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... feet of a very beauti- ful lady ( for such we are assured Hypatia was ) , all greedily swallowing instruction from her mouth , and many of them , doubtless , love from her eyes ; though we are not sure that she ever listened to any ...
... feet of a very beauti- ful lady ( for such we are assured Hypatia was ) , all greedily swallowing instruction from her mouth , and many of them , doubtless , love from her eyes ; though we are not sure that she ever listened to any ...
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... useful , that it ought to be made universal . A stake of about five feet long is to be driven firmly into the ground , and made so fast that it cannot move , and so sharp in G 2 the Jago . Jamaica . to a great height ; and ЈАВ JAC [ 19 ]
... useful , that it ought to be made universal . A stake of about five feet long is to be driven firmly into the ground , and made so fast that it cannot move , and so sharp in G 2 the Jago . Jamaica . to a great height ; and ЈАВ JAC [ 19 ]
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... feet in height . This great chain of rugged rocks defends the south side of the island from those boister- ous north - west winds , which might be fatal to their pro- duce . The streams , though small , supply the inhabi- tants with ...
... feet in height . This great chain of rugged rocks defends the south side of the island from those boister- ous north - west winds , which might be fatal to their pro- duce . The streams , though small , supply the inhabi- tants with ...
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... feet , and the latter six . And as to the variety of their feet , they consist wholly of iambus's , as in the two following ver- ses of Horace : I 5 6 2 3 4 Dim . Inar sit æstuosius Trim . Suis & ipsa Ro \ ma vi \ ribusfruit . Or , a ...
... feet , and the latter six . And as to the variety of their feet , they consist wholly of iambus's , as in the two following ver- ses of Horace : I 5 6 2 3 4 Dim . Inar sit æstuosius Trim . Suis & ipsa Ro \ ma vi \ ribusfruit . Or , a ...
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... feet . A husband can put his wives to a more or less severe death , if they give him the least cause of jealousy , by being seen barely to con- verse with another man , or suffering one to come into their apartment . The dress of the ...
... feet . A husband can put his wives to a more or less severe death , if they give him the least cause of jealousy , by being seen barely to con- verse with another man , or suffering one to come into their apartment . The dress of the ...
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Page 14 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 240 - ... and, then, from all thy, sins, transgressions, and excesses, how enormous soever they may be ; even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the holy see ; and as far as the...
Page 45 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Page 335 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 276 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 131 - Jesuits had obtained the chief direction of the education of youth in every catholic country in Europe. They had become the confessors of almost all its monarchs, a function of no small importance in any reign, but under a weak prince superior even to that of minister.
Page 115 - ... says the humanity of the English law, had the prisoner been of sound memory, he might have alleged something in stay of judgment or execution.
Page 308 - ... no man had stronger likings or aversions. His veracity was indeed, from the most trivial to the most solemn occasions, strict even to severity ; he scorned to embellish a story with fictitious circumstances, which (he used to say) took off from its real value.
Page 278 - In human works, though laboured on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce; Yet serves to second too some other use.
Page 378 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity ; therefore I die in exile...