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... Latin word liber , which means the bark of a tree , was at length employed to signify a book ; and such is also the Greek noun Biblos , from which our canon of scripture is denominated the Bible . Till after the time of the prophet ...
... Latin word liber , which means the bark of a tree , was at length employed to signify a book ; and such is also the Greek noun Biblos , from which our canon of scripture is denominated the Bible . Till after the time of the prophet ...
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... Latin word animalculum , a very small animal . Generally applied to animals too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope . the God of nature . On the head of a 74 SUMMER FLOWERS .
... Latin word animalculum , a very small animal . Generally applied to animals too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope . the God of nature . On the head of a 74 SUMMER FLOWERS .
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... Latin word converus , rising in a circular form . LENS , from the Latin word lens , a bean , is properly a small roundish glass of the figure of a lentile , or small flat kind of bean . The meaning however is now extended . Lenses are ...
... Latin word converus , rising in a circular form . LENS , from the Latin word lens , a bean , is properly a small roundish glass of the figure of a lentile , or small flat kind of bean . The meaning however is now extended . Lenses are ...
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... Latin term for the innermost coat of the eye , on which images of external objects are formed . + MICROSCOPE , from two Greek words , signifying to see small things . TELESCOPE , from two Greek words , signifying to see at a distance ...
... Latin term for the innermost coat of the eye , on which images of external objects are formed . + MICROSCOPE , from two Greek words , signifying to see small things . TELESCOPE , from two Greek words , signifying to see at a distance ...
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... Latin words . In four verses of the au- thorized version of Genesis , which contain about a hundred and thirty words , there are no more than five Latin . In seventy - nine words of Addison , whose perfect taste pre- served him from a ...
... Latin words . In four verses of the au- thorized version of Genesis , which contain about a hundred and thirty words , there are no more than five Latin . In seventy - nine words of Addison , whose perfect taste pre- served him from a ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient Androdus ANIMALCULES animals appear Archbishop of Canterbury beautiful bees Behold beneath Bible burst BYZANTIUM CARDINAL XIMENES cavern chariots Christians clouds coaches Constantine Constantinople CULLED DARDANELLES dark death delight dreams drink earth Emperor enemy English eyes farthing father fear feet fire flowers Galerius Genoa GEORGICS globe gold GOLDEN OPINIONS heart Heaven HELLESPONT honour horses idea ject king kiss of love labour language Latin word light lion live Lord Maximian Maximinus metaphor METONYMY miles mind moon nature neighbour never night NOBLE PARAGRAPHS o'er objects passed passion PETRARCH pleasure Pomegranates Prayer prophet reign rich rocks roll round Saxon Scriptures song soul square miles STAR OF BETHLEHEM stars storm sublime sweet swell SYNECDOCHE tain tear tempests things thou thought thousand tions translation ture Turks VAUCLUSE virtue Vortigern walk whole wind wings writing
Pasajes populares
Página 93 - All murder'd ; for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Página 100 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Página 278 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Página 281 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Página 147 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace.
Página 26 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven: but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in...
Página 16 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Página 10 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Página 146 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.