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... ancient Chaldeans stamped or engraved their astronomical observations upon bricks ; and , within a few years , considerable quantities of such bricks have been dug up in the vicinity of Hilleh , the real or supposed site of the ancient ...
... ancient Chaldeans stamped or engraved their astronomical observations upon bricks ; and , within a few years , considerable quantities of such bricks have been dug up in the vicinity of Hilleh , the real or supposed site of the ancient ...
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... ancient Arabic writing , on boards about two feet in length , and six inches in depth . The original manner of writing among the ancient Britons was by cutting the letters with a knife upon sticks , which were most commonly squared ...
... ancient Arabic writing , on boards about two feet in length , and six inches in depth . The original manner of writing among the ancient Britons was by cutting the letters with a knife upon sticks , which were most commonly squared ...
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... ancients divided time into years , months , weeks , days , hours , minutes , and moments , as they divided numbers into units , tens , hundreds , thousands , and tens of thousands , and both with an object . If we commence at the bottom ...
... ancients divided time into years , months , weeks , days , hours , minutes , and moments , as they divided numbers into units , tens , hundreds , thousands , and tens of thousands , and both with an object . If we commence at the bottom ...
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... ancient Romans , than I tread on this hallowed ground ; for , on sitting under a tree , and while listening to the dis- astrous tale of some noble Moorman , who relates to you the ruin of his fortune and his family , to contemplate by ...
... ancient Romans , than I tread on this hallowed ground ; for , on sitting under a tree , and while listening to the dis- astrous tale of some noble Moorman , who relates to you the ruin of his fortune and his family , to contemplate by ...
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... ancient sages are recorded , appear imperish- able ; and , after a lapse of two thousand years , are not without their use to the present generation . Solomon , the wisest of men , to us . whose splendour eclipsed that of all other 35.
... ancient sages are recorded , appear imperish- able ; and , after a lapse of two thousand years , are not without their use to the present generation . Solomon , the wisest of men , to us . whose splendour eclipsed that of all other 35.
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Página 183 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Página 213 - you can do nothing for me." All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory...
Página 102 - For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Página 214 - Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek: and Nelson said, " Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty!
Página 214 - Captain Hardy, some fifty minutes after he had left the cockpit, returned ; and, again taking the hand of his dying friend and commander, congratulated him on having gained a complete victory. How many of the enemy were taken he did not know, as it was impossible to perceive them distinctly ; but fourteen or fifteen at least. " That's well, cried Nelson,
Página 212 - ' I hope not," cried Hardy. "Yes," he replied, "my backbone is shot through." Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the...
Página 92 - I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Página 126 - Talent is power; tact is skill. Talent is weight ; tact is momentum. Talent knows what to do; tact knows how to do it. Talent makes a man respectable ; tact will make him respected. Talent is wealth ; tact is ready money.
Página 212 - It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal. This, however, was concealed from all except Captain Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood he felt momently within his breast, that no human care could avail him, insisted that the surgeon should leave him, and attend to those to whom he might be useful...
Página 212 - Redoutable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent; for, as she carried no flag, there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball fired from her...