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 4
... taken by Ko - ghey founder of the 18th dynafty ; upon which Jin - tfong engaged to pay them an annual tri- bute of 200,000 taels of filver , and 300,000 pieces of filk , in lieu of thefe cities . The fame year Yong - tfi was flain by ...
... taken by Ko - ghey founder of the 18th dynafty ; upon which Jin - tfong engaged to pay them an annual tri- bute of 200,000 taels of filver , and 300,000 pieces of filk , in lieu of thefe cities . The fame year Yong - tfi was flain by ...
Pàgina 8
... taken ; and foon after the Moguls made themselves mafters of the walls and gates of the city . Nevertheless , a Chinese officer , with on- ly 100 foldiers , refolved to fight from street to street . This he did for a long time with the ...
... taken ; and foon after the Moguls made themselves mafters of the walls and gates of the city . Nevertheless , a Chinese officer , with on- ly 100 foldiers , refolved to fight from street to street . This he did for a long time with the ...
Pàgina 9
... taken prifoner , and his generals obliged to furrender blished by his order ; and , in 1282 , he ordered the themselves , with all their forces and veffels . learned men to repair from all parts of the empire , to ex- amine the ftate of ...
... taken prifoner , and his generals obliged to furrender blished by his order ; and , in 1282 , he ordered the themselves , with all their forces and veffels . learned men to repair from all parts of the empire , to ex- amine the ftate of ...
Pàgina 34
... taken up by the guard ; and the day follow- ing they never fail to return a card of thanks to the officer . Their method of drinking tea is not like that of other nations . A fmall quantity of bohea , fufficient to tinge the water and ...
... taken up by the guard ; and the day follow- ing they never fail to return a card of thanks to the officer . Their method of drinking tea is not like that of other nations . A fmall quantity of bohea , fufficient to tinge the water and ...
Pàgina 36
... taken off are preferved in a cage over the gate of the city ; the reft are carefully kept by his friends . Hitherto our author , M. Grofier , has feemed in- difpofition clined to give a favourable idea of the Chinese , and to of the Chi ...
... taken off are preferved in a cage over the gate of the city ; the reft are carefully kept by his friends . Hitherto our author , M. Grofier , has feemed in- difpofition clined to give a favourable idea of the Chinese , and to of the Chi ...
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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.