American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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Page 11
... falling of the tides , ( in the South Sea Islands , ) if influenced at all by the moon , appear to be so only in a very small degree . " The height , " says he , " to which the tide rises , varies but a few inches during the whole year ...
... falling of the tides , ( in the South Sea Islands , ) if influenced at all by the moon , appear to be so only in a very small degree . " The height , " says he , " to which the tide rises , varies but a few inches during the whole year ...
Page 25
... fall in with some of the islands to the southward , and to obtain at the European settlements the means of ransoming them- selves . But during their voyage in this crazy boat , they experienced bad weather , lost nearly their whole ...
... fall in with some of the islands to the southward , and to obtain at the European settlements the means of ransoming them- selves . But during their voyage in this crazy boat , they experienced bad weather , lost nearly their whole ...
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... fall of that great and populous city , and the utter subversion of the Jewish polity . Michaelis regards the works of Josephus , from the beginning of Herod's reign to the end of the Jewish Antiquities , as affording the best commentary ...
... fall of that great and populous city , and the utter subversion of the Jewish polity . Michaelis regards the works of Josephus , from the beginning of Herod's reign to the end of the Jewish Antiquities , as affording the best commentary ...
Page 53
... fall of Jerusalem to their own time , a gradual and exact developement of the pro- phecy . One has found in it all the particulars of the life of the apostate Julian ; another , a circumstantial history of the French revolution ; and ...
... fall of Jerusalem to their own time , a gradual and exact developement of the pro- phecy . One has found in it all the particulars of the life of the apostate Julian ; another , a circumstantial history of the French revolution ; and ...
Page 54
... falling into this , as well as into the other extreme . In ordinary cases , a few simple rules , such , for instance , as are given by Ernesti , will enable one to determine whether a single word or phrase is to be taken in a literal ...
... falling into this , as well as into the other extreme . In ordinary cases , a few simple rules , such , for instance , as are given by Ernesti , will enable one to determine whether a single word or phrase is to be taken in a literal ...
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