The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 8Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... latter two that were moveable , viz . fire and earth , or heat and cold ; in which parti- culars Zeno agreed with him . The other branch of the Eleatic sect were the atomic philosophers , who formed their system from an attention to the ...
... latter two that were moveable , viz . fire and earth , or heat and cold ; in which parti- culars Zeno agreed with him . The other branch of the Eleatic sect were the atomic philosophers , who formed their system from an attention to the ...
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... latter had too much of a levelling principle . Our constitution steers between the two extremes . Only such are entirely excluded as can have no will of their own : there is hardly a free agent to be found , but what is entitled to a ...
... latter had too much of a levelling principle . Our constitution steers between the two extremes . Only such are entirely excluded as can have no will of their own : there is hardly a free agent to be found , but what is entitled to a ...
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... latter term appears fully sufficient , since every presence of electrical phenomena is also calcu- electrometers , for common purposes , are con- Îated to measure their power . The most useful structed by suspending two narrow slips of ...
... latter term appears fully sufficient , since every presence of electrical phenomena is also calcu- electrometers , for common purposes , are con- Îated to measure their power . The most useful structed by suspending two narrow slips of ...
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... latter term will only apply to the most perfect of them . Shell - lac , amber , resins . Sulphur , wax , jet . Glass and all vitrifications , tale The diamond and all transparent gems . Raw silk , bleached silk , dyed silk . Wool , hair ...
... latter term will only apply to the most perfect of them . Shell - lac , amber , resins . Sulphur , wax , jet . Glass and all vitrifications , tale The diamond and all transparent gems . Raw silk , bleached silk , dyed silk . Wool , hair ...
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... says this distinguished electrician , consists in the judicious arrangement of insulators and conduc- tors , so that the former shall prevent the dissipa- tion of the effects the latter are employed to col- ELECTRICITY . 23.
... says this distinguished electrician , consists in the judicious arrangement of insulators and conduc- tors , so that the former shall prevent the dissipa- tion of the effects the latter are employed to col- ELECTRICITY . 23.
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Página 195 - see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Bacon.
Página 214 - This purifying of wit, this enriching of memory enabling of judgment, and enlarging of conceit, which commonly we call learning; under what name soever it be directed, the final end is, to lead and draw us to as high perfection as our degenerate souls (made worse by their clay lodgings^, can be capable of.
Página 191 - away with the same, or any part thereof; every such offender shall be deemed to have feloniously stolen the same from his master or employer, for whose use, or on whose account, the same was delivered to, or taken into the possession of such servant, clerk, or other person so employed,
Página 389 - took an excellent way. That part of the Bible was given to him, who was most excellent in such a tongue : as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs ; and then they met together, and one read the translation, the rest holding in their hands some Bible, either of the learned tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian,
Página 408 - What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards ? Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. What docs he not, from lusts opposed in vain. And self-reproaching conscience ? He foresees The fatal issue to his health,
Página 334 - I, John, by the grace of God king of England, and lord of Ireland, in order to expiate my sins, from my own free will, and the advice of my barons, give to the church of Rome, to pope Innocent, and his successors, the kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives
Página 208 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest hit, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted miad With worthy thoughts of that unwearied
Página 404 - A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them. Addison. He shall never truly enjoy his present hour, who never thinks on his last.
Página 225 - Lo ! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves Beneath the precipice o'erhung with pine And sees, on high, amidst the' encircling groves. From cliff to cliff the foaming torrents shine : While waters, woods, and winds, in concert join, And Echo swells the chorus to the skies.
Página 389 - If they found any fault, they spoke ; if not, he read on. There is no book so translated as the Bible for the purpose. If I translate a French book into English, I turn it into English phrase, not into FrenchEnglish. Il fait froid ; I say,