Pantology: Or, A Systematic Survey of Human Knowledge; Proposing a Classification of All Its Branches and Illustrating Their History, Relations, Uses, and Objects; with a Synopsis of Their Leading Facts and Principles; and a Select Catalogue of Books on All Subjects, Suitable for a Cabinet Library

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Hogan & Thompson, 1841 - Best books - 587 pages
 

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Page 63 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 303 - The squares of the periods of revolution of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.
Page 80 - All bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills.
Page 302 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Page 267 - ... then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first, the quotient will be the fourth term or answer, in the same denomination vj'ilh the third term.
Page 282 - In spherical triangles, the sines of the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. In...
Page 269 - Since the square of a binomial is equal to the square of the first term, plus twice the product of the first term by the second, plus the square of the second...
Page 81 - States provides that the United States shall guaranty to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on the application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 80 - Indian tribes; to fix the standard of weights and measures ; to establish post-offices and post-roads ; to declare war ; to raise and support armies ; to provide and maintain a navy...
Page 77 - Montesquieu, it is founded on the principle, that different nations ought to do each other as much good in peace, and as little...

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