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... fire is made , and these are placed , at different distances , over a very considerable extent of sea . The an- chovies approach these lights , and collect near them in vast multitudes , when the fishermen silently sur- round them with ...
... fire is made , and these are placed , at different distances , over a very considerable extent of sea . The an- chovies approach these lights , and collect near them in vast multitudes , when the fishermen silently sur- round them with ...
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... fire was capable of arresting their pro- gress . He states that cows have been known to be devoured in their stalls by these daring devastators . Smith , in his voyage to Guinea , reports that at Cape Corse the castle was attacked by ...
... fire was capable of arresting their pro- gress . He states that cows have been known to be devoured in their stalls by these daring devastators . Smith , in his voyage to Guinea , reports that at Cape Corse the castle was attacked by ...
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... fire to it , while an eagle , let fly from the top of the building , and mounting in the air with a fire brand , was supposed to convey the soul of the deceased to heaven , and thenceforward he was ranked among the gods . The custom of ...
... fire to it , while an eagle , let fly from the top of the building , and mounting in the air with a fire brand , was supposed to convey the soul of the deceased to heaven , and thenceforward he was ranked among the gods . The custom of ...
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... fire without any sensible alteration . Apy- rous bodies ought to be distinguished from those which are refractory . Refractory substances are those which cannot by violent heat be fused , what- ever other alteration they may sustain ...
... fire without any sensible alteration . Apy- rous bodies ought to be distinguished from those which are refractory . Refractory substances are those which cannot by violent heat be fused , what- ever other alteration they may sustain ...
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... fire . He resided in the highest fire - temple , which was held in the same veneration with them , as the temple of Mec- ca among the Mahomedans . Zoroaster first set- tled it at Balck ; but after the Mahomedans had overrun Persia in ...
... fire . He resided in the highest fire - temple , which was held in the same veneration with them , as the temple of Mec- ca among the Mahomedans . Zoroaster first set- tled it at Balck ; but after the Mahomedans had overrun Persia in ...
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Popular passages
Page 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Page 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Page 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Page 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
Page 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
Page 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
Page 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.