Dante and the Early AstronomersA. Wingate, 1807 - 359 Seiten |
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... particularly large ones ( and Diodorus Siculus tells us that some of them were so large as to contain from three to four thousand men ) had always two helms , or rudders ; one at the stem or prow , and another at the stern ; and ...
... particularly large ones ( and Diodorus Siculus tells us that some of them were so large as to contain from three to four thousand men ) had always two helms , or rudders ; one at the stem or prow , and another at the stern ; and ...
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... particularly clergymen and their families , about the state of their souls . Miss St , animated by the zeal of making con- verts , paid a visit to a neighbouring clergyman dis- tinguished by learning , genius , and every virtue . This ...
... particularly clergymen and their families , about the state of their souls . Miss St , animated by the zeal of making con- verts , paid a visit to a neighbouring clergyman dis- tinguished by learning , genius , and every virtue . This ...
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... particularly about Tillibody , the birth - place and property of the late Sir Ralph Abercrombie , who fell fighting the battles of his country on the banks of the Nile , I could not help admiring the beauty and verdure of the country ...
... particularly about Tillibody , the birth - place and property of the late Sir Ralph Abercrombie , who fell fighting the battles of his country on the banks of the Nile , I could not help admiring the beauty and verdure of the country ...
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... particularly Norway . The term of Picts , Peights ( the name by which they are called among the people of Scotland , who have a world of traditions concerning them at this day ) , Vichts , Wicks , and Wiggans , all literally sig- nify ...
... particularly Norway . The term of Picts , Peights ( the name by which they are called among the people of Scotland , who have a world of traditions concerning them at this day ) , Vichts , Wicks , and Wiggans , all literally sig- nify ...
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... particularly of the catholic religion . The popes encouraged the eman- cipation of slaves , by various indemnifications of a spiritual nature . Whilst at Clackmannan , I went one day into the church - yard to amuse myself with the ...
... particularly of the catholic religion . The popes encouraged the eman- cipation of slaves , by various indemnifications of a spiritual nature . Whilst at Clackmannan , I went one day into the church - yard to amuse myself with the ...
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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...