A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3J. and H. L. Hunt, 1824 - Philosophy |
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... speaking of the Greeks , does not reckon by the stadia of Greece , and that the heroes of Sesostris only ran four leagues before breakfast . He overwhelms poor abbé Bazin with injurious names , such as no scholar in us or es had ever ...
... speaking of the Greeks , does not reckon by the stadia of Greece , and that the heroes of Sesostris only ran four leagues before breakfast . He overwhelms poor abbé Bazin with injurious names , such as no scholar in us or es had ever ...
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... speak , but of a director of con- science , for that directs all the others : it is the pre- ceptor of human kind ; it knows and teaches all that should be done or omitted in all possible cases . It is clear that it would be very useful ...
... speak , but of a director of con- science , for that directs all the others : it is the pre- ceptor of human kind ; it knows and teaches all that should be done or omitted in all possible cases . It is clear that it would be very useful ...
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... speaking , visible things ; that is to say , the proper and immediate objects of sight . The proper and imme- diate ... speak and to read . The difference is , that the art of seeing is more easy , and that nature is equally mistress of ...
... speaking , visible things ; that is to say , the proper and immediate objects of sight . The proper and imme- diate ... speak and to read . The difference is , that the art of seeing is more easy , and that nature is equally mistress of ...
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... speak with horror and contempt of the christian dogs . The English populace , when they see a man who , by his manner or dress , has the appearance of having been born on the banks of the Seine or of the Loire , commonly call him a ...
... speak with horror and contempt of the christian dogs . The English populace , when they see a man who , by his manner or dress , has the appearance of having been born on the banks of the Seine or of the Loire , commonly call him a ...
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... speak of a natural eclipse which happened on the 24th of November , in the first year of the two hundred and second Olympiad , and not in the fourth year , as Eusebius pretends . Its size at Nicea in Bithynia was only , according to ...
... speak of a natural eclipse which happened on the 24th of November , in the first year of the two hundred and second Olympiad , and not in the fourth year , as Eusebius pretends . Its size at Nicea in Bithynia was only , according to ...
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Page 51 - But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Page 280 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 47 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 133 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 89 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Page 293 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 311 - ... that the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the squares of the sides.
Page 145 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Page 274 - The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.