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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... river large , Passed underneath ingulphed : for God had thrown That mountain as his garden mound , high raised Upon the rapid current— Hagley seems pictured in what follows : - Of porous earth , with kindly thirst updrawn , Which ...
... river large , Passed underneath ingulphed : for God had thrown That mountain as his garden mound , high raised Upon the rapid current— Hagley seems pictured in what follows : - Of porous earth , with kindly thirst updrawn , Which ...
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... river in a pleasant dale , Which chusing for that evening's hospital , They thither marched . Faerie Queene . The ... rivers are with sudden ice constrained , And studded wheels are on its back sustained ; An hostry now for waggons ...
... river in a pleasant dale , Which chusing for that evening's hospital , They thither marched . Faerie Queene . The ... rivers are with sudden ice constrained , And studded wheels are on its back sustained ; An hostry now for waggons ...
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... River . Found by Europeans in a very low state of civilisation , they have not only under- gone no material improvement , but have been for the greater part reduced to a state of wretched servitude , and are now principally to be found ...
... River . Found by Europeans in a very low state of civilisation , they have not only under- gone no material improvement , but have been for the greater part reduced to a state of wretched servitude , and are now principally to be found ...
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... river Lemit , in 1667. He wrote a prodigious number of works ; the principal of which are , 1. Exer- citationes Anti - Morinianæ de Pentateucho Sama- ritano , 4to .; in which he defends the Hebrew text against father Morin . 2. Historia ...
... river Lemit , in 1667. He wrote a prodigious number of works ; the principal of which are , 1. Exer- citationes Anti - Morinianæ de Pentateucho Sama- ritano , 4to .; in which he defends the Hebrew text against father Morin . 2. Historia ...
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... rivers ; which render it so fertile that the Chinese call it the storehouse of the empire ; and it is a saying among them , that the abundance of Kiang - si could furnish all China with a breakfast ; but the province of Hou - quang ...
... rivers ; which render it so fertile that the Chinese call it the storehouse of the empire ; and it is a saying among them , that the abundance of Kiang - si could furnish all China with a breakfast ; but the province of Hou - quang ...
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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.