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... supposed to be inculcated , and particularly so in those who have the instruction of youth . Learning has shed abroad , upon all nations , its divine influence , and softened even the manners of savages . Cadmus , king of Thebes , by ...
... supposed to be inculcated , and particularly so in those who have the instruction of youth . Learning has shed abroad , upon all nations , its divine influence , and softened even the manners of savages . Cadmus , king of Thebes , by ...
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... supposed abode of the muses . 16 And chiefly thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer , Before all temples th'upright heart and pure . God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth . John iv . 24 . 34 Th ...
... supposed abode of the muses . 16 And chiefly thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer , Before all temples th'upright heart and pure . God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth . John iv . 24 . 34 Th ...
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... with vineyards . The poets supposed , that Jupiter had confined the giants under this mountain . It was the forge of Vulcan , where his servants , the Cyclops , fabri- cated thunderbolts . 288 The Tuscan artist . Galileo was born at Pisa 6.
... with vineyards . The poets supposed , that Jupiter had confined the giants under this mountain . It was the forge of Vulcan , where his servants , the Cyclops , fabri- cated thunderbolts . 288 The Tuscan artist . Galileo was born at Pisa 6.
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... but modern travellers speak only of two . The Danube was generally supposed to be the northern boundary of the Roman empire in Europe ; and therefore several castles were x B erected on its banks , to check the incursions of 9.
... but modern travellers speak only of two . The Danube was generally supposed to be the northern boundary of the Roman empire in Europe ; and therefore several castles were x B erected on its banks , to check the incursions of 9.
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... in lamentation of Adonis . We had the fortune to see , what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river , viz .: that this C stream , at certain seasons of the year , especially 17.
... in lamentation of Adonis . We had the fortune to see , what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river , viz .: that this C stream , at certain seasons of the year , especially 17.
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