Timethrift; or, All hours turned to good account, conducted by mrs. WarrenMrs. Warren (Eliza) 1751 |
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... BABYLON ANECDOTES 18 23 15 USEFUL KNOWLEDGE . 25 Problem I. - White to give Check- mate in two moves MARY TREWEEK . - A Tale . By THETA THE EPICURE 28 30 17 EXHIBITION CHAT 32 WATCH - POCKET . TOILET COVER . ILLUSTRATIONS . BASKET ...
... BABYLON ANECDOTES 18 23 15 USEFUL KNOWLEDGE . 25 Problem I. - White to give Check- mate in two moves MARY TREWEEK . - A Tale . By THETA THE EPICURE 28 30 17 EXHIBITION CHAT 32 WATCH - POCKET . TOILET COVER . ILLUSTRATIONS . BASKET ...
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... BABYLON . * BABEL , or Babylon , is the first city of which we have any mention after the flood ; accord- ing to the Bible , it was placed in the land of Shinar , and was the beginning of the king- dom of Nimrod , or Nimrúd , " the ...
... BABYLON . * BABEL , or Babylon , is the first city of which we have any mention after the flood ; accord- ing to the Bible , it was placed in the land of Shinar , and was the beginning of the king- dom of Nimrod , or Nimrúd , " the ...
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... Babylon ; and consequent dispersion of the people , and that each city was , in its turn , dominant there is a gap in the Babylonian his- or subject , according to the valour or weakness of its princes . It was probably the earliest ...
... Babylon ; and consequent dispersion of the people , and that each city was , in its turn , dominant there is a gap in the Babylonian his- or subject , according to the valour or weakness of its princes . It was probably the earliest ...
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... Babylon freighted with merchandise , but chiefly with casks of palm wine , were of singular form and construction ; they were made of leather , and circular . The ribs were cut out of wil- lows that grew in Armenia , above Babylon , and ...
... Babylon freighted with merchandise , but chiefly with casks of palm wine , were of singular form and construction ; they were made of leather , and circular . The ribs were cut out of wil- lows that grew in Armenia , above Babylon , and ...
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... Babylon was so renowned of old , are due to him or to his queen . It was at this time , and in this reign , that the great city of Babylon became the mistress of the East , and " the Lady of Kingdoms . " Upon the return of ...
... Babylon was so renowned of old , are due to him or to his queen . It was at this time , and in this reign , that the great city of Babylon became the mistress of the East , and " the Lady of Kingdoms . " Upon the return of ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 19 - But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Página 71 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs : but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...
Página 21 - I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children :" but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children...
Página 21 - Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: And mischief shall fall upon thee ; thou shalt not be able to put it off: And desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Página 41 - Puschman's song, As the old man gray and dove-like, with his great beard white and long. And at night the swart mechanic comes to drown his cark and care, Quaffing ale from pewter tankards, in the master's antique chair. Vanished is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eye Wave these mingling shapes and figures, like a faded tapestry.
Página 17 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 20 - One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end...
Página 19 - By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 40 - Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng...
Página 21 - That is indeed but little for a man to get, who does best that which so many endeavour to do. There is nothing, I think, in which the power of art is shown so much as in playing on the fiddle. In all other things we can do something at first. Any man will forge a bar of iron, if you give him a hammer ; not so well as a smith, but tolerably. A man will saw a piece of wood, and make a box, though a clumsy one ; but give him a fiddle and a fiddle-stick, and he can do nothing.