Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... remains under the name of Ispahan , the capital of the present Persian empire . 2 Whence peopled . 3 the Par- thians re- Parthia is by some supposed to have been first peopled by the Phetri or Pathri , often mentioned in Scripture , and ...
... remains under the name of Ispahan , the capital of the present Persian empire . 2 Whence peopled . 3 the Par- thians re- Parthia is by some supposed to have been first peopled by the Phetri or Pathri , often mentioned in Scripture , and ...
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... remains of his detachment thither , with a design to defend himself in the best manner he could , till succours should be sent him from his father . The Parthians pursued him ; and having surrounded him in his new post , continued ...
... remains of his detachment thither , with a design to defend himself in the best manner he could , till succours should be sent him from his father . The Parthians pursued him ; and having surrounded him in his new post , continued ...
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... remains after the link which originally united them has vanished . Of this fact the reader will find sufficient evidence in different articles of this work ( see INSTINCT , No 19. and METAPHYSICS , N ° 101. ) : and , to apply it to the ...
... remains after the link which originally united them has vanished . Of this fact the reader will find sufficient evidence in different articles of this work ( see INSTINCT , No 19. and METAPHYSICS , N ° 101. ) : and , to apply it to the ...
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... remains of itself , and as to its own power , impotent with regard to the producing of any effects . The passive state , according to Fenelon , is only passive in the same sense as contemplation is , i . e . it does not exclude ...
... remains of itself , and as to its own power , impotent with regard to the producing of any effects . The passive state , according to Fenelon , is only passive in the same sense as contemplation is , i . e . it does not exclude ...
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... remains of it , an account of many cities more an- cient than Rome . He promised a larger history ; and no doubt would have executed it well : for during his military expeditions he had seen , as he tells us , the pro- vinces of Thrace ...
... remains of it , an account of many cities more an- cient than Rome . He promised a larger history ; and no doubt would have executed it well : for during his military expeditions he had seen , as he tells us , the pro- vinces of Thrace ...
Términos y frases comunes
according afterwards ancient apostles appears Arabian Arabic army Attalus bishop body Cæsar called cause Chaldaic Chaldean character church colour consequence death descendants dialect draw Egypt Egyptians empire enemy equal Eumenes father formed Greece Greek Greek language guage Hebrew Herodotus honour horse inhabitants invention island Jesus Jews kind king kingdom language Latin learned length letters lines Lord manner means mind Mizraim mountains nature objects observed occasion opinion original parallel Parthians passion patriarch Pelasgi pendulum Pergamus Persian person perspective Peru petrifaction Philip philosophers Phoenician Pizarro point of distance point of sight prince province Ptolemy racter reign religion river Romans Rome Sanscrit says sent side soon Spaniards spiritus asper square St Paul St Peter Strabo Surenas Syria thing Thracians tion tongue town verbs whole words writing
Pasajes populares
Página 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Página 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Página 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Página 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Página 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Página 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Página 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Página 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...