Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... four kinds . J. Occasional joint trade , where two or more mer- chants agree to employ a certain sum in trade , and divide the gain or loss so soon as the adventure is II . Standing companies , which are generally esta- blished by ...
... four kinds . J. Occasional joint trade , where two or more mer- chants agree to employ a certain sum in trade , and divide the gain or loss so soon as the adventure is II . Standing companies , which are generally esta- blished by ...
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... four , the two first horses sud- denly took fright , opposite to a place where there was no parapet , and threw themselves violently into the Seine ; but the traces luckily giving way , the carriage remained on the brink of the ...
... four , the two first horses sud- denly took fright , opposite to a place where there was no parapet , and threw themselves violently into the Seine ; but the traces luckily giving way , the carriage remained on the brink of the ...
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... four years , and her infant an hour old , she would rather be deprived of the latter than of the former ; but we are not convinced that this would proceed from a less degree of affection to the infant than to the child . She knows that ...
... four years , and her infant an hour old , she would rather be deprived of the latter than of the former ; but we are not convinced that this would proceed from a less degree of affection to the infant than to the child . She knows that ...
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... four : 1. Natural evils , or those to which we are by nature subject as men , and as perishable ani- mals . The greatest of these are , the death of those whom we love , and of ourselves . 2. Those from which we might be exempted by a ...
... four : 1. Natural evils , or those to which we are by nature subject as men , and as perishable ani- mals . The greatest of these are , the death of those whom we love , and of ourselves . 2. Those from which we might be exempted by a ...
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... four in the morning . The moment be heard me he rose , and ren- dering thanks to God , assured me he had not slept so soundly for a long time . We went to prayers ; and in truth his piety and devout frame of mind were worthy of ...
... four in the morning . The moment be heard me he rose , and ren- dering thanks to God , assured me he had not slept so soundly for a long time . We went to prayers ; and in truth his piety and devout frame of mind were worthy of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Seite 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Seite 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Seite 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Seite 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Seite 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...