The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of Entertaining Information, in the Several Departments of Science, Lterature, and Art, Embellished by Several Hundred EngravingsRobert Sears |
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... height , includ- on the west , is the immense structure commonly ing the plinth , is 87 feet . Nothing grander can be called the Temple of the Sun , with its courts . More conceived than the aspect presented by this immense in the ...
... height , includ- on the west , is the immense structure commonly ing the plinth , is 87 feet . Nothing grander can be called the Temple of the Sun , with its courts . More conceived than the aspect presented by this immense in the ...
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... height . At the west end are three of the | enormous length of 63 or 64 feet each . A freestone ist , " when arts and sciences are carried to a pitch quarry still remains open , not far from the city wall , from which these colossal ...
... height . At the west end are three of the | enormous length of 63 or 64 feet each . A freestone ist , " when arts and sciences are carried to a pitch quarry still remains open , not far from the city wall , from which these colossal ...
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... height of splendor as did this of Cæ- sarea , or that exhibits a more awful contrast to its former magnificence , by the present desolate appear- ance of its ruins . Its theatres , once resounding with the shouts of multitudes , echo no ...
... height of splendor as did this of Cæ- sarea , or that exhibits a more awful contrast to its former magnificence , by the present desolate appear- ance of its ruins . Its theatres , once resounding with the shouts of multitudes , echo no ...
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... height of from six to nine feet , their foliage being fine and handsome . When full grown the stalk near to the root frequently attains a size greater than an inch in diameter ; it is surrounded by a hairy clammy substance of a greenish ...
... height of from six to nine feet , their foliage being fine and handsome . When full grown the stalk near to the root frequently attains a size greater than an inch in diameter ; it is surrounded by a hairy clammy substance of a greenish ...
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... height . The whole are then subjected to pressure by means of an iron plate which descends into the press upon the tobac- co , and is connected above with the screw of the press . The tobacco is then removed from the ' mor- tar - press ...
... height . The whole are then subjected to pressure by means of an iron plate which descends into the press upon the tobac- co , and is connected above with the screw of the press . The tobacco is then removed from the ' mor- tar - press ...
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Page 144 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted, our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult, our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne!
Page 459 - The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy...
Page 144 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, — we must fight. I repeat it, sir, — we must fight. An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us. They...
Page 258 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Page 462 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 218 - Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 396 - O! coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Page 265 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 258 - And they rose up and put him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
Page 265 - Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.