Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Том 8John Brown, 1816 |
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... appears to have been very complete , as the king , not only allowed the degrated minifters to be re- placed , but in 1610 ... appear that after this the city was in any way particularly concern . ed with the disturbances which followed ...
... appears to have been very complete , as the king , not only allowed the degrated minifters to be re- placed , but in 1610 ... appear that after this the city was in any way particularly concern . ed with the disturbances which followed ...
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... appears not to have been very extensive , from the march of the Ifraelites , in which they compaffed it on the S. eaftwards , till they came to the country of the Moabites . Within this compass lies mount Hor where Aaron died ; marching ...
... appears not to have been very extensive , from the march of the Ifraelites , in which they compaffed it on the S. eaftwards , till they came to the country of the Moabites . Within this compass lies mount Hor where Aaron died ; marching ...
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... appear furprising , when we confider the unfavourable circumstances in which the teachers of youth are placed , and the difficul- ties with which they have to struggle . The former are owing to the inattention of mankind ; the lat- ter ...
... appear furprising , when we confider the unfavourable circumstances in which the teachers of youth are placed , and the difficul- ties with which they have to struggle . The former are owing to the inattention of mankind ; the lat- ter ...
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... appear to them , not as a kind instructor , and an affectionate friend , but in the odious light of a tyrant and an enemy . If , on the other hand , the teacher tries to accommodate the general leffons of the clafs to the capacities of ...
... appear to them , not as a kind instructor , and an affectionate friend , but in the odious light of a tyrant and an enemy . If , on the other hand , the teacher tries to accommodate the general leffons of the clafs to the capacities of ...
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... appear to mind it ; but the louder it cries , the lefs notice to take of it . It is of confequence to check children ... appears to be the moft difficult task on the part of the parents , and especially of the fond mo- thers , whofe ...
... appear to mind it ; but the louder it cries , the lefs notice to take of it . It is of confequence to check children ... appears to be the moft difficult task on the part of the parents , and especially of the fond mo- thers , whofe ...
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Страница 393 - ... does as much as in him lies, break or stop the pipes whereby it is distributed to the public use and advantage of mankind. He that uses words without any clear and steady meaning, what does he but lead himself and others into errors? And he that designedly does it, ought to be looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge.
Страница 353 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Страница 177 - If the iron globe is fixed on a pedeftal an inch from the table, and a glafs hoop, or a portion of a hollow glafs cylinder excited, be placed round it, the light body will move as in the circumftanccs mentioned above, and with the fame varieties.
Страница 58 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Страница 360 - Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in fhades, eludes her eager fwain ; But feigns a laugh, to fee me fearch around, ?'And by that laugh the willing fair is found.
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Страница 196 - It is imponderable, and, by its distribution, in various proportions, among the particles of matter, gives rise to the three general forms of gas, liquids and solids. The particles of water, by losing caloric, have their cohesion so much increased, that they assume the solid form of ice...
Страница 389 - And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
Страница 339 - Again, a painter was desirous of drawing the elephant kept in the menagerie at Versailles in an uncommon attitude, which was that of holding his trunk raised up in the air, with his mouth open. The painter's boy, in order to keep the animal in this posture, threw fruit into his mouth ; but as he...
Страница 237 - When a quire of paper, without any thing between the leaves, is pierced by the electrical ftroke, the two powers keep in the fame track, and make but one hole in their paffage through the paper; not but that the power from above, or that from below, fometimes darts into the paper at two or more different points, making fo many holes; but thefe generally unite before they go through the paper. They...