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... length , does not mention his conquest of India . That tale , it is probable , was invented in the period between the age of Herodotus and that of Diodorus Siculus , from whom we receive a particular detail of the Indian expedition of ...
... length , does not mention his conquest of India . That tale , it is probable , was invented in the period between the age of Herodotus and that of Diodorus Siculus , from whom we receive a particular detail of the Indian expedition of ...
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... length.— Savary . The same author adds , that the chain - buckets used in Ægypt to disperse the water over the high lands , gave to Ar- chimedes , during his voyage in Ægypt , the idea of his inge- nious screw , which is still in use ...
... length.— Savary . The same author adds , that the chain - buckets used in Ægypt to disperse the water over the high lands , gave to Ar- chimedes , during his voyage in Ægypt , the idea of his inge- nious screw , which is still in use ...
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... lengths of the shadow of the gnomon . It must be observed , in the first place , that this correspondence is the ... length of the shadow is the same for the hours equally distant from the mid - day point . The following is the table ...
... lengths of the shadow of the gnomon . It must be observed , in the first place , that this correspondence is the ... length of the shadow is the same for the hours equally distant from the mid - day point . The following is the table ...
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... length recovered his sight , he assembled all the women , except her whose urine had re- moved thority of Aristotle is of no weight , compared with that of our historian ; and probably , in that writer , instead of Darius , we should ...
... length recovered his sight , he assembled all the women , except her whose urine had re- moved thority of Aristotle is of no weight , compared with that of our historian ; and probably , in that writer , instead of Darius , we should ...
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... the voyage of Paris ; this evidence he has no where retracted . He informs us , that Paris , after va- rious wanderings , at length arrived at Sidon , in Phoenicia ; Phoenicia ; it is in the Bravery of Diomed 202 22 EUTERPE .
... the voyage of Paris ; this evidence he has no where retracted . He informs us , that Paris , after va- rious wanderings , at length arrived at Sidon , in Phoenicia ; Phoenicia ; it is in the Bravery of Diomed 202 22 EUTERPE .
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Page 138 - O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest Heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on Earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind...
Page 164 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Page 436 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 263 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 152 - No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think...
Page 32 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Page 152 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Page 194 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Page 101 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.
Page 227 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I suppos'd, the Holy Land : — But, bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.