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Pagina 6
... Roman prov- inces ; but they afterwards began to ex- cite dissensions in the Achæan league , interfered in the ... Roman empire . The charac- ter of the nation was now sunk so low , that the Romans esteemed a Greek as the most worthless ...
... Roman prov- inces ; but they afterwards began to ex- cite dissensions in the Achæan league , interfered in the ... Roman empire . The charac- ter of the nation was now sunk so low , that the Romans esteemed a Greek as the most worthless ...
Pagina 15
... Roman Literature . ) Greece , Revolution of Modern . ( For the history of Greece under the Eastern empire , see Byzantine Empire ; and for the period from the downfall of this empire to the late revolution , see Turkey , and Venice ...
... Roman Literature . ) Greece , Revolution of Modern . ( For the history of Greece under the Eastern empire , see Byzantine Empire ; and for the period from the downfall of this empire to the late revolution , see Turkey , and Venice ...
Pagina 44
... Roman em- pire , and of the diversity of language , modes of thinking and manners , among the nations professing it . The foundation of a new Rome in Constantinople ; the political partition of the Roman empire into the Oriental , or ...
... Roman em- pire , and of the diversity of language , modes of thinking and manners , among the nations professing it . The foundation of a new Rome in Constantinople ; the political partition of the Roman empire into the Oriental , or ...
Pagina 45
... Roman patriarch Hor- midas was able , indeed , to compel a re- union of the Greek church with the Latin , in 519 ; but this union , neyer seriously in- tended , and loosely compacted , was again dissolved by the obstinacy of both ...
... Roman patriarch Hor- midas was able , indeed , to compel a re- union of the Greek church with the Latin , in 519 ; but this union , neyer seriously in- tended , and loosely compacted , was again dissolved by the obstinacy of both ...
Pagina 56
... Romans compelled him to quit the city , because it had been plundered by the sol- diers of Robert . Gregory then ... Roman see . GREGORY , James , a mathematician and philosopher , the inventor of the reflecting telescope , was born ...
... Romans compelled him to quit the city , because it had been plundered by the sol- diers of Robert . Gregory then ... Roman see . GREGORY , James , a mathematician and philosopher , the inventor of the reflecting telescope , was born ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 455 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions...
Pagina 322 - We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
Pagina 455 - ... 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. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Pagina 146 - As the result of his researches, he published a general chart, showing at one view the variation of the compass in all those seas where the English navigators were acquainted.
Pagina 134 - And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Pagina 2 - Act, entitled an Act, for the encouragement of Learning, by securing'the copies of Maps,' Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Pagina 266 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Pagina 455 - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Pagina 206 - They terminate in the capillary vessels (qv'f— a series of extremely minute vessels, which pass over into the veins. The veins are the channels by which the blood passes back from the body into the auricles of the heart.
Pagina 266 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.