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... appeared about the time of the first Olympiad . A history of the gradual for- mation of their poetry cannot be given , because we have only very general ac- counts respecting them . But what we do know justifies us in concluding that be ...
... appeared about the time of the first Olympiad . A history of the gradual for- mation of their poetry cannot be given , because we have only very general ac- counts respecting them . But what we do know justifies us in concluding that be ...
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... appeared , who was not only a strenu- ous antagonist of these Sophists , but open- ed a new career to philosophy itself . It has been justly said of him , that he brought down philosophy from heaven to earth , for he gave it again a ...
... appeared , who was not only a strenu- ous antagonist of these Sophists , but open- ed a new career to philosophy itself . It has been justly said of him , that he brought down philosophy from heaven to earth , for he gave it again a ...
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... appeared as didactic poets - Xenophanes , Parmenides , Emped- ocles ; as epic poets , Pisander and Pany- asis were famous for their Heraclea , and Antimachus for his Thebaid . The epic soon became more and more historical , and lost its ...
... appeared as didactic poets - Xenophanes , Parmenides , Emped- ocles ; as epic poets , Pisander and Pany- asis were famous for their Heraclea , and Antimachus for his Thebaid . The epic soon became more and more historical , and lost its ...
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... appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be regarded as the author of true ... appeared so little in a condition to conquer the Greeks , that it vent excesses , and was generally success- ful ...
... appearance of Polybius of Megalopolis , about the end of this pe- riod , who is to be regarded as the author of true ... appeared so little in a condition to conquer the Greeks , that it vent excesses , and was generally success- ful ...
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... appeared , the peasants burned their villages , collected in bands in the mountains , and continued the guerilla war- fare . * Near Missolonghi , finally , which , from Nov. 7 , 1822 , to the assault of Jan. 6 , 1823 , he had repeatedly ...
... appeared , the peasants burned their villages , collected in bands in the mountains , and continued the guerilla war- fare . * Near Missolonghi , finally , which , from Nov. 7 , 1822 , to the assault of Jan. 6 , 1823 , he had repeatedly ...
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Page 455 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions...
Page 322 - We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
Page 455 - ... to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity.
Page 146 - As the result of his researches, he published a general chart, showing at one view the variation of the compass in all those seas where the English navigators were acquainted.
Page 134 - And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Page 2 - Act, entitled an Act, for the encouragement of Learning, by securing'the copies of Maps,' Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 266 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 455 - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery ; a circumnavigation of charity. Already the benefit of his labour is felt more or less in every country; I hope he will anticipate his final reward, by seeing all its effects fully realized in his own.
Page 206 - They terminate in the capillary vessels (qv'f— a series of extremely minute vessels, which pass over into the veins. The veins are the channels by which the blood passes back from the body into the auricles of the heart.
Page 266 - I had no sooner spoken these words, but a loud though yet gentle noise came from the heavens, for it was like nothing on earth, which did so comfort and cheer me, that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book.