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الصفحة 11
... means of general signs or characters . Some authors define algebra as the art of resolving mathematical problems ... meaning elsewhere , and is used in criminal proceedings , to signify the absence of the accused with respect to the ...
... means of general signs or characters . Some authors define algebra as the art of resolving mathematical problems ... meaning elsewhere , and is used in criminal proceedings , to signify the absence of the accused with respect to the ...
الصفحة 18
... means that security against danger , which was formerly supposed to come from the use of an amulet . ANAGRAM . A transposition of the letters of a word or sentence , in such a manner as to form an- other . Thus evil is an anagram of ...
... means that security against danger , which was formerly supposed to come from the use of an amulet . ANAGRAM . A transposition of the letters of a word or sentence , in such a manner as to form an- other . Thus evil is an anagram of ...
الصفحة 19
... means to dissect ; more particularly as applied to the human frame . The dissection of other animals , and comparing them with the human body , is call- ed comparative anatomy . The dissection of the human body was but little practised ...
... means to dissect ; more particularly as applied to the human frame . The dissection of other animals , and comparing them with the human body , is call- ed comparative anatomy . The dissection of the human body was but little practised ...
الصفحة 23
... means of which the heat of the body is carried off . The extreme degrees of cold which are constantly endured by the human frame without in- jury are well known , and are to be explained only by this power in the living body to generate ...
... means of which the heat of the body is carried off . The extreme degrees of cold which are constantly endured by the human frame without in- jury are well known , and are to be explained only by this power in the living body to generate ...
الصفحة 24
... means for counteracting it must be very different . Thus , for instance , a pain may be produced by inflammation ; and , in this case , cooling means , lukewarm poultices , sometimes even bleeding and purging , will be proper anodynes ...
... means for counteracting it must be very different . Thus , for instance , a pain may be produced by inflammation ; and , in this case , cooling means , lukewarm poultices , sometimes even bleeding and purging , will be proper anodynes ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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.