Chambers's Information for the People, 2. kötetW. & R. Chambers & W.S. Orr, 1849 |
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12. oldal
... period of complete development , follows such a law of continuity , that the accessions of growth diminish regu- larly in amount , in proportion to the age . ' Here , of course , each successive addition of growth is considered Here ...
... period of complete development , follows such a law of continuity , that the accessions of growth diminish regu- larly in amount , in proportion to the age . ' Here , of course , each successive addition of growth is considered Here ...
39. oldal
... period , the builder . He gave the cities great privileges , in order to induce his subjects to live in them , and thus laid the foundation of that power which at a future period contributed most to break down the feudal system . In ...
... period , the builder . He gave the cities great privileges , in order to induce his subjects to live in them , and thus laid the foundation of that power which at a future period contributed most to break down the feudal system . In ...
40. oldal
... period called the Golden Age , in which there prevailed uni- versal peace and loving - kindness , and vice had no exist- ence . Never was there such a period . The farther back we go in history , we find that society was the more rude ...
... period called the Golden Age , in which there prevailed uni- versal peace and loving - kindness , and vice had no exist- ence . Never was there such a period . The farther back we go in history , we find that society was the more rude ...
51. oldal
... period of the decline of the republic , and terminates with the reign of Alexander Severus . Mucius Scævola , the tutor of Cicero , was one of its earliest ornaments ; and it in- cluded the celebrated jurisconsults Paul , Ulpian , Papi ...
... period of the decline of the republic , and terminates with the reign of Alexander Severus . Mucius Scævola , the tutor of Cicero , was one of its earliest ornaments ; and it in- cluded the celebrated jurisconsults Paul , Ulpian , Papi ...
66. oldal
... period , and the Negro states found themselves , after Meroe had ceased to be a religious capital , almost in the same situation as that in which they still continue . The second re- mark on the Negro branch of the human race and its ...
... period , and the Negro states found themselves , after Meroe had ceased to be a religious capital , almost in the same situation as that in which they still continue . The second re- mark on the Negro branch of the human race and its ...
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163. oldal - That the influence of the crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:" and Mr Burke's bill of reform was framed with skill, introduced with eloquence, and supported by numbers.
37. oldal - And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
115. oldal - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
171. oldal - May 1812, the premier, Mr Perceval, was shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, by a man named Bellingham, whom some private losses had rendered insane.
211. oldal - England, that loved and esteemed his own country : 'twas in reply to some of the company that were reviling our climate, and extolling those of Italy and Spain, or at least of France : he said, he thought that was the best climate, where he could be abroad in the air with pleasure, or at least without trouble and inconvenience, the most days of the year, and the most hours of the day ; and this he thought he could be in England, more than in any country he knew of in Europe.
75. oldal - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
120. oldal - A general consternation seized mankind; many relinquished their possessions, and, abandoning their friends and families, hurried with precipitation to the Holy Land, where they imagined that Christ would quickly appear to judge the world...
170. oldal - ... question - a question of no less importance than this: Whether our liberty be still to be secured by the laws of our forefathers, or be to lay at the absolute mercy of a part of our fellow-subjects,' collected together by means which it is not necessary for me to describe.
120. oldal - Jerusalem by assault; and, impelled by a mixture of military and religious rage, they put the numerous garrison and inhabitants to the sword, without distinction. Neither arms defended the valiant, nor submission the timorous; no age or sex was spared; infants on the breast were pierced by the same blow with their mothers, who implored for mercy; even a multitude, to the number of ten thousand persons, who had surrendered themselves prisoners and were promised quarter, were butchered in cold blood...
75. oldal - Damascus was thy merchant In the multitude of the wares of thy making, For the multitude of all riches, In the wine of Helbon and white wool. Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs; Bright iron, cassia and calamus, were in thy market.