Studies of Nature, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1809 |
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... Constitution of their state is more liable to subversion . Accordingly , the small savage hordes of the New World , reciprocally eat the prisoners taken in war , though the families of the clan live together in the most perfect union ...
... Constitution of their state is more liable to subversion . Accordingly , the small savage hordes of the New World , reciprocally eat the prisoners taken in war , though the families of the clan live together in the most perfect union ...
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... Constitution sanctioned by the King , the august and essential Chief of the Monarchy . Finally , you ought to repose entire confidence in the providence of the Author of Nature , who frequently paves the way , through the midst of ...
... Constitution sanctioned by the King , the august and essential Chief of the Monarchy . Finally , you ought to repose entire confidence in the providence of the Author of Nature , who frequently paves the way , through the midst of ...
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... constitution of the Gauls , it is admitted , granted several unjust prerogatives to the Gaulish Chieftains , and to their Druids , as has been remarked by Cesar ; and it was undoubtedly owing to it's anti - popular defects , that it was ...
... constitution of the Gauls , it is admitted , granted several unjust prerogatives to the Gaulish Chieftains , and to their Druids , as has been remarked by Cesar ; and it was undoubtedly owing to it's anti - popular defects , that it was ...
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... constitution . The Romans were jealous of power , but indifferent to every other object . The Greeks preserved , under their empire , their own Language , their Religion , their Laws and their Manners , of which we still per- ceive some ...
... constitution . The Romans were jealous of power , but indifferent to every other object . The Greeks preserved , under their empire , their own Language , their Religion , their Laws and their Manners , of which we still per- ceive some ...
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... Constitution . The Gauls , simple and ferocious under the Druids , were serious under the grave Romans always governed by Law , and gay under the Franks , the passionate admirers of in- dependence , because , having never enjoyed a good ...
... Constitution . The Gauls , simple and ferocious under the Druids , were serious under the grave Romans always governed by Law , and gay under the Franks , the passionate admirers of in- dependence , because , having never enjoyed a good ...
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Page 459 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Page 459 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Page 454 - Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
Page 459 - Else, when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
Page 459 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 22 - Amor, nec gramina rivis, nec cytiso saturantur apes, nec fronde capellae.' 30 tristis at ille ' tamen cantabitis, Arcades,' inquit, ' montibus haec vestris : soli cantare periti Arcades, o mihi turn quam molliter ossa quiescant, vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores ! atque utinam ex vobis unus vestrique fuissem aut custos gregis aut maturae vinitor uvae...
Page 51 - AH black with smoke, a rocky island stood, The dark Vulcanian land, the region of the god. Here the grim Cyclops ply, in vaults profound, The huge /Eolian forge that thunders round.
Page 60 - Hunc tibi praeterea, spes et solatia nostri, Pallanta adjungam . Sub te tolerare magistro Militiam et grave Martis opus, tua cernere facta, Assuescat, primis et te miretur ab annis.
Page 52 - Tres imbris torti radios, tres nubis aquosae Addiderant ; rutili tres ignis et alitis austri : Fulgores nunc terrificos, sonitumque, metumque Miscebant operi, flammisque sequacibus iras.
Page 53 - Capacious of the whole Rutulian war, Some, orb in orb, the blazing buckler frame ; Some with huge bellows rouze the roaring flame : Some in the ftream the hiffing metals drown'd ; 605 ' From vault to vault the thund'ring ftrokes rebound, And the deep caves rebellow to the found.