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... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
... distinguished by clearness of intonation , ease , strength , duration , equality , harmoniousness and fulness of the sounds ; whilst natural defects or dis- eases in those organs ( for instance , narrow- ness of the chest , weak lungs ) ...
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... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener , tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken ...
... distinguished at the distance of 150 miles . A year never passes in this province with- out some slight shocks of earthquakes ; and about once in a century , or oftener , tremendous convulsions occur , by which the land has been shaken ...
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... distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven ...
... distinguished with the crown - prince of Prussia , after- scholars , but gave such license to his wit , wards Frederic the Great , who had a that it is said Pope's mother was some- great fondness for French literature . times driven ...
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... the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit , however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy . The 26 VOLTAIRE .
... the first place . He is the worthy rival of Racine and Corneille , and his pieces are still favorites with the French . Notwithstanding his great wit , however , Voltaire was not distinguished in comedy . The 26 VOLTAIRE .
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... distinguished scholars of his country , and , in particular , one of the best historians of Holland . His principal work , De Vaderlandsche Historie vervat- tende de Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden , or History of the United ...
... distinguished scholars of his country , and , in particular , one of the best historians of Holland . His principal work , De Vaderlandsche Historie vervat- tende de Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden , or History of the United ...
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Página 237 - ... had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my gray hairs.
Página 147 - Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them, than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils.
Página 463 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
Página 257 - Descriptive Sketches. In Verse. Taken during a Pedestrian Tour in the Italian, Grison, Swiss, and Savoyard Alps.
Página 475 - Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Página 475 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Página 475 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Página 400 - If we are beaten on the plains, we will retreat to our mountains and defy them. Our resources will increase with our difficulties. Necessity will force us to exertion; until, tired of combating, in vain, against a spirit which victory after victory cannot subdue, your armies will evacuate our soil, and your country retire, an immense loser, from the contest. — No, sir, — we have made up our minds to abide the issue of the approaching struggle; and though much blood may be spilt, we have no doubt...
Página 452 - FORGERY at common law has been defined as "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ;" (a) or, more recently, as " a false making, a making malo animo, of any written instrument, for the purpose of fraud and deceit...
Página 110 - Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.