The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 2,Volume 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... plant . See EPHEDRA and EQUISETUM . HORSE TONGUE , n . s . An herb . See Rus- CUS . HORSE - VETCH . Hippocrepis . HORSE'WAY , n . s . Horse and way . A broad way by which horses may travel . Knowest thou the way to Dover ? -Both stile ...
... plant . See EPHEDRA and EQUISETUM . HORSE TONGUE , n . s . An herb . See Rus- CUS . HORSE - VETCH . Hippocrepis . HORSE'WAY , n . s . Horse and way . A broad way by which horses may travel . Knowest thou the way to Dover ? -Both stile ...
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... plants , canals , baths , and breezes from the sea . Their gar- dens are never mentioned as affording shade and shelter from the rage of the dog - star . Pliny has left us descriptions of two of his villas . As he used his Laurentine ...
... plants , canals , baths , and breezes from the sea . Their gar- dens are never mentioned as affording shade and shelter from the rage of the dog - star . Pliny has left us descriptions of two of his villas . As he used his Laurentine ...
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... plant , and fed Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold , With mazy error under pendent shades , Flowers worthy of Paradise , which not nice art Poured forth profuse on hill and dale and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly ...
... plant , and fed Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold , With mazy error under pendent shades , Flowers worthy of Paradise , which not nice art Poured forth profuse on hill and dale and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly ...
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... plants contributed essentially to the richness of coloring so peculiar to our modern landscape . The mixture of various greens , the contrast of forms between our forest trees and the northern and West Indian firs and pines , are ...
... plants contributed essentially to the richness of coloring so peculiar to our modern landscape . The mixture of various greens , the contrast of forms between our forest trees and the northern and West Indian firs and pines , are ...
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... plants may be sown ; and , upon those ex- posed to the north , may be sown some late crops ; taking care not to plant any deep - rooting plants , especially beans and peas , too near the fruit trees . Next proceed to divide the ground ...
... plants may be sown ; and , upon those ex- posed to the north , may be sown some late crops ; taking care not to plant any deep - rooting plants , especially beans and peas , too near the fruit trees . Next proceed to divide the ground ...
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Página 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Página 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Página 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Página 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Página 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Página 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Página 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.