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... thousand years before the science of electricity had entered the mind of man , these surprising quali- ties were known to exist in amber , and hence the Greeks called it electrum . The Romans , supposing it to be a vegetable juice ...
... thousand years before the science of electricity had entered the mind of man , these surprising quali- ties were known to exist in amber , and hence the Greeks called it electrum . The Romans , supposing it to be a vegetable juice ...
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... thousand millions . As a cubic yard contains more than a ton of coal , it is obvious , that there are at least in this bed ten thousand millions of tons . Hence , allowing five tons annually to each family , there is coal enough in this ...
... thousand millions . As a cubic yard contains more than a ton of coal , it is obvious , that there are at least in this bed ten thousand millions of tons . Hence , allowing five tons annually to each family , there is coal enough in this ...
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... thousand two hundred and ninety - one pounds . He searched ev- ery corner of the known world for luxuries ; and , in order to increase the expense of his entertain- ments , had dishes served up to him every day , composed entirely of ...
... thousand two hundred and ninety - one pounds . He searched ev- ery corner of the known world for luxuries ; and , in order to increase the expense of his entertain- ments , had dishes served up to him every day , composed entirely of ...
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... thousand of this vast army , with difficulty , escaped destruction . The following is a summary statement of the number of human beings that were slain in several of the battles recorded in history . - In the year 101 before Christ , in ...
... thousand of this vast army , with difficulty , escaped destruction . The following is a summary statement of the number of human beings that were slain in several of the battles recorded in history . - In the year 101 before Christ , in ...
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... thousand and twenty - two , with their latitudes and longitudes , and apparent magnitudes . These and most other of his observations are preserved by his illustrious successor Ptolemy . From the time of Hipparchus to that of Ptole- my ...
... thousand and twenty - two , with their latitudes and longitudes , and apparent magnitudes . These and most other of his observations are preserved by his illustrious successor Ptolemy . From the time of Hipparchus to that of Ptole- my ...
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Strona 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Strona 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Strona 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Strona 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Strona 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Strona 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Strona 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
Strona 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
Strona 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
Strona 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.