The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically Arranged;: With Lists of Select Books on Every Important Subject of Learning and Science; Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools, and for Young Persons in GeneralSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813 - 645 |
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Strona 48
... Cæsar , by Duncan , 8vo . Cicero's Orations , by Guthrie , 2 vols . 8vo . Letters , by Melmoth , 3 vols . 8vo . Cato and Lælius , by Melmoth , 8vo . Offices , by Ma- cartney , 8vo . Charaeter of an Orator , by Guthrie , 8vo . Horace ...
... Cæsar , by Duncan , 8vo . Cicero's Orations , by Guthrie , 2 vols . 8vo . Letters , by Melmoth , 3 vols . 8vo . Cato and Lælius , by Melmoth , 8vo . Offices , by Ma- cartney , 8vo . Charaeter of an Orator , by Guthrie , 8vo . Horace ...
Strona 120
... , amounts to a whole day . And thus the Roman year stood , till the reformation made therein by pope Gregory . For this form of the year we are indebted to Julius Cæsar : who in the contrivance thereof , was assisted 120 CHRONOLOGY .
... , amounts to a whole day . And thus the Roman year stood , till the reformation made therein by pope Gregory . For this form of the year we are indebted to Julius Cæsar : who in the contrivance thereof , was assisted 120 CHRONOLOGY .
Strona 121
... Cæsar : who in the contrivance thereof , was assisted by Sosigenes , a famous mathematician , called over from Egypt for this very purpose ; who , to supply the defect of 67 days , which had been lost through the fault of the ponti ...
... Cæsar : who in the contrivance thereof , was assisted by Sosigenes , a famous mathematician , called over from Egypt for this very purpose ; who , to supply the defect of 67 days , which had been lost through the fault of the ponti ...
Strona 122
... Cæsar's mur- der on that day ; the time after the Ides of June was reck- oned fortunate for those who entered into matrimony : the Ides of August were consecrated to Diana , and were ob- served as a feast day by the slaves . On the Ides ...
... Cæsar's mur- der on that day ; the time after the Ides of June was reck- oned fortunate for those who entered into matrimony : the Ides of August were consecrated to Diana , and were ob- served as a feast day by the slaves . On the Ides ...
Strona 123
... Cæsar reformed the year , and made other months contaiu 31 days , he did not likewise allow them six days of Nones . CHAP . III . - MONTHS AND DAYS . JANUARY is the first month in the year among the west , ern nations . The word is ...
... Cæsar reformed the year , and made other months contaiu 31 days , he did not likewise allow them six days of Nones . CHAP . III . - MONTHS AND DAYS . JANUARY is the first month in the year among the west , ern nations . The word is ...
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