The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volume 6George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton and Company, 1874 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Rome . The first dial constructed at Rome , and adapted to its latitude , is said to have been by the order of Q. Marcius Philip- pius , in 164 B. C. - The sun dial may have many forms , depending upon its position in regard to the sun ...
... Rome . The first dial constructed at Rome , and adapted to its latitude , is said to have been by the order of Q. Marcius Philip- pius , in 164 B. C. - The sun dial may have many forms , depending upon its position in regard to the sun ...
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... Rome , where he was made commander of the city guards . After the assassination of Pertinax , the prætorian guards offered the imperial throne to him who would pay the highest price ; and after a brisk bidding against Sulpicianus , pre ...
... Rome , where he was made commander of the city guards . After the assassination of Pertinax , the prætorian guards offered the imperial throne to him who would pay the highest price ; and after a brisk bidding against Sulpicianus , pre ...
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... Rome , and was recognized by the senate . Deserted by his adherents , Didius was murdered in his palace by a common soldier , having reigned a little more than two months , and Septimius Severus established himself in his place . to the ...
... Rome , and was recognized by the senate . Deserted by his adherents , Didius was murdered in his palace by a common soldier , having reigned a little more than two months , and Septimius Severus established himself in his place . to the ...
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... Rome , born in Nicæa , Bithynia , about A. D. 155 , went to Rome about 180 , where he was made senator . He was afterward appointed to many offices of trust by different emperors , and was twice consul . Having become odious to the ...
... Rome , born in Nicæa , Bithynia , about A. D. 155 , went to Rome about 180 , where he was made senator . He was afterward appointed to many offices of trust by different emperors , and was twice consul . Having become odious to the ...
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... Rome . His settlements upon the Adriatic increased his wealth and strength- ened his power , but they were his last great undertakings , and henceforth he disappears from history . His reign , which lasted 38 years , became milder ...
... Rome . His settlements upon the Adriatic increased his wealth and strength- ened his power , but they were his last great undertakings , and henceforth he disappears from history . His reign , which lasted 38 years , became milder ...
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Page 269 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 131 - An Epistolary Discourse, proving, from the Scriptures and the first Fathers, that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal, but immortalized actually by the pleasure of God, to Punishment, or to Reward, by its Union with the Divine Baptismal Spirit. Wherein is proved, that none have the Power of giving this Divine Immortalizing Spirit, since the Apostles, but only the Bishops.
Page 66 - I commit my soul to the mercy of God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the New Testament in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man's narrow construction of its letter here or there.
Page 107 - I have experienced. I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now ; but the time will come when you will hear me.
Page 241 - THE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. VANITY of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Page 66 - I conjure my friends on no account to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial whatever.
Page 109 - That a district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located as hereafter directed on the river Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Connogochegue, be, and the same is hereby accepted for the permanent seat of the government of the United States.
Page 115 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 107 - Essay on the Literary Character," Vol. II. chap. xxv. He was himself a complete literary character, a man who really passed his life in his library. Even marriage produced no change in these habits ; he rose to enter the chamber where he lived alone with his books, and at night his lamp was ever lit within the same walls.
Page 238 - DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after.