Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 21John Brown, 1816 |
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... Milton . finged the toes of an ape through a burning- glass . L'Etrange Thus riding on his curls , he feem'd to pafs A rolling fire along , and finge the grass . Dryd . ( . ) SINGER . n . f . [ from fing ] One that fings ; one whofe ...
... Milton . finged the toes of an ape through a burning- glass . L'Etrange Thus riding on his curls , he feem'd to pafs A rolling fire along , and finge the grass . Dryd . ( . ) SINGER . n . f . [ from fing ] One that fings ; one whofe ...
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... Milton . None feconded , as singular and rash . It is very commendable to be singular in any excellency ; to be singular in any thing that is wife and worthy , is not a difparagement , but a praife . Tillotson . 5. Alone ; that of which ...
... Milton . None feconded , as singular and rash . It is very commendable to be singular in any excellency ; to be singular in any thing that is wife and worthy , is not a difparagement , but a praife . Tillotson . 5. Alone ; that of which ...
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... Milton . Satt'st unappall'd in calm and sinless peace . Milton . No thoughts like mine his sinless foul profane , Obfervant of the right . Dryden , Did God , indeed , infift on a sinless and unerring obfervance of duties . Rogers ...
... Milton . Satt'st unappall'd in calm and sinless peace . Milton . No thoughts like mine his sinless foul profane , Obfervant of the right . Dryden , Did God , indeed , infift on a sinless and unerring obfervance of duties . Rogers ...
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... Milton . Beyond the bliss of dreams . ( 2. ) StP , in geography , a fortrefs of Servia , call . ed alla Fort Elizabeth , on the S. bank of the Da- nube , near the Demikarpi , or Iron Gate , or Cata- rads of the Danube , where that river ...
... Milton . Beyond the bliss of dreams . ( 2. ) StP , in geography , a fortrefs of Servia , call . ed alla Fort Elizabeth , on the S. bank of the Da- nube , near the Demikarpi , or Iron Gate , or Cata- rads of the Danube , where that river ...
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... Milton . ( 2. ) The SIROCCO , or SCIROCHO , is a periodical wind which generally blows in Italy and Dalma- tia every year about Eafter . It blows from the SE . by E. it is attended with heat , but not rain ; its ordinary period is 20 ...
... Milton . ( 2. ) The SIROCCO , or SCIROCHO , is a periodical wind which generally blows in Italy and Dalma- tia every year about Eafter . It blows from the SE . by E. it is attended with heat , but not rain ; its ordinary period is 20 ...
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Página 29 - ... gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 182 - ... conform to and be directed by it, whatever appearance the outward form and administration of the government may put on. For it is at any time in the option of the legislature to alter that form and administration by a new edict or rule, and to put the execution of the laws into whatever hands it pleases...
Página 368 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art ; him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Página 282 - You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything about Woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include women too. Everyone knows that.
Página 199 - Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf Confounded though immortal...
Página 7 - Rather than solid virtue; all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister; from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found.
Página 335 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Página 428 - Take the night's cream, and put it to the morning's new milk, with the rennet ; when the" curd is come it is not to be broken, as is done with other cheeses, but take it out with a soil dish...
Página 287 - They from th' included Yolk, not ambient White arose. There are who think the Marrow of a Man, Which in the Spine, while he was living ran; When dead, the Pith corrupted will become A Snake, and hiss within the hollow Tomb. All these receive their Birth from other Things; But from himself the Phoenix only springs: Self-born, begotten by the Parent Flame...
Página 399 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they, on the trading flood, Through the wide Ethiopian to the cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : so seemed Far off the flying fiend.