Knowledge for the time: a manual of reading, reference and conversationLockwood, 1864 - 294 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... Italian revolution has likewise been successful ; by it the Italian people have gained a better government and have improved their political condition . It was brought about by foreign intervention ; but its success has been mainly ...
... Italian revolution has likewise been successful ; by it the Italian people have gained a better government and have improved their political condition . It was brought about by foreign intervention ; but its success has been mainly ...
Pàgina 20
... Italian league at Treviso against the German invaders under Frederic Barbarossa . John Bonaparte signs a treaty at Constance on behalf of Italy , and writes himself consul , being in fact le premier consul of his race , in 1182. Two ...
... Italian league at Treviso against the German invaders under Frederic Barbarossa . John Bonaparte signs a treaty at Constance on behalf of Italy , and writes himself consul , being in fact le premier consul of his race , in 1182. Two ...
Pàgina 37
... Italy , and Greece , and its members might give a second representation of the famous dinner at Venice mentioned in Voltaire's Candide . - Le Temps . Origin of the Anti - Corn - Law League . The first hint of this great political ...
... Italy , and Greece , and its members might give a second representation of the famous dinner at Venice mentioned in Voltaire's Candide . - Le Temps . Origin of the Anti - Corn - Law League . The first hint of this great political ...
Pàgina 40
... Italian and Hungarian wars . Herschel's words are : " A great and wondrous attempt is making in civilized Europe at the present time - neither more nor less than to stave off , ad infinitum , the tremendous visitation of war . " The ...
... Italian and Hungarian wars . Herschel's words are : " A great and wondrous attempt is making in civilized Europe at the present time - neither more nor less than to stave off , ad infinitum , the tremendous visitation of war . " The ...
Pàgina 52
... Italy . His earliest recollections are bound up with her . He is to this day a carbonaro in his desire for Italian freedom and hatred of Austria . He has not forgotten the kindness and hospitality shown to him when an exile in England ...
... Italy . His earliest recollections are bound up with her . He is to this day a carbonaro in his desire for Italian freedom and hatred of Austria . He has not forgotten the kindness and hospitality shown to him when an exile in England ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 232 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Pàgina 214 - And, instead of this, there is not a moment, of any day of our lives, when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory; and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain it is all done for us, and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Pàgina 154 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.
Pàgina 280 - Calculated alike to profit and to please, they inform the understanding, elevate the affections, and entertain the imagination. Indited under the influence of HIM, to whom all hearts are known, and all events foreknown, they suit mankind in all situations ; grateful as the manna which descended from above, and conformed itself to every palate.
Pàgina 280 - He arose, fresh as the morning, to his task ; the silence of the night invited him to pursue it : and he can truly say, that food and rest were not preferred before it. Every Psalm improved infinitely upon his acquaintance with it, and no one gave him uneasiness but the last; for then he grieved that his work was done.
Pàgina 289 - DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART; comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use.
Pàgina 20 - Let us be masters of the Channel for six hours, and we are masters of the world ! ' Such are Napoleon's own words in a secret letter to Latouche Treville, dated the 2nd of July.
Pàgina 280 - Heroical magnanimity, exquisite justice, grave moderation, exact wisdom, repentance unfeigned, unwearied patience, the mysteries of God, the sufferings of Christ, the terrors of wrath, the comforts of grace, the works of providence over this world, and the promised joys of that world which is to come, all good necessarily to be either known, or done, or had, this one celestial fountain yieldeth.
Pàgina 232 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...