The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, المجلد 8George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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... soon after presented to the rectory of Broad Wind- sor , Dorsetshire , where he prosecuted several works that he had planned at Cambridge . After 7 years he removed to London , where his fame for pulpit eloquence secured for him the ...
... soon after presented to the rectory of Broad Wind- sor , Dorsetshire , where he prosecuted several works that he had planned at Cambridge . After 7 years he removed to London , where his fame for pulpit eloquence secured for him the ...
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... soon begin to escape from the bottom of the mixture , and the whole is soon thrown into a rapidly bubbling condi- tion . It becomes frothy and white ; highly combustible vapors escape , which should be al- lowed to pass off into the air ...
... soon begin to escape from the bottom of the mixture , and the whole is soon thrown into a rapidly bubbling condi- tion . It becomes frothy and white ; highly combustible vapors escape , which should be al- lowed to pass off into the air ...
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... soon learned the value of the furs of the numerous animals which peopled the extensive rivers , lakes , and forests of these vast territories . They collected the skins in abundance , and found an increas- ing demand for them with every ...
... soon learned the value of the furs of the numerous animals which peopled the extensive rivers , lakes , and forests of these vast territories . They collected the skins in abundance , and found an increas- ing demand for them with every ...
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... soon appointed commander of the fort of Passamaquoddy , which was garrison- ed by a small force of volunteers , militia , and Indians . The troops being in great want of supplies , he advanced $ 600 out of his own pocket , for which he ...
... soon appointed commander of the fort of Passamaquoddy , which was garrison- ed by a small force of volunteers , militia , and Indians . The troops being in great want of supplies , he advanced $ 600 out of his own pocket , for which he ...
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... soon discovered that neither of them was suited for a merchant . About this time Zambeccari arrived in Brazil from Uruguay , then fighting for her independence ; becoming acquainted with Garibaldi and Rosetti , he per- suaded them to ...
... soon discovered that neither of them was suited for a merchant . About this time Zambeccari arrived in Brazil from Uruguay , then fighting for her independence ; becoming acquainted with Garibaldi and Rosetti , he per- suaded them to ...
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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.