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Page 2 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 16 - ... and generally savages. They are of copper complexion, fierce aspect, tall, straight, athletic, and capable of enduring great fatigue. They are hospitable and generous, faithful in their friendships, but implacable in their resentments. Their common occupations are hunting, fishing and war. At the time of the discovery of America, the natives, in some parts, particularly Mexico and Peru, were considerably advanced in civilization. For the most part, they continue a distinct people, and retain...
Page 6 - COMPRISING A description of the Grand Features of Nature ; the Principal Mountains, Rivers, Cataracts, and other Interesting Objects and Natural Curiosities; also of the Chief Cities and Remarkable Edifices and Ruins ; together with a view of the Manners and Customs of different Nations : Illustrated by One Hundred Engravings. Extracts from Reviews, fyc. " We have attentively perused these
Page 34 - Testament; and thus the work will be useful both to beginners and to those persons who may wish to revive their knowledge of Greek, especially of the New Testament; they will also find in this Dictionary all the words occurring in the Septuagint. Every thing has been retrenched that did not coincide with the young scholar's capacity; and he has here given to him what he will notice at present, instead of what he may look for at a more advanced period of his studies; he has here laid before him what...
Page 35 - Besides the professions which make the art of drawing their particular study, anatomists, naturalists, mechanics, travellers, and indeed ail persons of taste and genius, have need of it, to enable them to express their ideas with precision, and make them intelligible to others. Notwithstanding the great utility of this branch of education, it is a lamentable fact, that it...
Page 6 - We have attentively perused these " Sketches," and have no hesitation in saying that we know of no similar work, in which instruction and amusement are so much combined. The accuracy of the statements, the brevity and clearness of the descriptions, the apposite and often beautiful quotations from books of travels and from other works, continually excite and gratify the curiosity of the reader.
Page 32 - Def, The right ascension of any heavenly body is its distance from the first meridian, or that which passes through the first point of Aries, counted on the equinoctial.
Page 16 - Indians are the aborigines, and generally savages. They are of copper complexion, fierce aspect, tall, straight, athletic, and capable of enduring great fatigue. They are hospitable and generous, faithful in their friendships, but implacable in their resentments. Their common occupations are hunting, fishing and war. At the time of the discovery of America, the natives, in some parts, particularly Mexico and Peru, were considerably advanced in civilization. For the most part, they continue a distinct...
Page 11 - The earth is not a perfect sphere, but is flattened at the poles. The equatorial diameter exceeds the polar diameter by upwards of 26 miles.