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... observed that one of his legs was quite stiff , and that he could not bend the knee at all . I told him that , if his sister took the washing , it should be on the express con- dition that he carried none of the water ; for that I would ...
... observed that one of his legs was quite stiff , and that he could not bend the knee at all . I told him that , if his sister took the washing , it should be on the express con- dition that he carried none of the water ; for that I would ...
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... observations to the motions of the heavenly bodies , and making new discoveries in our celestial globe , the latter was devoting his attention to the study of sublunar things , and pur- suing inventions which were to change materially ...
... observations to the motions of the heavenly bodies , and making new discoveries in our celestial globe , the latter was devoting his attention to the study of sublunar things , and pur- suing inventions which were to change materially ...
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... observe what his son was doing with the chalk ; and the gentleman , bending over the hearth , found the boy had drawn mathematical figures there , and was trying to solve a problem . He had been taught to read , but he seldom learnt ...
... observe what his son was doing with the chalk ; and the gentleman , bending over the hearth , found the boy had drawn mathematical figures there , and was trying to solve a problem . He had been taught to read , but he seldom learnt ...
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... observe , that the Marquis of Worcester was himself a lover of the pursuits to which the unfortunate Frenchman fell a victim . The follow-- ing is an extract from the letter referred to : — " I have been doing the honours of Paris to ...
... observe , that the Marquis of Worcester was himself a lover of the pursuits to which the unfortunate Frenchman fell a victim . The follow-- ing is an extract from the letter referred to : — " I have been doing the honours of Paris to ...
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... observations led him to make a variety of experiments upon steam . In the University he had witnessed the experi- ments on heat made by Professor Black , and had learned from him the true cause of evaporation and condensation . When ...
... observations led him to make a variety of experiments upon steam . In the University he had witnessed the experi- ments on heat made by Professor Black , and had learned from him the true cause of evaporation and condensation . When ...
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Page 264 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 236 - I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Page 178 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Page 2 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 134 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 2 - I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Page 95 - 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.
Page 291 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of great and small cattle, above all that were in Jerusalem before me. I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings ; and of the provinces I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts ; so I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Page 601 - And the man of God said, Where fell it ? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.