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... TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN , BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON . Fourth Edition , CAREFULLY REVISED AND ENLARGED BY WILLIAM FRANCIS , Ph.D. , F.L.S. , EDITOR OF THE CHEMICAL GAZETTE ; AND J. W. GRIFFITH , M.D. , F.L.S. , LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL ...
... TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN , BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON . Fourth Edition , CAREFULLY REVISED AND ENLARGED BY WILLIAM FRANCIS , Ph.D. , F.L.S. , EDITOR OF THE CHEMICAL GAZETTE ; AND J. W. GRIFFITH , M.D. , F.L.S. , LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL ...
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Johann Beckmann William Francis, John William Griffith. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . THAT the arts had their rise in the East , and that they were conveyed thence to the Greeks , and from them to the Romans , is universally admitted ...
Johann Beckmann William Francis, John William Griffith. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . THAT the arts had their rise in the East , and that they were conveyed thence to the Greeks , and from them to the Romans , is universally admitted ...
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... and engraved the plates in the well - known Nuremberg Chro- nicle . It may be proper here to observe , that the art of engraving on wood were opened for the improvement of science . In proportion b2 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . xi Page.
... and engraved the plates in the well - known Nuremberg Chro- nicle . It may be proper here to observe , that the art of engraving on wood were opened for the improvement of science . In proportion b2 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . xi Page.
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... bearing the date of 1418 , which was discovered at Malines in 1844 , and is now preserved in the public library at Brussels . ] much light on many curious circumstances hitherto buried in oblivion xii TRANSLATOR's preface .
... bearing the date of 1418 , which was discovered at Malines in 1844 , and is now preserved in the public library at Brussels . ] much light on many curious circumstances hitherto buried in oblivion xii TRANSLATOR's preface .
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... translation . The author , indeed , has not in these volumes comprehended every invention and discovery , but he has ... translator might advance in his favour . " I am sensible , " says he , " that many here will find circumstances ...
... translation . The author , indeed , has not in these volumes comprehended every invention and discovery , but he has ... translator might advance in his favour . " I am sensible , " says he , " that many here will find circumstances ...
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Página 37 - From the evidence it would appear that the submergence took place at the end of the fourteenth or the beginning of the fifteenth century.
Página 446 - ... and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Página 468 - Plight (towards the end of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century...
Página 490 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep...
Página 2 - BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON ; BY THE RIGHT HON. JC CROKER. Incorporating his Tour to the Hebrides, and accompanied by the Commentaries of all preceding Editors : with numerous additional Notes and Illustrative Anecdotes ; to which are added. Two Supplementary Volumes of Anecdotes by HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TTKKS, RET^OLUS STEEVKNK, and others.
Página 446 - My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
Página 5 - It is, indeed, a lasting memorial of eminent literary exertion, devoted to a subject of great importance, and one dear, not only to every scholar, but to every reader of intelligence to whom the truth of history is an object of consideration.
Página 138 - About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.