The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically Arranged;: With Lists of Select Books on Every Important Subject of Learning and Science; Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools, and for Young Persons in GeneralSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813 - 645 Seiten |
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... hand . This was the only sort of writing used by the Mexicans , when Ame- rica was discovered . 2. Hieroglyphic characters may be considered as the second stage in the art of writing . They consist in certain symbols , which are made to ...
... hand . This was the only sort of writing used by the Mexicans , when Ame- rica was discovered . 2. Hieroglyphic characters may be considered as the second stage in the art of writing . They consist in certain symbols , which are made to ...
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... represented sitting on a golden or ivory throne ; in his right hand he grasps his fulmen or thunder- bolt , and in the left he holds his sceptre ; at his feet there is an eagle with wings extended , which is emblematic 64 MYTHOLOGY .
... represented sitting on a golden or ivory throne ; in his right hand he grasps his fulmen or thunder- bolt , and in the left he holds his sceptre ; at his feet there is an eagle with wings extended , which is emblematic 64 MYTHOLOGY .
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... hand . 2. The same figure with two trans verse darts of lightning , and sometimes with wings on each side of it , to denote swiftness . This was given to Jupiter when punishing . 3. A handful of flames which he held up , when inflicting ...
... hand . 2. The same figure with two trans verse darts of lightning , and sometimes with wings on each side of it , to denote swiftness . This was given to Jupiter when punishing . 3. A handful of flames which he held up , when inflicting ...
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... hand , he turns with pincers a thunderbolt on his anvil , for which an eagle waits to convey it to Jupiter , Vulcan also appears black and hardened from the forge , with a fiery red face , whilst at work and tired , and heated after it ...
... hand , he turns with pincers a thunderbolt on his anvil , for which an eagle waits to convey it to Jupiter , Vulcan also appears black and hardened from the forge , with a fiery red face , whilst at work and tired , and heated after it ...
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... hand he holds a bow , which has just discharged an arrow at the serpent Python . The countenance is inexpressibly beautiful . It displays an air of triumph at having destroyed this sea - monster . X. Diana , was the goddess of hunting ...
... hand he holds a bow , which has just discharged an arrow at the serpent Python . The countenance is inexpressibly beautiful . It displays an air of triumph at having destroyed this sea - monster . X. Diana , was the goddess of hunting ...
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Seite 29 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Seite 516 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Seite 40 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
Seite 28 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Seite 553 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
Seite 22 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Seite 26 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Seite 24 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Seite 376 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...