Beeton's Dictionary of universal information, comprising geography, history, biography [&c.] by S.O. Beeton & J. Sherer, 第 2 卷 |
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第 388 頁
... carried captive to Babylon 606 B.C. He was brought up at the court of Nebuchadnezzar , subsequently becoming governor of Babylon , and in the reign of Belteshazzar explained the famous writing upon the wall , when the event confirmed ...
... carried captive to Babylon 606 B.C. He was brought up at the court of Nebuchadnezzar , subsequently becoming governor of Babylon , and in the reign of Belteshazzar explained the famous writing upon the wall , when the event confirmed ...
第 391 頁
... carried on entirely by the African system of caravans . The caravan going to Egypt consists often of 2,000 camels ... carry on the war in person , but died in the midst of his preparations , 485 B.C. DARIUS II . , surnamed Ochus , or ...
... carried on entirely by the African system of caravans . The caravan going to Egypt consists often of 2,000 camels ... carry on the war in person , but died in the midst of his preparations , 485 B.C. DARIUS II . , surnamed Ochus , or ...
第 401 頁
... carried , to a great state of perfection , the working of mines . He had an annual income of a quarter of a million sterling . His last years he passed in France and Italy , enjoying the society of learned men , and heaping benefits on ...
... carried , to a great state of perfection , the working of mines . He had an annual income of a quarter of a million sterling . His last years he passed in France and Italy , enjoying the society of learned men , and heaping benefits on ...
第 404 頁
... carried on in silk , cotton , and repairing merchantmen . There are two hospitals hosiery , ribands , lace , porcelain , and spar . There belonging to the corporation or society of the Trinity are , besides , manufactures of iron , lead ...
... carried on in silk , cotton , and repairing merchantmen . There are two hospitals hosiery , ribands , lace , porcelain , and spar . There belonging to the corporation or society of the Trinity are , besides , manufactures of iron , lead ...
第 405 頁
... carried on . Upwards of 2,000 tons of cheese are annually sold out of the county . In the High Peak large numbers of sheep are reared , but they are of a small size . Minerals . Lead , iron , coal , gypsum , lime , and what is so well ...
... carried on . Upwards of 2,000 tons of cheese are annually sold out of the county . In the High Peak large numbers of sheep are reared , but they are of a small size . Minerals . Lead , iron , coal , gypsum , lime , and what is so well ...
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第 547 頁 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
第 559 頁 - I passed among the harmless peasants of Flanders, and among such of the French as were poor enough to be very merry ; for I ever found them sprightly in proportion to their wants. Whenever I approached a peasant's house towards nightfall, I played one of my most merry tunes, and that procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day.
第 537 頁 - It is the hush of night, and all between Thy margin and the mountains, dusk, yet clear, Mellow'd and mingling, yet distinctly seen, Save darken'd Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
第 547 頁 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
第 486 頁 - Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics.
第 608 頁 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
第 547 頁 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
第 683 頁 - Shall I, who even in the morning of my days sought the lowly and sequestered paths of life, the valley and not the mountain, shall I, now my evening is fast approaching, hold myself up as an object for fortune and for fame...
第 397 頁 - He is a middle-sized, spare man, about forty years old, of a brown complexion and darkbrown coloured hair, but wears a wig ; a hooked nose, a sharp chin, grey eyes, and a large mole near his mouth...
第 397 頁 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled, " The Shortest Way with the Dissenters...