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... Greek , and the teachers de- clared to his father that he was only fit for a mechanic . The father sent him to a shoemaker ; but the physician Rothmann , having discovered talents in the boy , in- duced his parents to let him study . As ...
... Greek , and the teachers de- clared to his father that he was only fit for a mechanic . The father sent him to a shoemaker ; but the physician Rothmann , having discovered talents in the boy , in- duced his parents to let him study . As ...
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... Greek Aravia , suppli- cation , prayer ) ; a form of prayer or song , used on occasions of public calamity , first introduced , according to Zonaras and Ni- cephorus , by Proclus , about the year 446 , at Constantinople , in the reign ...
... Greek Aravia , suppli- cation , prayer ) ; a form of prayer or song , used on occasions of public calamity , first introduced , according to Zonaras and Ni- cephorus , by Proclus , about the year 446 , at Constantinople , in the reign ...
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... ( Greek , Aarovoyta ) ; the office of the Aarovoyot . These were persons in Athens , of considerable estates , who were ordered by their own tribe , or by the whole people , to perform some public duty , or sup- ply the commonwealth with ...
... ( Greek , Aarovoyta ) ; the office of the Aarovoyot . These were persons in Athens , of considerable estates , who were ordered by their own tribe , or by the whole people , to perform some public duty , or sup- ply the commonwealth with ...
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... Greek church - those of Basil , of Chrysostom , and of the Presanctified . They are used in all the Greek churches subject to the patriarch of Constantinople ; also in the countries originally converted by the Greeks , as Russia ...
... Greek church - those of Basil , of Chrysostom , and of the Presanctified . They are used in all the Greek churches subject to the patriarch of Constantinople ; also in the countries originally converted by the Greeks , as Russia ...
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... Greeks . The name is derived from the town of Livadia ( or Lebadia ; 2000 houses and 6000 inhabitants ) . The ... Greek revolution , several decisive battles were fought in this part of the country , the most bloody near the town ...
... Greeks . The name is derived from the town of Livadia ( or Lebadia ; 2000 houses and 6000 inhabitants ) . The ... Greek revolution , several decisive battles were fought in this part of the country , the most bloody near the town ...
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Página 368 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Página 333 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Página 487 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.
Página 240 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Página 309 - States, but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself...
Página 370 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Página 427 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 75 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Página 370 - To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts.
Página 345 - Arnold, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of BA in 1846.