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Pagina 7
... lived so long without oppression or fear of other na- tions , and from their natural vivacity of spirit . It was this which made small ar- mies invincible , and which caused Lycur- gus , Solon and Timoleon to refuse crowns . Their ...
... lived so long without oppression or fear of other na- tions , and from their natural vivacity of spirit . It was this which made small ar- mies invincible , and which caused Lycur- gus , Solon and Timoleon to refuse crowns . Their ...
Pagina 10
... lived in his verse ; and poetry was the guardian of all the knowledge of preceding times , so long as traditions were not committed to writing . From its very nature , the epopee must be historical , in an enlarged sense . Under such ...
... lived in his verse ; and poetry was the guardian of all the knowledge of preceding times , so long as traditions were not committed to writing . From its very nature , the epopee must be historical , in an enlarged sense . Under such ...
Pagina 55
... lived at Rome when a child , and went to France when a young man , where he became connected with the monastery at Cluny , and returned to Rome in 1045. His his tory becomes more known after the time of his return to the monastery of ...
... lived at Rome when a child , and went to France when a young man , where he became connected with the monastery at Cluny , and returned to Rome in 1045. His his tory becomes more known after the time of his return to the monastery of ...
Pagina 57
... lived as a hermit , was made archbishop at Smyrna , and , in 1795 , patriarch of Con- stantinople . When the French occupied Egypt , in 1798 , the Greeks were accused of treating secretly with them , and the rabble demanded the head of ...
... lived as a hermit , was made archbishop at Smyrna , and , in 1795 , patriarch of Con- stantinople . When the French occupied Egypt , in 1798 , the Greeks were accused of treating secretly with them , and the rabble demanded the head of ...
Pagina 60
... lived at Amiens , where he filled an office in the financial department , and where he mar- ried a rich lady . After the death of Lou- is XV , he visited Paris , and was chosen to congratulate Louis XVI , in the name of the academy , on ...
... lived at Amiens , where he filled an office in the financial department , and where he mar- ried a rich lady . After the death of Lou- is XV , he visited Paris , and was chosen to congratulate Louis XVI , in the name of the academy , on ...
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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.