productions , perceives not half their excellencies . This refined ...
... whole . And so of sculpture . The poetry of Homer , of Virgil , and of Milton , will always please from its intrinsic beauty ; but the casual reader of these sublime productions , perceives not half their excellencies . This refined ...
Strana 74
... whole ; this latter considering the whole visible world , both heaven and earth . From Topo- graphy and Chorography it is distinguished , as the whole from a part ; topography comprehending a description of particular places , while ...
... whole ; this latter considering the whole visible world , both heaven and earth . From Topo- graphy and Chorography it is distinguished , as the whole from a part ; topography comprehending a description of particular places , while ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...