Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 6Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Carey, Lea & Carey, 1831 |
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Pagina 7
... afterwards exalted and systematized by poetry and philosophy , and the improvement spread from the cultivated classes through the great mass of the people . In the most enlightened period of Greece , clearer ideas of the unity of the ...
... afterwards exalted and systematized by poetry and philosophy , and the improvement spread from the cultivated classes through the great mass of the people . In the most enlightened period of Greece , clearer ideas of the unity of the ...
Pagina 8
... afterwards added the mixed Attic di- alect ; besides these , there are several secondary dialects . The four leading di- alects may be reduced to two , the Helle- nic - Doric and the Ionic - Attic . The for- mer was the oldest ; in fact ...
... afterwards added the mixed Attic di- alect ; besides these , there are several secondary dialects . The four leading di- alects may be reduced to two , the Helle- nic - Doric and the Ionic - Attic . The for- mer was the oldest ; in fact ...
Pagina 11
... afterwards dis- tinguished , and which was most strikingly displayed in their religion ; which , for want of the necessary dignity , and espe- cially of a caste of priests , was so indefi- nite , and therefore so fanciful . The mys ...
... afterwards dis- tinguished , and which was most strikingly displayed in their religion ; which , for want of the necessary dignity , and espe- cially of a caste of priests , was so indefi- nite , and therefore so fanciful . The mys ...
Pagina 19
... afterwards retook Athens , and at- tempted to reduce the Acropolis by fam- ine ; but it was relieved by Omer Vrione , July 30 , 1821 , and the inhabitants of Athens again fled to Salamis . On the Achaian sea , Greek and other pirates ...
... afterwards retook Athens , and at- tempted to reduce the Acropolis by fam- ine ; but it was relieved by Omer Vrione , July 30 , 1821 , and the inhabitants of Athens again fled to Salamis . On the Achaian sea , Greek and other pirates ...
Pagina 23
... afterwards , how ever , appointed him seraskier of Rumelia , and in November , 1823 , he marched with 15,000 men from Larissa to Zeitun . ) Whilst Scio was desolated , and Macedonia bled , the central government at Corinth , under ...
... afterwards , how ever , appointed him seraskier of Rumelia , and in November , 1823 , he marched with 15,000 men from Larissa to Zeitun . ) Whilst Scio was desolated , and Macedonia bled , the central government at Corinth , under ...
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Pagina 258 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
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 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 455 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking, that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to...
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Pagina 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 454 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
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.
Pagina 322 - Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England; though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in it. But we go to practise the positive part of Church reformation, and propagate the Gospel in America!
Pagina 386 - My manner of composing poetry is very different, and, I believe, much more singular. Let the piece be of what length it will, I compose and correct it wholly in my mind, or on a slate, ere ever I put pen to paper; and then I write it down as fast as the A, B, C.