The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, المجلد 8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... Italy was the earliest seat , and from whence the impulse was given that communi- cated itself speedily to the rest of Europe . Italy indeed occupied then the position now held by France , fabricating and designing most of the costly ...
... Italy was the earliest seat , and from whence the impulse was given that communi- cated itself speedily to the rest of Europe . Italy indeed occupied then the position now held by France , fabricating and designing most of the costly ...
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... Italy for Louis XIV . , and inlaid with precious stones , agates , jaspers , lapis lazuli , the natural colors of which are made to represent birds , flowers , butterflies , & c . While the splendid extrava- gances of Louis XIV . were ...
... Italy for Louis XIV . , and inlaid with precious stones , agates , jaspers , lapis lazuli , the natural colors of which are made to represent birds , flowers , butterflies , & c . While the splendid extrava- gances of Louis XIV . were ...
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... Italy among the works of the old masters . Here he changed his name to its Italian form , which he ever after retained . Returning to England in 1778 , he executed a number of pictures for Al- derman Boydell's celebrated " Shakespeare ...
... Italy among the works of the old masters . Here he changed his name to its Italian form , which he ever after retained . Returning to England in 1778 , he executed a number of pictures for Al- derman Boydell's celebrated " Shakespeare ...
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... Italy ) , Wallachia ( the country of the Rumani ) , in walnut ( this tree having been imported from Italy , the northern part of which was Gallia Cisalpina ) , & c . A. B. Marx has written an interesting treatise on Gaelic music ( in ...
... Italy ) , Wallachia ( the country of the Rumani ) , in walnut ( this tree having been imported from Italy , the northern part of which was Gallia Cisalpina ) , & c . A. B. Marx has written an interesting treatise on Gaelic music ( in ...
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... Italy , and the key of the kingdom of Naples ; the cathe- dral , which is a handsome symmetrical struc- ture , with a fine tower ; and the royal palace , which is a favorite summer residence of the Neapolitan kings . Gaëta gives title ...
... Italy , and the key of the kingdom of Naples ; the cathe- dral , which is a handsome symmetrical struc- ture , with a fine tower ; and the royal palace , which is a favorite summer residence of the Neapolitan kings . Gaëta gives title ...
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الصفحة 70 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
الصفحة 237 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
الصفحة 235 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance of which a schoolboy would have been ashamed.
الصفحة 58 - County as a member of the convention to revise the constitution of the State.
الصفحة 170 - the most extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery, obstinacy, and good feeling — in short, a medley of the most opposite qualities, with a great preponderance of good — that I ever saw in any character in my life.
الصفحة 264 - Imagine now the centre of such a continent, occupied through nearly its whole extent by a deep unbroken sea of ice, that gathers perennial increase from the water-shed of vast snow-covered mountains, and all the precipitations of the atmosphere upon its own surface. Imagine this moving onward like a great glacial river, seeking outlets at every fiord and valley, rolling icy cataracts into the Atlantic and Greenland seas ; and, having at last reached the northern limit of the land that has borne it...
الصفحة 237 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters and all nature was silent.
الصفحة 140 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
الصفحة 237 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
الصفحة 242 - We hesitate not to say that Annexation, effected by any act or proceeding of the Federal Government, or any of its departments, would be identical with, dissolution.