The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with Large Additions, المجلد 15Harry Thurston Peck Dodd, Mead, 1898 |
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الصفحة 37 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of any thing else, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
الصفحة 444 - About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
الصفحة 224 - It is, I think, agreed by all, that distance of itself, and immediately, cannot be seen. For distance being a line directed end-wise to the eye, it projects only one point in the fund of the eye. Which point remains invariably the same, whether the distance be longer or shorter.
الصفحة 352 - I feel myself going ; I thank you for your attentions ; but I pray you to take no more trouble about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long.
الصفحة 305 - The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little. Serious business was a trifle to him, and trifles were his serious business.
الصفحة 298 - VINCENT, a British musician and composer of operas, was born at Waterford, of Scotch parents, June 1, 1814. He early attained proficiency as a performer on the pianoforte and violin — his performances on the latter instrument bringing him under the notice of Paganini After being for some years leader of the orchestra of a Dublin theatre, he emigrated to Australia, where he lived for a considerable time in the bush, and then suddenly appeared in Sydney as a musician, and gave concerts in Australia,...
الصفحة 6 - Trimurti, qv), to show that this Supreme Spirit is the creator of the world ; that the world has no reality if thought of besides Brahman, and that the human soul is identical in nature with that same Spirit whence it emanates. The reward the Upanishads hold out to the believer, who understands their 'doctrine, and firmly adheres to it, is freedom from Transmigration (qv), and consequent eternal bliss. The object and aim of the Upanishads are therefore the same as those propounded in the philosophical...
الصفحة 400 - House, by a detail of the sums granted for the several services, that the amount of' these sums will be a sufficient justification, in point of quantity, to the Committee of Ways and Means to adopt such measures and impose such taxes as shall then be recommended. Such resolutions as are agreed to are adopted and embodied in bills, and in due time Decomelaw.
الصفحة 310 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
الصفحة 91 - Atharva is the multitude of incantations which it contains ; these are pronounced either by the person who is himself to be benefited, or more often by the sorcerer for him, and are directed to the procuring of the greatest variety of desirable ends ; most frequently perhaps long life or recovery from grievous sickness is the object sought ; then a talisman, such as a necklace, is sometimes given, or in very numerous cases some plant endowed with marvellous virtues is to be the immediate external...