The Family Encyclopedia of Useful Knowledge and General Literature ...P. Hill, 1834 - 960 sivua |
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Sivu 36
... hand , sets fire to it , while an eagle , let fly from the top of the building , and mounting in the air with a fire brand , was supposed to convey the soul of the deceased to heaven , and thenceforward he was ranked among the gods ...
... hand , sets fire to it , while an eagle , let fly from the top of the building , and mounting in the air with a fire brand , was supposed to convey the soul of the deceased to heaven , and thenceforward he was ranked among the gods ...
Sivu 58
... hand , the state of religion in that church derived considerable advan- tage from the settlement of Armenians in ... hands . It is of a brackish disagreeable taste , and does not ferment with acids . It is a scarce fossil ; but it is ...
... hand , the state of religion in that church derived considerable advan- tage from the settlement of Armenians in ... hands . It is of a brackish disagreeable taste , and does not ferment with acids . It is a scarce fossil ; but it is ...
Sivu 67
... hands to feed them- selves : indeed they very soon lose the use of them ; for the joints contract a stiffness , by this unnatural position , which renders it quite impossible to bring their hands below their heads . All these maniacs ...
... hands to feed them- selves : indeed they very soon lose the use of them ; for the joints contract a stiffness , by this unnatural position , which renders it quite impossible to bring their hands below their heads . All these maniacs ...
Sivu 70
... hands of recital of his bloody deeds , the most powerful the executor or administrator , or which he is bound princes of ... hand , at which ten young men clothed in white , and standing on a neighboring tower , instantly precipitated ...
... hands of recital of his bloody deeds , the most powerful the executor or administrator , or which he is bound princes of ... hand , at which ten young men clothed in white , and standing on a neighboring tower , instantly precipitated ...
Sivu 105
... hand . They have never been known to attack a man , except when roused from their sleep , and even when wounded seldom turn upon their pursuer . Yet this harmless character of the " It would be difficult , " says Mr Tooke , " to name a ...
... hand . They have never been known to attack a man , except when roused from their sleep , and even when wounded seldom turn upon their pursuer . Yet this harmless character of the " It would be difficult , " says Mr Tooke , " to name a ...
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Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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!
Sivu 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.