Studies of Nature, Volume 4J. Mawman, 1809 |
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... governments ; Prus- sians sick of their military despotism , and Poles , of their republican anarchy ; Spaniards of the intolerance of religious opinions , and French- men , of the levity of theirs ; Knights of Malta and Algerines ; the ...
... governments ; Prus- sians sick of their military despotism , and Poles , of their republican anarchy ; Spaniards of the intolerance of religious opinions , and French- men , of the levity of theirs ; Knights of Malta and Algerines ; the ...
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... Government . I published my STUDIES OF NATURE . I have the consolation of believing that I have , in that Work , confuted sundry dangerous errors , and demonstrated some important truths . Their success has procured for me , without ...
... Government . I published my STUDIES OF NATURE . I have the consolation of believing that I have , in that Work , confuted sundry dangerous errors , and demonstrated some important truths . Their success has procured for me , without ...
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... government of Empire , to put on the yoke of his own passions . But the Nations , whose interests he had abandoned , having revolted , chased him from his infamous retreat , and sent him out a vaga bond for his life , having by his ...
... government of Empire , to put on the yoke of his own passions . But the Nations , whose interests he had abandoned , having revolted , chased him from his infamous retreat , and sent him out a vaga bond for his life , having by his ...
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... government and character . Gaul is peopled with a great number of petty Nations , some of which are governed by Kings , others by Chiefs , called Iarles ; but all subjected to the power of the Druids , who unite them all un- der the ...
... government and character . Gaul is peopled with a great number of petty Nations , some of which are governed by Kings , others by Chiefs , called Iarles ; but all subjected to the power of the Druids , who unite them all un- der the ...
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... government of Mankind , give some instruction , " on this subject to a King who never was beyond " the limits of his own Country . Oh ! how sen- " sible I am of the benefit which Kings might de- " rive from travelling . " 66 < c " I ...
... government of Mankind , give some instruction , " on this subject to a King who never was beyond " the limits of his own Country . Oh ! how sen- " sible I am of the benefit which Kings might de- " rive from travelling . " 66 < c " I ...
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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.