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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... head crowned with towers , and is the goddess of cities , garrisons , and all things that the earth fuftains . In her hand fhe carries a key , because in winter the earth locks up her treasures , which in the spring the unloofes ...
... head crowned with towers , and is the goddess of cities , garrisons , and all things that the earth fuftains . In her hand fhe carries a key , because in winter the earth locks up her treasures , which in the spring the unloofes ...
الصفحة 49
... head . She was mother of Vulcan , Mars and Hebe . Iris was her fervant and peculiar meffenger . Be caufe of her swiftnefs , fhe is painted with wings , fitting on a rainbow . It was her office to unloose the fouls of dying women from ...
... head . She was mother of Vulcan , Mars and Hebe . Iris was her fervant and peculiar meffenger . Be caufe of her swiftnefs , fhe is painted with wings , fitting on a rainbow . It was her office to unloose the fouls of dying women from ...
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... head - piece , and on it glittering crests ; a brazen coat of mail covers her breast ; fhe bran dishes a lance in her right hand , and in her left holds a fhield , whereon is painted the grifly head of Medufa , one of the Gorgons ...
... head - piece , and on it glittering crests ; a brazen coat of mail covers her breast ; fhe bran dishes a lance in her right hand , and in her left holds a fhield , whereon is painted the grifly head of Medufa , one of the Gorgons ...
الصفحة 59
... polish- ing iron . JANUS , the fon of Calus and Hecate , had a double face and forehead in one and the fame head . Hence he got the name of the two - faced god , and Ꭰ 6 was was faid to see things placed behind his back , ( 59 )
... polish- ing iron . JANUS , the fon of Calus and Hecate , had a double face and forehead in one and the fame head . Hence he got the name of the two - faced god , and Ꭰ 6 was was faid to see things placed behind his back , ( 59 )
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... head - piece . PROSERPINE is queen of hell , the infernal Juno , and wife of Pluto . She was daughter of Jupiter and Ceres . When none of the goddeffes would marry Pluto , because of his deformity , the god being vexed that he was ...
... head - piece . PROSERPINE is queen of hell , the infernal Juno , and wife of Pluto . She was daughter of Jupiter and Ceres . When none of the goddeffes would marry Pluto , because of his deformity , the god being vexed that he was ...
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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...