Dante and the Early AstronomersA. Wingate, 1807 - 359 Seiten |
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... appearance of the graves where the men , who fell in the battle , were buried , I saw nothing worth notice ; therefore , returning almost to Stirling Bridge , and then eastward , I made the best of my way through the Carse of ...
... appearance of the graves where the men , who fell in the battle , were buried , I saw nothing worth notice ; therefore , returning almost to Stirling Bridge , and then eastward , I made the best of my way through the Carse of ...
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... appearance in the evening to pick up and destroy what , during the day , has escaped . Sparrows , and many other little birds , no doubt eat our grain and spoil our fruit , but then in return they pick up and destroy millions 24 TRAVELS ...
... appearance in the evening to pick up and destroy what , during the day , has escaped . Sparrows , and many other little birds , no doubt eat our grain and spoil our fruit , but then in return they pick up and destroy millions 24 TRAVELS ...
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... appearance of pit - coal ; and I have been informed , that if you take a log of wood , burn it to charcoal , and then put weights upon it , and suffer it to continue in that state for years , it becomes impossible for an experienced col ...
... appearance of pit - coal ; and I have been informed , that if you take a log of wood , burn it to charcoal , and then put weights upon it , and suffer it to continue in that state for years , it becomes impossible for an experienced col ...
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... appearance of a small tower about forty feet high ; in the inside of which small tower there runs , through pumps , a stream of water to a cistern on the top , being conveyed hither below ground from an elevation about a mile distant ...
... appearance of a small tower about forty feet high ; in the inside of which small tower there runs , through pumps , a stream of water to a cistern on the top , being conveyed hither below ground from an elevation about a mile distant ...
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... appearance of a sword , but is so long , thick , and heavy , that I am apt to think , strong as Sir John , no doubt , was , this would have been an unwieldy weapon even in his hands . It is absurd to argue as they do here , that ...
... appearance of a sword , but is so long , thick , and heavy , that I am apt to think , strong as Sir John , no doubt , was , this would have been an unwieldy weapon even in his hands . It is absurd to argue as they do here , that ...
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Seite 94 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds ; but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in thq branches thereof.
Seite 554 - Neither is it any quantity of knowledge how great soever that can make the mind of man to swell; for nothing can fill, much less extend, the soul of man, but God and the contemplation of God; and therefore Solomon speaking of the two principal senses of inquisition, the eye and the ear, affirmeth that the eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hearing...
Seite 52 - I beg and entreat of you, dear and special friend, as earnestly as I can, that you would have the goodness to undertake this expedition for the love of me, and to acquit my soul to our Lord and Saviour ; for I have that opinion of your nobleness and loyalty, that, if you undertake it, it cannot fail of success — and I shall die more contented ; but it must be executed as follows : — " I will, that as soon as I shall be dead, you take...
Seite 599 - And it is to be hoped the day is not far distant when the farmers who allow thistles, ragweed, and the like, to seed on their fields, without having attempted to prevent them, will be subjected to a penalty •f.
Seite 365 - I observed two magpies hopping round a gooseberry bush, in a small garden, near a poor-looking house, in a peculiar manner, and flying out and into the bush. I stepped aside to see what they were doing, and found, from the poor man and his wife, that...
Seite 53 - ... you sufficient to perform your journey, as well as for all those whom you may choose to take with you in your train ; you will then deposit your charge at the holy sepulchre of our Lord, where he was buried, since my body cannot go there. You will not be sparing of expense...
Seite 161 - How sweet to stand, when tempests tear the main, On the firm cliff, and mark the seaman's toil ! Not that another's danger soothes the soul, But from such toil how sweet to feel secure...
Seite 53 - All those present began bewailing bitterly; and when the Lord James could speak, he said, 'Gallant and noble king, I return you a hundred thousand thanks for the high honour you do me, and for the valuable and dear treasure with which you...
Seite 106 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Seite 103 - TUNE—" The Boatman." YE gales that gently wave the sea, And please the canny boatman, Bear me frae hence, or bring to me My brave, my bonny Scotman. In haly bands We join'd our hands, Yet may not this discover, While parents rate A large estate, Before a faithful lover. But I...