The parent's guide to a liberal ... education; containing a selection of questions. [With] Prospectus of the course of education pursued by ... Robert Simson ... at Colebrooke house academy |
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... Italy . What is the name of the burning mountain in Sicily ? Etna . How is Italy separated from Turkey in Europe ? By the Adri- atic . What is the capital of the King of Sardinia's conti- nental dominions ? Turin in Piedmont . What is ...
... Italy . What is the name of the burning mountain in Sicily ? Etna . How is Italy separated from Turkey in Europe ? By the Adri- atic . What is the capital of the King of Sardinia's conti- nental dominions ? Turin in Piedmont . What is ...
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... Italy , Hecla in Iceland , and Esk Mount in Jan Mayen's island . What is the nature of a volcanic eruption ? First of all are heard subterra- nean noises and internal bellowings , with an undula- tory motion of the earth , and often ...
... Italy , Hecla in Iceland , and Esk Mount in Jan Mayen's island . What is the nature of a volcanic eruption ? First of all are heard subterra- nean noises and internal bellowings , with an undula- tory motion of the earth , and often ...
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... Italy , which were reflected to the remotest corners of Europe . What was the distinguishing character of the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries ? The pilgrimages over Europe , and the crusades undertaken against the Saracens . Were ...
... Italy , which were reflected to the remotest corners of Europe . What was the distinguishing character of the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries ? The pilgrimages over Europe , and the crusades undertaken against the Saracens . Were ...
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... Italy , which Torricelli invented after the death of his master Galileo . Who discovered the construction of the air - pump ? Otto Guericke in Germany , and em- ployed it in the investigation of various important pha- nomena . Who first ...
... Italy , which Torricelli invented after the death of his master Galileo . Who discovered the construction of the air - pump ? Otto Guericke in Germany , and em- ployed it in the investigation of various important pha- nomena . Who first ...
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Página 12 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 15 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Página 17 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Página 7 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Página 9 - And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters, which were above the firmament, and it was so. And GOD called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Página 13 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Página 26 - Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambus ; Pes citus ; unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen lambeis, quum senos redderet ictus, Primus ad extremum similis sibi : non ita pridem, Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures, 255 Spondees stabiles in jura paterna recepit Commodus et patiens ; non ut de sede secunda Cederet aut quarta socialiter.
Página 7 - Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness.
Página 105 - To find the area of a trapezoid, multiply half the sum of the parallel sides by the perpendicular distance between them ; the product will be the area.
Página 110 - ... it is so pleasing, that you would give something out of your pocket to obtain it, and would forego some bodily enjoyment for its sake. The pleasure derived from Science is exactly of the like nature, or, rather, it is the very same. For what has just been spoken of is, in fact, Science, which in its most comprehensive sense only means Knowledge, and in its ordinary sense means Knowledge reduced to a System ; that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to be conveniently taught, easily remembered,...