The Monthly Repository, and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volumen 2Francis S. Wiggins, 1832 |
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... distance the work will be regularly for- warded by mail or otherwise , as they may direct , at their ex- pense and risk . The safe transmission of all numbers paid for in advance will be guaranteed : but no payment will be con- sidered ...
... distance the work will be regularly for- warded by mail or otherwise , as they may direct , at their ex- pense and risk . The safe transmission of all numbers paid for in advance will be guaranteed : but no payment will be con- sidered ...
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rays , rendered the buildings in the Acropolis visible at the distance of fifteen miles . The reflected light gave them a white appearance . The Parthenon appeared first above a long chain of hills in the front . Presently , says Dr ...
rays , rendered the buildings in the Acropolis visible at the distance of fifteen miles . The reflected light gave them a white appearance . The Parthenon appeared first above a long chain of hills in the front . Presently , says Dr ...
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... distance of forty miles cannot be distinctly perceived ; the only view which would be satisfactory would be , that which is comprehended within the range of three or four miles from the spectator . ( To be continued . ) CIRCLE OF THE ...
... distance of forty miles cannot be distinctly perceived ; the only view which would be satisfactory would be , that which is comprehended within the range of three or four miles from the spectator . ( To be continued . ) CIRCLE OF THE ...
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... distance of a hun- dred and fifty millions of miles from the Sun. His near- at distance from the Earth is about fifty - five millions of miles , and he shines with different degrees of lustre , ac- cording to his proximity to or ...
... distance of a hun- dred and fifty millions of miles from the Sun. His near- at distance from the Earth is about fifty - five millions of miles , and he shines with different degrees of lustre , ac- cording to his proximity to or ...
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... distance of four hundred and ninety - six millions of miles from the Sun , and four hundred and one millions of miles from the Earth , at his least distance . The diameter of his orbit is near one thousand millions of miles , and the ...
... distance of four hundred and ninety - six millions of miles from the Sun , and four hundred and one millions of miles from the Earth , at his least distance . The diameter of his orbit is near one thousand millions of miles , and the ...
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Página 79 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Página 79 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Página 264 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Página 290 - Temple of it ;" — that city from above, which hath " no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it ; for the glory of God doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Página 54 - Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers, That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear thee to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount?
Página 201 - ... to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught: then with useful and generous labours preserving...
Página 395 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Página 29 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Página 310 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Página 72 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ...