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... Greeks .... Notions of the Greeks and Romans ................ Writings of Ptolemy , Ignorance of the Middle Ages Arabian Notions , European Travels , Discovery of America VI Geographical Discoveries of the 16th and 17th centuries VII ...
... Greeks .... Notions of the Greeks and Romans ................ Writings of Ptolemy , Ignorance of the Middle Ages Arabian Notions , European Travels , Discovery of America VI Geographical Discoveries of the 16th and 17th centuries VII ...
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... Greeks of Hel- las , Elis ( Alisium ) , Peloponnesus , & c . 2. TARSHISH . The Phenicians of Tartessus ( Cadiz ) ; Carthaginians Rameses , appointed nurses to take care of them ,. 1. ELAM . 2. ASHUR . 3. ARPHAXAD ( 3215 B.C. ) The ...
... Greeks of Hel- las , Elis ( Alisium ) , Peloponnesus , & c . 2. TARSHISH . The Phenicians of Tartessus ( Cadiz ) ; Carthaginians Rameses , appointed nurses to take care of them ,. 1. ELAM . 2. ASHUR . 3. ARPHAXAD ( 3215 B.C. ) The ...
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... Greek and Latin origin ; and it is now unequalled by any language in the world , for harmony , richness , variety , force , and precision . Every Englishman ought to account it his duty and his honour , to be well acquainted with the ...
... Greek and Latin origin ; and it is now unequalled by any language in the world , for harmony , richness , variety , force , and precision . Every Englishman ought to account it his duty and his honour , to be well acquainted with the ...
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... Greek and Hebrew ; and soft in words that come from the French . Ph , when united in the same syllable , is sounded like ƒ ; as in asaph , elephant . S has a flat and a sharp sound ; sharp , as in this ; flat , as in those . The flat ...
... Greek and Hebrew ; and soft in words that come from the French . Ph , when united in the same syllable , is sounded like ƒ ; as in asaph , elephant . S has a flat and a sharp sound ; sharp , as in this ; flat , as in those . The flat ...
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... Greek verb NUMERATION . In almost all languages , ancient and modern , we find ten original or primitive words , which express the names of the numbers from one to ten . The numbers beyond these are expressed by combinations of these ...
... Greek verb NUMERATION . In almost all languages , ancient and modern , we find ten original or primitive words , which express the names of the numbers from one to ten . The numbers beyond these are expressed by combinations of these ...
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Page 138 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Page 268 - ... and a glass of water, had the rest of the » time till their return for study, in which I made the greater progress, from that greater clearness of head and quicker apprehension which usually attend temperance in eating and drinking.
Page 61 - So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he took all : he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Page 295 - But never reached the town. The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At...
Page 268 - This was to teach me method in the arrangement of thoughts. By comparing my work afterwards with the original, I discovered many faults and amended them; but I sometimes had the pleasure of fancying that, in certain particulars of small import, I had been lucky...
Page 268 - He instantly agreed to it, and I presently found that I could save half what he paid me. This was an additional fund for buying books. But I had another advantage in it.
Page 268 - I had gone on making verses ; since the continual occasion for words of the same import, but of different length, to suit the measure, or of different sound for the rhyme, would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety, and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind and make me master of it.
Page 295 - The wretched parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept — and, turning homeward, cried, "In heaven we all shall meet !" — When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet.
Page 128 - The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces ; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them : the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth ; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.