A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].1824 |
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... pass for merely fabled woe ! But see , an angry disputant steps forth— His humble mien a proud heart ill conceals In holy guise , inclining to the earth , Offering to God the venom he distils , " Beneath all this a dangerous poison lies ...
... pass for merely fabled woe ! But see , an angry disputant steps forth— His humble mien a proud heart ill conceals In holy guise , inclining to the earth , Offering to God the venom he distils , " Beneath all this a dangerous poison lies ...
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... passing in this man's mind , without experience , whose voice alone is attended to . So far from the angle being the immediate cause of my thinking that a horse is far off when I see it very small , it happens that I see my horse ...
... passing in this man's mind , without experience , whose voice alone is attended to . So far from the angle being the immediate cause of my thinking that a horse is far off when I see it very small , it happens that I see my horse ...
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... pass under- neath the sun , which caused a great eclipse . After- wards , in the ninth hour , they perceived the moon quitting the place which she occupied and return to the opposite side of the diameter . They then took the rules of ...
... pass under- neath the sun , which caused a great eclipse . After- wards , in the ninth hour , they perceived the moon quitting the place which she occupied and return to the opposite side of the diameter . They then took the rules of ...
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... pass for his sister , as Abraham had acted with regard to Sarah and this same king Abimelech forty years before . It is rather astonishing that in this family the wife always passed for the sister when there was anything to be gained ...
... pass for his sister , as Abraham had acted with regard to Sarah and this same king Abimelech forty years before . It is rather astonishing that in this family the wife always passed for the sister when there was anything to be gained ...
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... passing in our own times among Turks , and Africans , and in India , where we go to trade with so much avidity and so little success . We shall learn that it is by no means un- usual to see the santons there absolutely naked , and not ...
... passing in our own times among Turks , and Africans , and in India , where we go to trade with so much avidity and so little success . We shall learn that it is by no means un- usual to see the santons there absolutely naked , and not ...
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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.