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... MEASURE AND VALUE . PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . LIFE AND HEALTH . RELIGIOUS THOUGHT . Illustrated from the best and latest Authorities . BY JOHN TIMBS , FSA AUTHOR OF CURIOSITIES OF LONDON , THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN , ETC. LONDON Lockwood ...
... MEASURE AND VALUE . PROGRESS OF SCIENCE . LIFE AND HEALTH . RELIGIOUS THOUGHT . Illustrated from the best and latest Authorities . BY JOHN TIMBS , FSA AUTHOR OF CURIOSITIES OF LONDON , THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN , ETC. LONDON Lockwood ...
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... MEASURE and Value , 146—169 : Numbers descriptive of Distance , -Precocious Mental Calculation , 146.— The Roman Foot , 147. - The Peruvian Quipus , 418. - Distances measured , -Uniformity of Weights and Measures , 149. — Trinity High ...
... MEASURE and Value , 146—169 : Numbers descriptive of Distance , -Precocious Mental Calculation , 146.— The Roman Foot , 147. - The Peruvian Quipus , 418. - Distances measured , -Uniformity of Weights and Measures , 149. — Trinity High ...
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... measure of the wants of another ; and that men , urged by a sense of their own progress , are growing weary of idle talk about the wisdom of their ancestors , and are fast discarding those trite and sleepy maxims which have hitherto ...
... measure of the wants of another ; and that men , urged by a sense of their own progress , are growing weary of idle talk about the wisdom of their ancestors , and are fast discarding those trite and sleepy maxims which have hitherto ...
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... measures of the Tory administration . " Such were the Tories and such were the Whigs of Queen Anne . Can it be doubted that , at the accession of William IV . , Harley and St. John would have been called Whigs ; Somers and Stanhope ...
... measures of the Tory administration . " Such were the Tories and such were the Whigs of Queen Anne . Can it be doubted that , at the accession of William IV . , Harley and St. John would have been called Whigs ; Somers and Stanhope ...
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... measure the words of the demagogue . Upon the very manner of public speaking , too , we imagine that the system of newspaper reporting has had some effect . If we may judge by the very imperfect reports which we have of speeches ...
... measure the words of the demagogue . Upon the very manner of public speaking , too , we imagine that the system of newspaper reporting has had some effect . If we may judge by the very imperfect reports which we have of speeches ...
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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...