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... Invention of Alphabets 350 iii . Antiquity of Writing , and the Claims of different Nations to the Honour of its Invention 363 iv . Instruments for Writing with 383 v . Inks 385 vi . Origin and Progress of Printing 398 III . Imitative ...
... Invention of Alphabets 350 iii . Antiquity of Writing , and the Claims of different Nations to the Honour of its Invention 363 iv . Instruments for Writing with 383 v . Inks 385 vi . Origin and Progress of Printing 398 III . Imitative ...
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... invention is entirely lost : but were all the present inhabitants of the earth , except eight persons , to be destroyed by one sudden calamity , who sees not that most of those serviceable and elegant arts , which at present constitute ...
... invention is entirely lost : but were all the present inhabitants of the earth , except eight persons , to be destroyed by one sudden calamity , who sees not that most of those serviceable and elegant arts , which at present constitute ...
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... invention , bearing a near analogy to the phosphoric matches . we have described in the preceding chapter ; and which may con . sequently be employed for the same purposes , TOUCHWOOD is the common , and we may say generic , name ...
... invention , bearing a near analogy to the phosphoric matches . we have described in the preceding chapter ; and which may con . sequently be employed for the same purposes , TOUCHWOOD is the common , and we may say generic , name ...
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... invention . It appears , however , that before the conquest of Britain by the Romans , glass - houses had been erected in this island , as well as in Gaul , Spain , and Italy . Hence in many parts of the country are to be found annulets ...
... invention . It appears , however , that before the conquest of Britain by the Romans , glass - houses had been erected in this island , as well as in Gaul , Spain , and Italy . Hence in many parts of the country are to be found annulets ...
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... invention of a method of casting very large plates , till then unknown , and scarce practised yet by any but them . selves and the English . That court applied itself with a laudable industry to cultivate and improve the glass ...
... invention of a method of casting very large plates , till then unknown , and scarce practised yet by any but them . selves and the English . That court applied itself with a laudable industry to cultivate and improve the glass ...
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Page 328 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 2 - And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Page 467 - Juggernaut appeared in. view, at a great distance. When the multitude first saw it, they gave a shout, and fell to the ground and worshipped. I have heard nothing to-day but shouts and acclamations by the successive bodies of pilgrims. From the place where I now stand I have a view of a host of people like an army, encamped at the outer gate of the town of Juggernaut ; where a guard of soldiers is posted to prevent their entering the town, until they have paid the pilgrim's tax.
Page 473 - But the voices I now heard, were not those of melody or of joyful acclamation ; for there is no harmony in the praise of Moloch's worshippers. Their number, indeed, brought to my mind the countless multitude of the Revelations ; but their voices gave no tuneful...
Page 328 - And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people : and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Page 329 - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Page 560 - The sculls were so tender, that they generally fell to pieces on being touched. The other bones were stronger. There were some teeth which were judged to be smaller than those of an adult ; a scull, which on a slight view, appeared to be that...
Page 560 - Appearances certainly indicate that it has derived both origin and growth from the accustomary collection of bones, and deposition of them together ; that the first collection had been deposited on the common surface of the earth, a few stones put over it, and then a covering of earth, that the second had been laid on this, had covered more or less of it in proportion to the number of bones, and was then also covered with earth ; and so on.
Page 560 - Upon the whole, the learned bishop remarks, that of the two it appears much more difficult to assign a number and bulk of necessary things to answer the capacity of the ark than to find sufficient room for the several species of animals already known to have been there.
Page 142 - ... till it crystallizes on cooling. Alter the position of every crystal, once at least every day, with a glass rod, that all the faces may be alternately exposed to the action of the liquid ; for the face on which the crystal rests never receives any increase.