Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, Volume 121813 |
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... birds , invari- ably keeps to the same direction . Nothing is more abundant in all the great valleys of the Pyrenees , in every soil and exposition : yet the very same soil and exposition never attract it to any of the collateral ones ...
... birds , invari- ably keeps to the same direction . Nothing is more abundant in all the great valleys of the Pyrenees , in every soil and exposition : yet the very same soil and exposition never attract it to any of the collateral ones ...
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... bird of the kite kind , described by Catesby under the name of the serpent - hawk , feeds chiefly upon snakes in the hot and temperate regions of that part of America . This bird has a monotonous cry , sometimes very disagreeable by its ...
... bird of the kite kind , described by Catesby under the name of the serpent - hawk , feeds chiefly upon snakes in the hot and temperate regions of that part of America . This bird has a monotonous cry , sometimes very disagreeable by its ...
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... birds , and the like figures . The first kind is what we properly call veneering ; the latter we have already described under MAR- QUETRY . The wood intended for vencering is first sawed out into slices or leaves , about a line thick in ...
... birds , and the like figures . The first kind is what we properly call veneering ; the latter we have already described under MAR- QUETRY . The wood intended for vencering is first sawed out into slices or leaves , about a line thick in ...
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... birds the dove , the swan , and the sparrow were her favourites ; and among fishes , those called the aphya and the lycosto- mus . She is generally represented with her son Cupid , on a chariot drawn by doves . VENUS , the most ...
... birds the dove , the swan , and the sparrow were her favourites ; and among fishes , those called the aphya and the lycosto- mus . She is generally represented with her son Cupid , on a chariot drawn by doves . VENUS , the most ...
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... birds were suffocated in the air , and fell down upon the ground ; and fishes perished in the neighbouring waters , which were made hot , and infected by it . Another very violent eruption , in 1631 , totally destroy- ed the town of ...
... birds were suffocated in the air , and fell down upon the ground ; and fishes perished in the neighbouring waters , which were made hot , and infected by it . Another very violent eruption , in 1631 , totally destroy- ed the town of ...
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory ..., Volume 12 John Mason Good Visualização integral - 1819 |
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Página 51 - ... expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical...
Página 51 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
Página 51 - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it...
Página 51 - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
Página 127 - ... equal at least to four inches, producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form in the middle.* When any substance was introduced into this arch, it instantly became ignited ; platina melted as readily in it as wax in the flame of a common candle ; quartz, the sapphire, magnesia, lime, all entered into fusion...
Página 127 - ... from the benefits that are procured by the death, sufferings, and Gospel of Christ : " That, however, none can be made a partaker of the blessings of the Gospel, and of eternal salvation, unless he believe in Jesus Christ : " That, such, indeed, is the immense and universal goodness of the Supreme Being, that He refuses to none the power of believing ; though He does not grant unto all His assistance and succour, that they may wisely improve this power to the attainment of everlasting salvation...
Página 127 - For the children of villeins were also in the same state of bondage with their parents; whence they were called in Latin nativi, which gave rise to the female appellation of a villein, who was called a neife (m).
Página 127 - ... may clearly be created. A right of way may also arise by act and operation of law : for, if a man grants me a piece of ground in the middle of his field, he at the same time tacitly and impliedly gives me a way to come at it ; and I may cross his land for that purpose without trespass°. For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for enjoying the same P.
Página 127 - On the arrival of the Normans here, it seems not improbable that they, who were strangers to any other than a féodal state, might give some sparks of enfranchisement to such wretched persons as fell to their share, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath of fealty, which conferred a right of protection, and raised the tenant to a kind of estate superior to downright slavery, but inferior to every other condition.