Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time : Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography, Volumen10Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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... known that the ancients employed a certain reed , the nature of which is not precisely ascer- tained , for writing . The reeds were split , and shaped to a point like our quills . When goose - quills first came into use , or who first ...
... known that the ancients employed a certain reed , the nature of which is not precisely ascer- tained , for writing . The reeds were split , and shaped to a point like our quills . When goose - quills first came into use , or who first ...
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... known ; but , though a beautiful compar- ison , it throws no light upon the question . " Eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither , have entered into the heart of man , the things which God hath prepared for them that love him ...
... known ; but , though a beautiful compar- ison , it throws no light upon the question . " Eye hath not seen , nor ear heard , neither , have entered into the heart of man , the things which God hath prepared for them that love him ...
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... known the true motions of the heavenly bodies , the former re- mained in a confused state . The princi- pal periods of the Greeks were - Meton's lunar period of 19 years , or 6940 days , according to which the Greeks computed their ...
... known the true motions of the heavenly bodies , the former re- mained in a confused state . The princi- pal periods of the Greeks were - Meton's lunar period of 19 years , or 6940 days , according to which the Greeks computed their ...
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... known to us from some fragments preserved by Cicero and Plutarch ; and Demetrius Pha- lereus . ( q . v . ) No one of the philosophical schools of antiquity maintained its influ- ence so long as the peripatetic . Even down to modern ...
... known to us from some fragments preserved by Cicero and Plutarch ; and Demetrius Pha- lereus . ( q . v . ) No one of the philosophical schools of antiquity maintained its influ- ence so long as the peripatetic . Even down to modern ...
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... known by his metallic tractors . These were form- ed by him from a composition which he discovered after numerous experiments with various kinds of metals , during seve- ral years , he having conceived the idea that metallic substances ...
... known by his metallic tractors . These were form- ed by him from a composition which he discovered after numerous experiments with various kinds of metals , during seve- ral years , he having conceived the idea that metallic substances ...
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Página 252 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
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Página 449 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Página 449 - The Grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
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Página 251 - He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am ? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona : for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Página 252 - He saith unto him, the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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