A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volumen 22Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... river which rises on the eastern side of Bucks , near Ivinghoe , crosses that county , and falls into the Thames at Dorchester , in Ox- fordshire . THAMES , the most remarkable river in Eng- land , particularly as connected with the com ...
... river which rises on the eastern side of Bucks , near Ivinghoe , crosses that county , and falls into the Thames at Dorchester , in Ox- fordshire . THAMES , the most remarkable river in Eng- land , particularly as connected with the com ...
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... river , in which are mingled horses , chariots , arms , and men , float- ing or sunk , all expressed in the most faithful manner . The hero is represented as carried by his impetuosity beyond the main body of his own army , and ...
... river , in which are mingled horses , chariots , arms , and men , float- ing or sunk , all expressed in the most faithful manner . The hero is represented as carried by his impetuosity beyond the main body of his own army , and ...
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... river of ancient Boeotia , near Tanagra , called also Hæmon . - Strabo 11 . THERMODON Or THERMODOON , a river of Cap- padocia in the country of the Amazons ; running into the Euxine Sea , near Themiscyra . It is now called Termeh . Fr ...
... river of ancient Boeotia , near Tanagra , called also Hæmon . - Strabo 11 . THERMODON Or THERMODOON , a river of Cap- padocia in the country of the Amazons ; running into the Euxine Sea , near Themiscyra . It is now called Termeh . Fr ...
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... rivers Don , Aire , Ouse , and another small river which divides it from the Isle of Axholme , in Lincolnshire . These rivers communicating with each other , and with the Stainforth and Headley canal , pass the end of the town , and ...
... rivers Don , Aire , Ouse , and another small river which divides it from the Isle of Axholme , in Lincolnshire . These rivers communicating with each other , and with the Stainforth and Headley canal , pass the end of the town , and ...
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... river Nen , which is navigable hence up to Northampton , and down to the sea by Wisbeach . There is a bridge here over the river . Two miles distant is Drayton , the seat of his grace the duke of Dorset ; and four miles hence lies ...
... river Nen , which is navigable hence up to Northampton , and down to the sea by Wisbeach . There is a bridge here over the river . Two miles distant is Drayton , the seat of his grace the duke of Dorset ; and four miles hence lies ...
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Página 32 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Página 345 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Página 78 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 21 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 419 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 78 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves thieves and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards liars and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence, and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on...
Página 188 - When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest Son and Heir: Or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife of the King's eldest Son and Heir...
Página 39 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Página 29 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Página 58 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...