The Elements of Useful Knowledge: Comprehending, Among Other Interesting Particulars, Short Systems of Astronomy, Mythology, Chronology, and Rhetoric: With a Brief Account of the Trial and Execution of Louis XVI, and of the Late Transactions in France ...B. Law and Son, 1793 - 333 من الصفحات |
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... alfo called fatellites , and fecondary planets , because they feem to be at- tendants of the Earth , Jupiter , and Saturn , about B 6 which which they move , and which are called primary Saturn ( 11 ) Of the fecondary planets, or moons.
... alfo called fatellites , and fecondary planets , because they feem to be at- tendants of the Earth , Jupiter , and Saturn , about B 6 which which they move , and which are called primary Saturn ( 11 ) Of the fecondary planets, or moons.
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... alfo named Olympius from Olympus , or the hea- ven , wherein he refides . JUNO , the queen of heaven , both the fifter and wife of Jupiter , was born in the island of Samos , where the lived while fhe continued a virgin . She is ...
... alfo named Olympius from Olympus , or the hea- ven , wherein he refides . JUNO , the queen of heaven , both the fifter and wife of Jupiter , was born in the island of Samos , where the lived while fhe continued a virgin . She is ...
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... alfo called Delius , from the fame island , becaufe he was born there . He is called Delphicus from the city Delphi in Boeotia , where he had the moft famous temple in the world . They say that this famous Oracle be- 2 came dumb , at ...
... alfo called Delius , from the fame island , becaufe he was born there . He is called Delphicus from the city Delphi in Boeotia , where he had the moft famous temple in the world . They say that this famous Oracle be- 2 came dumb , at ...
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... earth on fire . Jupiter , to prevent a total conflagration , ftruck Phaeton with thunder from his chariot , and plunged him into the river Po . His fifters , Phæthufa , Lam- D 2 petia petia , and Phoebe , and alfo Cycnus his friend ( 51 )
... earth on fire . Jupiter , to prevent a total conflagration , ftruck Phaeton with thunder from his chariot , and plunged him into the river Po . His fifters , Phæthufa , Lam- D 2 petia petia , and Phoebe , and alfo Cycnus his friend ( 51 )
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... alfo Cycnus his friend , immoderately bewailed his death on the banks of the river ; and by the pity of the gods , his fifters were changed into poplar - trees , and his friend Cycnus into a fwan . CHAP . XXIX . M OF MERCURY . MERCURY ...
... alfo Cycnus his friend , immoderately bewailed his death on the banks of the river ; and by the pity of the gods , his fifters were changed into poplar - trees , and his friend Cycnus into a fwan . CHAP . XXIX . M OF MERCURY . MERCURY ...
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aftronomical againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient anſwer Apollo appear becauſe Cæfar called Capricornus caufe Ceres CHAP Chrift confequently confifting crown CYBELE cycle daugh deftroyed deities died diſtance diſtinguiſhed Dominical Letter eaſt eclipfe England Engliſh epact epocha eſtabliſhed faid fame feconds feven fignifies firft firſt fixed ftars flain flouriſhed folar fome fometimes fubject fuch fuppofed furface fyftem goddeſs gods greateſt Greek heavenly bodies heavens himſelf hiſtory houſe itſelf Julian Julian calendar Julian period Jupiter king laſt leap-year leaſt lord lunar Mars meaſure miles moft months moon moſt motion mount Etna move round muſt Neptune obferved occafioned Oracle paffed perfons philofopher planets Pluto poet prefent prefided publiſhed puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon reprefented rife Roman round the fun Saturn Sextilis ſhe ſhould ſome ſpace ſpeaking ſtars ſtate telef thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thunder tion univerfe uſed Venus weft СНАР
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الصفحة 231 - The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
الصفحة 32 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
الصفحة 218 - Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord: For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
الصفحة 270 - And herein indeed consists the true excellence of the English government, that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. In the legislature, the people are a check upon the nobility, and the nobility a check upon the people, by the mutual privilege of rejecting what the other has resolved ; while the king is a check upon both, which preserves the executive power from encroachments. And this very executive power...
الصفحة 275 - ... of king Henry VIII, and his three children. It can change and create afresh even the constitution of the kingdom and of parliaments themselves; as was done by the act of union...
الصفحة 275 - ... by the Constitution of these kingdoms. All mischiefs and grievances, operations and remedies, that transcend the ordinary course of the laws are within the reach of this extraordinary tribunal.
الصفحة 22 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
الصفحة 280 - ... to exert any power but that of rejecting; they will not permit the least alteration or amendment to be made by the lords to the mode of taxing the people by a money bill; under which appellation are included all bills, by which money is directed to be raised upon the subject, for any purpose or in any shape whatsoever...
الصفحة 281 - This petition (when founded on facts that may be in their nature disputed) is referred to a committee of members, who examine the matter alleged, and accordingly report it to the house ; and then (or otherwise upon the mere petition) leave is given to bring in the bill. In public matters the bill is brought in upon motion made to the house, without any petition at all.
الصفحة 26 - The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other...