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 - 645 pages |
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... century ) to the Saxons , a warlike peo- ple inhabiting the north of Germany , with solicitations for speedy relief . The Saxons accordingly came over to Bri- tain , and were successful in repelling the incursions of the Scots and Picts ...
... century ) to the Saxons , a warlike peo- ple inhabiting the north of Germany , with solicitations for speedy relief . The Saxons accordingly came over to Bri- tain , and were successful in repelling the incursions of the Scots and Picts ...
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... centuries . During this period , the learned have enriched it with many significant expressious , drawn from the treasures of Greek and Roman literature ; the ingenious and the fashionable have imported occasional supplies of French ...
... centuries . During this period , the learned have enriched it with many significant expressious , drawn from the treasures of Greek and Roman literature ; the ingenious and the fashionable have imported occasional supplies of French ...
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... century , succeeded by the mysteries , in which Adam and Eve , the Patriarchs , the Prophets , the Virgin Mary , our Saviour , his apostles , and even God him- self , were brought upon the stage , and very often , repre- sented in the ...
... century , succeeded by the mysteries , in which Adam and Eve , the Patriarchs , the Prophets , the Virgin Mary , our Saviour , his apostles , and even God him- self , were brought upon the stage , and very often , repre- sented in the ...
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... century , however , these mummeries were superseded by Nature's sweetest child , the bard of Avon ; and by the productions of a Jonson , and a Fletcher . The first royal licence for a theatre in England , was granted in 1574 , to James ...
... century , however , these mummeries were superseded by Nature's sweetest child , the bard of Avon ; and by the productions of a Jonson , and a Fletcher . The first royal licence for a theatre in England , was granted in 1574 , to James ...
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... centuries after the general deluge ; before which time they retained and practised the worship of the true God . That species of idolatry , called Zabiism , or the worship of the heavenly bodies , overspread the world early , and almost ...
... centuries after the general deluge ; before which time they retained and practised the worship of the true God . That species of idolatry , called Zabiism , or the worship of the heavenly bodies , overspread the world early , and almost ...
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Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...