Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volumen6R. Wilks, 1815 |
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... probably coeval with the first establishment of civil societies , and preceded , by many ages , the inventions of let ters , of hieroglyphics , and of every other mode of transmitting to posterity the memory of past transactions . In ...
... probably coeval with the first establishment of civil societies , and preceded , by many ages , the inventions of let ters , of hieroglyphics , and of every other mode of transmitting to posterity the memory of past transactions . In ...
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... probably be buried in long oblivion ? Many centuries might slip away , before the new inhabitants of the globe would again become acquainted with the nature of the compass ; with the arts of painting , printing , or dying ; of making ...
... probably be buried in long oblivion ? Many centuries might slip away , before the new inhabitants of the globe would again become acquainted with the nature of the compass ; with the arts of painting , printing , or dying ; of making ...
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... probably some dependence on chemical principles , but they were then , as they are at present , practised by the several artists without their having any theoretical know- ledge of their respective employments . Nor can we pay much ...
... probably some dependence on chemical principles , but they were then , as they are at present , practised by the several artists without their having any theoretical know- ledge of their respective employments . Nor can we pay much ...
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... probably by the perusal of some Arabic books , which about that time were trans- lated into Latin . These two monks , especially the latter , seem to have as far exceeded the common standard of learning in the age in which they lived ...
... probably by the perusal of some Arabic books , which about that time were trans- lated into Latin . These two monks , especially the latter , seem to have as far exceeded the common standard of learning in the age in which they lived ...
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... probably induced thereto , in consequence of his having been persuaded of the possibility of the transmutation of metals into gold . See his Life , prefixed to the folio edition of his works , p . 83 . the most retired scenes of life ...
... probably induced thereto , in consequence of his having been persuaded of the possibility of the transmutation of metals into gold . See his Life , prefixed to the folio edition of his works , p . 83 . the most retired scenes of life ...
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Página 352 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Página 353 - And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be.
Página 560 - ... would sometimes be in contact, lying on the face, on the side, on the back, top or bottom, so as, on the whole, to give the idea of bones emptied promiscuously from a bag or basket, and covered over with earth, without any attention to their order.
Página 4 - And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
Página 488 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Página 484 - From the place where I now stand, I have a view of a host of people like an army, encamped at the outer gate of the town of Juggernaut; where a guard of soldiers is posted to prevent their entering the town, until they have paid the pilgrim's tax [to the British East Jndia Company].
Página 560 - ... may have been made, they are of considerable notoriety among the Indians: for a party passing, about thirty years ago, through the part of the country where this barrow is, went through the woods directly to it, without any instructions or...
Página 488 - The car moved on a little way, and then stopped. A boy of about twelve years was then brought forth to attempt something yet more lascivious, if peradventure the God would move. The ' child perfected the praise...
Página 8 - None from henceforth shall use to multiply gold or silver, or use the craft of multiplication; and if any the same do, he shall incur the pain of felony.
Página 560 - I proceeded then to make a perpendicular cut through the body of the barrow, that I might examine its internal structure. This passed about three feet from its center, was opened to the former surface of the earth, and was wide enough for a man to walk through and examine its sides. At the bottom, that is, on the level of the circumjacent plain, I found bones; above...