Dante and the Early AstronomersA. Wingate, 1807 - 359 Seiten |
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... perhaps always known even to those who make these their study . Men placed on the elevation of illustrious descent and high rank , of minds naturally erect and noble , and expanded and refined by the arts and sciences , take long and ...
... perhaps always known even to those who make these their study . Men placed on the elevation of illustrious descent and high rank , of minds naturally erect and noble , and expanded and refined by the arts and sciences , take long and ...
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... Perhaps this report may have arisen from this circumstance , that when Mr. Bruce was introduced to his Majesty , it was found that he was a very bad drawer , Indeed he could scarcely draw at all , though the elegant drawings in his ...
... Perhaps this report may have arisen from this circumstance , that when Mr. Bruce was introduced to his Majesty , it was found that he was a very bad drawer , Indeed he could scarcely draw at all , though the elegant drawings in his ...
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... perhaps , another spot of so much import- ance as a military station , so convenient as the seat of government , and at the same time so delightful and inviting a residence for the court . Stirling was a military station in the time of ...
... perhaps , another spot of so much import- ance as a military station , so convenient as the seat of government , and at the same time so delightful and inviting a residence for the court . Stirling was a military station in the time of ...
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... Peru and Mexico , and collected from other parts , perhaps there was , two thousand years ago , as much gold and silver in circulation and in plate , as at pre- sent . But , on this point , to descend from antient 30 TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND .
... Peru and Mexico , and collected from other parts , perhaps there was , two thousand years ago , as much gold and silver in circulation and in plate , as at pre- sent . But , on this point , to descend from antient 30 TRAVELS IN SCOTLAND .
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... perhaps will never be dug up , is said to be immense . Much gold and silver , both in France , Germany , and Italy , has been buried by timorous and covetous people of late , which , owing to those which hid it having fallen in battle ...
... perhaps will never be dug up , is said to be immense . Much gold and silver , both in France , Germany , and Italy , has been buried by timorous and covetous people of late , which , owing to those which hid it having fallen in battle ...
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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...