The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 1,Volume 17Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... vessel of stone or brass , which was filled with holy water , and with which all those were sprinkled who were ad- mitted by the ancients to their sacrifices . Beyond this vessel no profane person was allowed to pass . It was used both ...
... vessel of stone or brass , which was filled with holy water , and with which all those were sprinkled who were ad- mitted by the ancients to their sacrifices . Beyond this vessel no profane person was allowed to pass . It was used both ...
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... vessel for purification . PERISCII , in geography , the inhabitants of either frigid zone , between the polar circles and the poles , where the sun , when in the summer signs , moves only round about them , without setting ; and ...
... vessel for purification . PERISCII , in geography , the inhabitants of either frigid zone , between the polar circles and the poles , where the sun , when in the summer signs , moves only round about them , without setting ; and ...
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... Vessels from the United States arrive at Recife annually , bringing flour , of which great quantities are now consumed , furniture for dwelling houses , and other kinds of lumber ; and carrying away sugar , molasses , and rum . The ...
... Vessels from the United States arrive at Recife annually , bringing flour , of which great quantities are now consumed , furniture for dwelling houses , and other kinds of lumber ; and carrying away sugar , molasses , and rum . The ...
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... vessels , the Boussole and the Astrolabe , were placed under his direction ; and , leaving France in 1785 , proceeded to the South Sea . Having visited the coast of California , he crossed the Pacific , to continue his researches on the ...
... vessels , the Boussole and the Astrolabe , were placed under his direction ; and , leaving France in 1785 , proceeded to the South Sea . Having visited the coast of California , he crossed the Pacific , to continue his researches on the ...
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... vessels . In consequence of this information , the commander of a vessel which sailed from Toulon , in April 1826 , received orders to make researches in the quarter specified . Other intelligence , relative to the wreck of two large ...
... vessels . In consequence of this information , the commander of a vessel which sailed from Toulon , in April 1826 , received orders to make researches in the quarter specified . Other intelligence , relative to the wreck of two large ...
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Página 16 - I then did use the person of your father ; The image of his power lay then in me : And in the administration of his law, While I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place.
Página 334 - nation of that complexion, nor even an individual, eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the whites, such as the ancient Germans, the present Tartars, have still something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other
Página 334 - For contemplation he and valor formed ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace. The cranium is very capacious, the area of the face bears to its area but a proportion of one to four, and projects little or not at all at the lower parts: the intellectual faculties
Página 17 - A person is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different times and places. Locke.
Página 17 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for, where truth is not at the bottom, nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other. Tillotson.
Página 46 - If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to
Página 76 - To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust the important charge, the petticoat ; Oft have we known that sevenfold fence to fail, Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of whale.
Página 166 - Not so the pheasant on his charms presumes, Though he too has a glory in his plumes. He, christian-like, retreats with modest mien To the close copse, or far sequestered green, And shines without desiring to be seen.