A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... earth produced three hundred ears of wheat I know a small country which yields three for one . I should like to have been transported to Diarbek when the Turks were driven from it by Catherine II . It has fine corn also , but returns ...
... earth produced three hundred ears of wheat I know a small country which yields three for one . I should like to have been transported to Diarbek when the Turks were driven from it by Catherine II . It has fine corn also , but returns ...
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... earth as to have made a stranger believe that the first ladies of the city prostituted themselves to the sailors who returned from the Indies , to recompense them for their labours . The most pleasant part of this story is , that the ...
... earth as to have made a stranger believe that the first ladies of the city prostituted themselves to the sailors who returned from the Indies , to recompense them for their labours . The most pleasant part of this story is , that the ...
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... earth , sometimes on foot and alone like a pilgrim , and sometimes like a general at the head of a great army , and all his labours are faithfully discussed ; but this is nothing , in comparison with the gods of Crete . Diodorus ...
... earth , sometimes on foot and alone like a pilgrim , and sometimes like a general at the head of a great army , and all his labours are faithfully discussed ; but this is nothing , in comparison with the gods of Crete . Diodorus ...
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... earth from Luna's elevation , Or any other convenient situation , What shall we see ? The various tricks of man : Here is a synod - there is a divan ; Behold the mufti , dervish , iman , bonze , The lama and the pope on equal thrones ...
... earth from Luna's elevation , Or any other convenient situation , What shall we see ? The various tricks of man : Here is a synod - there is a divan ; Behold the mufti , dervish , iman , bonze , The lama and the pope on equal thrones ...
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... earth , Offering to God the venom he distils , " Beneath all this a dangerous poison lies : " So - every man is neither right nor wrong , And , since he never can be truly wise , " By instinct only should be driven along . " Sir , I've ...
... earth , Offering to God the venom he distils , " Beneath all this a dangerous poison lies : " So - every man is neither right nor wrong , And , since he never can be truly wise , " By instinct only should be driven along . " Sir , I've ...
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Popular passages
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 146 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 52 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 90 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 48 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 74 - In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, the word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar ; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Page 294 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 52 - And there arose a great cry : and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man : but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Page 312 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 71 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.