A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 22Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... covered likewise ; but no part of the theatre of Bacchus , which we have described , was covered except the pros- cenion and circys . The Athenians , being ex- posed to the weather , came usually with great cloaks , to secure them from ...
... covered likewise ; but no part of the theatre of Bacchus , which we have described , was covered except the pros- cenion and circys . The Athenians , being ex- posed to the weather , came usually with great cloaks , to secure them from ...
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... covered with strong cemented bitumen , to prevent the water from penetrating through , which would damage the paintings underneath . At the extremities are boxes con- tinued round within the cornice , well caulked and covered with ...
... covered with strong cemented bitumen , to prevent the water from penetrating through , which would damage the paintings underneath . At the extremities are boxes con- tinued round within the cornice , well caulked and covered with ...
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... covered with their wounded and slain ; when in the heat of the fight , having ventured too far , to give them a total overthrow , the enemy rallied again , pouring three volleys of darts at him , some of which he drew out and returned ...
... covered with their wounded and slain ; when in the heat of the fight , having ventured too far , to give them a total overthrow , the enemy rallied again , pouring three volleys of darts at him , some of which he drew out and returned ...
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... covered with magnificent portals , obelisks decorated with the most beautiful sculpture , forests of columns , and long avenues of colossal statues . The eastern side is distinguished by the temples of Carnac and Luxor , the western by ...
... covered with magnificent portals , obelisks decorated with the most beautiful sculpture , forests of columns , and long avenues of colossal statues . The eastern side is distinguished by the temples of Carnac and Luxor , the western by ...
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... covered with a few slight hieroglyphics , the traveller is astonished to find himself in a long gallery , twelve feet wide and twenty feet high , adorned with sculp- ture , covered with stucco and paintings . The hie- roglyphical ...
... covered with a few slight hieroglyphics , the traveller is astonished to find himself in a long gallery , twelve feet wide and twenty feet high , adorned with sculp- ture , covered with stucco and paintings . The hie- roglyphical ...
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Сторінка 345 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Сторінка 78 - 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.
Сторінка 21 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Сторінка 419 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Сторінка 78 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves thieves and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards liars and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence, and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on...
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Сторінка 39 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Сторінка 29 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Сторінка 58 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...