Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volum 6 |
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Pàgina 2
... received them from a divine tortoife that carried them on his shell , and delivered them into the hands of Tfang - hie . During this period alfo , mufic , mo- ney , carriages , merchandife , commerce , & c . were in- vented . There are ...
... received them from a divine tortoife that carried them on his shell , and delivered them into the hands of Tfang - hie . During this period alfo , mufic , mo- ney , carriages , merchandife , commerce , & c . were in- vented . There are ...
Pàgina 14
... received opinion that the emperor is the father of the whole empire ; that the governor of a province is the father of that pro- vince ; and that the mandarin who is governor of a city is also the father of that city . This idea is pro ...
... received opinion that the emperor is the father of the whole empire ; that the governor of a province is the father of that pro- vince ; and that the mandarin who is governor of a city is also the father of that city . This idea is pro ...
Pàgina 21
... received in advance . On all the great roads in China there are several offices of this kind , which have a fettled correfpondence with others ; the travellers therefore have only to carry to one of thefe offices a lift of fuch things ...
... received in advance . On all the great roads in China there are several offices of this kind , which have a fettled correfpondence with others ; the travellers therefore have only to carry to one of thefe offices a lift of fuch things ...
Pàgina 28
... received from the Chang - ti ; after which they offered up a facrifice of thanksgiving in honour of them , and performed certain other ceremonies to fhow their refpect . The building contained five feparate halls , appropriated to ...
... received from the Chang - ti ; after which they offered up a facrifice of thanksgiving in honour of them , and performed certain other ceremonies to fhow their refpect . The building contained five feparate halls , appropriated to ...
Pàgina 35
... received , and vi- fits paid . All the family affemble in the evening , and partake of a feaft to which no ftranger is admitted ; though they become a little more fociable on the fol- lowing day . The feast of lanthorns ought to take ...
... received , and vi- fits paid . All the family affemble in the evening , and partake of a feaft to which no ftranger is admitted ; though they become a little more fociable on the fol- lowing day . The feast of lanthorns ought to take ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 361 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pàgina 362 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell...
Pàgina 338 - The directors of such companies, however, being the managers rather of other people's money than of their own, it cannot well be expected that they should watch over it with the same anxious vigilance with which the partners in a private copartnery frequently watch over their own.
Pàgina 250 - Space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them ; and that these primitive Particles being Solids, are incomparably harder than any porous Bodies compounded of them ; even so very hard, as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary Power being able to divide what God himself made one in the first Creation.
Pàgina 185 - A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again, translated from a manuscript written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide, at Grand Cairo: To which are added, Remarks on the Origin of Hieroglyphics, and the Mythology of the ancient Heathens.
Pàgina 338 - ... the governor and company of the Bank of England, or by the governor and company of merchants of Great Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of America...
Pàgina 360 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Pàgina 362 - But sorrow wastes the mournful, O daughter of Toscar ! and their days are few! They fall away, like the flower on which the sun hath looked in his strength after the mildew has passed over it, when its head is heavy with the drops of night.
Pàgina 272 - They have a governor named by the king (or in some proprietary colonies by the proprietor), who is his representative or deputy. They have courts of justice of their own, from whose decisions an appeal lies to the king and council here in England.
Pàgina 18 - God, visiting the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.