Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 20John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... muft have carried it along with them from E- gypt . 4th , The Arabs received the name kermes , with the dye , from Armenia and Perfia , where it was indigenous , and had been long known ; and that name banifhed the old name in the Eaft ...
... muft have carried it along with them from E- gypt . 4th , The Arabs received the name kermes , with the dye , from Armenia and Perfia , where it was indigenous , and had been long known ; and that name banifhed the old name in the Eaft ...
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... muft Addifon . we pass ! About 8 miles diftant from Naples lies a very noble scene of antiquities . Addison.- Was it but the woman's fear that drew This cruel scene , unjust to love and you ? Prior . 3. Part of a play.- It fhall be fo ...
... muft Addifon . we pass ! About 8 miles diftant from Naples lies a very noble scene of antiquities . Addison.- Was it but the woman's fear that drew This cruel scene , unjust to love and you ? Prior . 3. Part of a play.- It fhall be fo ...
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... muft frequently fting thofe among whom it refides . In fome of the towns of Italy , and in France , in the ci - devant province of Languedoc , it is one of the greatest pests that torment mankind ; but its malignity in Europe is ...
... muft frequently fting thofe among whom it refides . In fome of the towns of Italy , and in France , in the ci - devant province of Languedoc , it is one of the greatest pests that torment mankind ; but its malignity in Europe is ...
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... muft have been befieged if he had kept it . While Bruce and his friends were thus fignalizing them- felves , and ftruggling with the English under fo many disadvantages , they met with many dan- gerous and difficult adventures . Many of ...
... muft have been befieged if he had kept it . While Bruce and his friends were thus fignalizing them- felves , and ftruggling with the English under fo many disadvantages , they met with many dan- gerous and difficult adventures . Many of ...
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... muft have been ftopped , had not their brave leader Wallace put them in mind , that their forefathers had always been defeated in distant fights by the English , and that they ought to truft to their fwords and fpears ; commanding them ...
... muft have been ftopped , had not their brave leader Wallace put them in mind , that their forefathers had always been defeated in distant fights by the English , and that they ought to truft to their fwords and fpears ; commanding them ...
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Page 236 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men : For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 236 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 283 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak ; for it shall be given you in that same hour, what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.
Page 373 - The supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.
Page 253 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 277 - Be ye merciful, that ye may obtain mercy ; forgive, that it may be forgiven unto you ; as...
Page 236 - And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 62 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 46 - ... actions, for the attainment of his own ends; or the signs the mind makes use of, both in the one and the other, and the right ordering of them for its clearer information. All which three...
Page 262 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.