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... ancient Etolia ) . Surrounded by morasses , Missolonghi is situated on an alluvial tongue of land , on a shallow bay , west of the entrance of the gulf of Patras and of the outlet of the Evenus ( now the Fidaris ) , and east of the ...
... ancient Etolia ) . Surrounded by morasses , Missolonghi is situated on an alluvial tongue of land , on a shallow bay , west of the entrance of the gulf of Patras and of the outlet of the Evenus ( now the Fidaris ) , and east of the ...
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... ancient Persian kings . See Infula . MITTAU ( in Lettonian , Jelgava ) ; a city of Russia ; chief city of the government of Mittau ( see Courland ) , lat . 56 ° 39 ' N .; lon . 23 ° 43 ′ E. It is situated in a low and marshy country ...
... ancient Persian kings . See Infula . MITTAU ( in Lettonian , Jelgava ) ; a city of Russia ; chief city of the government of Mittau ( see Courland ) , lat . 56 ° 39 ' N .; lon . 23 ° 43 ′ E. It is situated in a low and marshy country ...
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... ancient mnemonics , the schoolmen used the tabellary method . Conrad Celtes , in the fifteenth century , and Schenkel , in the sixteenth , re - established the ancient system . In modern times , several scholars have given much ...
... ancient mnemonics , the schoolmen used the tabellary method . Conrad Celtes , in the fifteenth century , and Schenkel , in the sixteenth , re - established the ancient system . In modern times , several scholars have given much ...
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... ancient Dacians , whose country they occupy , of Roman colonists , and of the Sclavonians , who con- quered Moldavia . The following cut represents the costume of a male and female . Their language is a corrupt Latin , mixed with ...
... ancient Dacians , whose country they occupy , of Roman colonists , and of the Sclavonians , who con- quered Moldavia . The following cut represents the costume of a male and female . Their language is a corrupt Latin , mixed with ...
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... ancient Oriental philosophy , whose ten- dency to a contemplative life , aspiring to shake off the fetters of the body and sense , gave to retire- ment from the world the charm of a peculiar sanc- tity . To this was added the opinion ...
... ancient Oriental philosophy , whose ten- dency to a contemplative life , aspiring to shake off the fetters of the body and sense , gave to retire- ment from the world the charm of a peculiar sanc- tity . To this was added the opinion ...
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Page 197 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 321 - And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 317 - At the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century, society was in a state of excitement.
Page 223 - Francis' tavern ; soon after which their beloved commander entered the room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 197 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 65 - The more ancient Maygame and morris consisted of the following characters: Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, the queen or lady of the May, the fool, the piper, and several dancers, variously habited.
Page 5 - Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Page 315 - so well defined, that I could distinguish, by a telescope, every sail, the general rig of the ship, and its particular character, insomuch that I confidently pronounced it to be my father's ship, the Fame, — which it afterwards proved to be, — though, on comparing notes with my father, I found that our relative position, at the time, gave our distance from one another very nearly thirty miles, being about seventeen miles beyond the horizon, and some leagues beyond the limit of direct vision...
Page 133 - ... and took chambers in the Temple. Here he devoted himself entirely to pleasure and fashion ; and when king William visited the Inn, he was chosen as master of the pageant with which it was customary to welcome the monarch.
Page 303 - Their gestures were frightful; those who were completely under the influence of the opium talked incoherently ; their features were flushed ; their eyes had an unnatural brilliancy, and the general expression of their countenances was horribly wild. The effect is usually produced in two hours, and lasts four or five ; the dose varies from three grains to a drachm. I saw one old man take four pills, of six grains each, in the course of two hours ; I was told he had been using opium for...