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... become a Geologist 145 XIX . XX . XXI . 338 IV . On Plutonic Changes in the stratified surface of the earth 225 V. On the Changes produced in the Earth's Crust by the action of Volcanoes ... ..... 248 VI . Volcanic Action of the Earth's ...
... become a Geologist 145 XIX . XX . XXI . 338 IV . On Plutonic Changes in the stratified surface of the earth 225 V. On the Changes produced in the Earth's Crust by the action of Volcanoes ... ..... 248 VI . Volcanic Action of the Earth's ...
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... become the conqueror of the world . With this view he divided the kingdom into thirty - six provinces , and endeavoured to insure the loyalty of the people by gifts , both of money and land . He forgave all who had been guilty of ...
... become the conqueror of the world . With this view he divided the kingdom into thirty - six provinces , and endeavoured to insure the loyalty of the people by gifts , both of money and land . He forgave all who had been guilty of ...
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... becoming so cheap , and intercourse with foreign nations so close and frequent , many of our readers may some day find ... become with foreign languages , the greater skill do we acquire in the use of our In learning languages , as in ...
... becoming so cheap , and intercourse with foreign nations so close and frequent , many of our readers may some day find ... become with foreign languages , the greater skill do we acquire in the use of our In learning languages , as in ...
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... become too cumbersome for utterance or writing , new words are invariably found to be adopted , subject to similar combinations . In English , these names are as follows , with their combinations by addition , up to twenty ...
... become too cumbersome for utterance or writing , new words are invariably found to be adopted , subject to similar combinations . In English , these names are as follows , with their combinations by addition , up to twenty ...
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... become so laborious to remem- ber and to apply , in any language , that the adoption of a conventional system of signs to denote numbers , was absolutely necessary to supply the wants of mankind . Accordingly , we find that at a very ...
... become so laborious to remem- ber and to apply , in any language , that the adoption of a conventional system of signs to denote numbers , was absolutely necessary to supply the wants of mankind . Accordingly , we find that at a very ...
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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.