Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, 11. kötet1845 |
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3. oldal
... means of defence as suggested themselves to his unpractised mind ; marching the several Cohorts , amid the execrations and laughter of the People , from the Camp to the ground where they were wont to exercise , and from that ground back ...
... means of defence as suggested themselves to his unpractised mind ; marching the several Cohorts , amid the execrations and laughter of the People , from the Camp to the ground where they were wont to exercise , and from that ground back ...
5. oldal
... means of assassination ; and to have employed for this purpose a Centurion named Aquilius , who had already given proofs of his talent by the murder of several Senators . But the decrees of the Senate and the arts of the asas- sin were ...
... means of assassination ; and to have employed for this purpose a Centurion named Aquilius , who had already given proofs of his talent by the murder of several Senators . But the decrees of the Senate and the arts of the asas- sin were ...
14. oldal
... means for forming a correct judgment , does not give so favourable an opinion of this Imperial autobiography ; insinuating that Severus has not , on all occasions , paid the strictest regard to truth , and that in his attempts to ...
... means for forming a correct judgment , does not give so favourable an opinion of this Imperial autobiography ; insinuating that Severus has not , on all occasions , paid the strictest regard to truth , and that in his attempts to ...
15. oldal
... means less scrupulous . He solicited an interview with his brother in the chamber of their common parent ; where , by the hands of assassins , whom he had con- Geta is cealed for the purpose , he put him to death , notwith- murdered ...
... means less scrupulous . He solicited an interview with his brother in the chamber of their common parent ; where , by the hands of assassins , whom he had con- Geta is cealed for the purpose , he put him to death , notwith- murdered ...
20. oldal
... means . Biography . From A. D. 217 to 218 . Ir has been already stated , that the death of Caracalla proceeded from the fears and ambition of Macrinus . An African Soothsayer , impelled either by malice or by * Damnati sunt eo tempore ...
... means . Biography . From A. D. 217 to 218 . Ir has been already stated , that the death of Caracalla proceeded from the fears and ambition of Macrinus . An African Soothsayer , impelled either by malice or by * Damnati sunt eo tempore ...
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158. oldal - And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall live.
109. oldal - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
149. oldal - Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee ? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth : and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
149. oldal - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
217. oldal - Heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The moon suspended her serener lamp; Ere mountains, woods, or streams adorn'd the globe, Or Wisdom taught the sons of men her lore; Then lived the Almighty One...
217. oldal - Almighty One : then, deep retired In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant sun, the moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And Wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till, in time complete, What he admired and loved, his vital smile Unfolded into being.
166. oldal - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
166. oldal - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
159. oldal - But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God : this did not Abraham.
173. oldal - As the vicissitudes of tides are scarcely felt in those seas, the constant depth of the harbor allows goods to be landed on the quays without the assistance of boats; and it has been observed that in many places the largest vessels may rest their prows against the houses, while their sterns are floating in the water.