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Pagina 8
... Writing . The language , which we call Greek , was not the primitive language of Greece , for Greece was originally ... writers of this nation have transmitted the peculiarities of the different dialects in the use of single letters ...
... Writing . The language , which we call Greek , was not the primitive language of Greece , for Greece was originally ... writers of this nation have transmitted the peculiarities of the different dialects in the use of single letters ...
Pagina 9
... writing , has long been a subject of doubt . According to the general opinion , Cadmus , the Phoni- cian , introduced the alphabet into Greece . His alphabet consisted of but 16 letters ; four ( ex ) are said to have been in- vented by ...
... writing , has long been a subject of doubt . According to the general opinion , Cadmus , the Phoni- cian , introduced the alphabet into Greece . His alphabet consisted of but 16 letters ; four ( ex ) are said to have been in- vented by ...
Pagina 10
... writing . From its very nature , the epopee must be historical , in an enlarged sense . Under such circumstances , it is not strange that regular schools for poets were established ; for the imagination of the first poet fired the ...
... writing . From its very nature , the epopee must be historical , in an enlarged sense . Under such circumstances , it is not strange that regular schools for poets were established ; for the imagination of the first poet fired the ...
Pagina 12
... writers ( see Gnomic ) , Theognis , Phocyli- des , Pythagoras , deserve to be named ; as a fabulist , Æsop . In the ... writing , that had now become com- mon in Greece , with the introduction of the Egyptian papyrus , prepared the way ...
... writers ( see Gnomic ) , Theognis , Phocyli- des , Pythagoras , deserve to be named ; as a fabulist , Æsop . In the ... writing , that had now become com- mon in Greece , with the introduction of the Egyptian papyrus , prepared the way ...
Pagina 13
... writing in prose , and Cad- mus , Dionysius and Hecatæus of Miletus , Acusilaus the Argive , Hellanicus of Mity- lene and Pherecydes of Scyros are among the oldest historical writers . After them appeared Herodotus ( q . v . ) , the ...
... writing in prose , and Cad- mus , Dionysius and Hecatæus of Miletus , Acusilaus the Argive , Hellanicus of Mity- lene and Pherecydes of Scyros are among the oldest historical writers . After them appeared Herodotus ( q . v . ) , the ...
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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.
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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.