Excerpt from The American Historical Review, Vol. 2: October, 1896 to July, 1897The introduction of the new body is, I believe, usually attrib uted to Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, but on what authority I know not. Still the reform almost certainly took place in his time, and it was under him the tertias made their reputation. As we have seen, Ferretti, Savorgnano, and Adriano, all writing about 1560, knew nothing of the tertia and still d...
Excerpt from Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in It's Present State of Improvement, Vol. 1 of 5: Describing, in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature, And Shewing, That They All Co-Operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of GodI, molt f humbly prefent them to Your wnoticegingham enabled to do this with the egpfidenee, from the nature of the fub from the manner of the exe cution. ...
Excerpt from Opportunity for the Holy Spirit: Annual Sermon Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Delivered at Providence, R. I., October 3, 1899I. I came. A simple enough statement of fact, but pregnant with mighty truth. Here is a startling use of tense: the thief cometh, I came. The thief is always coming, the struggle is always on, but the Saviour came once. The thief comes this night, and tomorrow, and every nigh...
Excerpt from A Christian Lawyer: A Sketch the Life and Work of Hon. Wappen CurrierA Shaper of Events. Quiet Beneficence. Love for His Church. Interest in Home Missions. Church Work in the South. Denominational Aggressiveness. Quotations from his Writings. Care over Weak Churches. Origin of the National Council. He Introduces the Subject. Southern Association of Illinois. Report of Committee of Illinois State Association in 1867 Dr. J. E. Boy, ...
Excerpt from The Salem Directory, and City Register: Containing Names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Residences, With Lists of City Officers, Banks, Insurance Offices, Societies, &C, Daniel stabler, City Hotel, h 13 Ash Abbot, Elias, boat builder, h 26 Winthrop Abbot, George S. Pedlar, h 35 Broad Abbot, Hannah D. Sem h.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. ...
Excerpt from Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in Its Present State of Improvement, Vol. 3 of 4: Describing, in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature, And Showing That They All Co-Operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of GodFig. 1, p. 151. Fig. 3, p. 264, 298. Fig. 6, p. 257. Fig. 2, p. 232, 234, Fig. 4, p. 248. Fig. 7, p. 244. 240, 273. Fig. 5, p. 259. Fig. 8, p. 261.About the ...
Excerpt from An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Principles of That Useful Science: And Describing the Instruments, Contrived Either to Illustrate the Theory, or Render the Practice Entertaining
IT may be easily perceived by the title of this work, that it is not offered to the public as a finished piece on the subject. To treat of the theory and practice of electricity in the fullest manner, would require a larger treatise, and employ mo...
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Using W. Von Wartburg's critical bibliography of dialect and patois as a key reference, this work brings together examples of words derived from Latin femina, domina, and a few kindred words in the regional and border dialects of France. Adams also considers the descriptive terms for woman and girl in the same territory.
Excerpt from A Christian Lawyer: A Sketch the Life and Work of Hon. Wappen Currier
The reason for the frequent use of the word Congregationalism in this book is the utter impossibility of writing the story of this life without it. It is a part of his life, and he was one of those who have led it out into a larger life. The times have changed. That which fifty years ago meant to the world at large a New England sect is now a gospel of light an...
Excerpt from Opportunity for the Holy Spirit: Annual Sermon Before the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Delivered at Providence, R. I., October 3, 1899
I. I came.' A simple enough statement of fact, but pregnant with mighty truth. Here is a startling use of tense: the thief cometh, I came. The thief is always coming, the struggle is always on, but the Saviour came once. The thief comes this night, and tomorrow, and every n...
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