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 18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... ancient stories of the ravishment of , chaste. Wonder at my patience , Have I not cause to rare , and beat my breast , To rend my heart with grief , and run distracted ? Addison . Men who thus rave , we may conclude their brains are ...
... ancient stories of the ravishment of , chaste. Wonder at my patience , Have I not cause to rare , and beat my breast , To rend my heart with grief , and run distracted ? Addison . Men who thus rave , we may conclude their brains are ...
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... ancient Of his several ravishments , betrayings and stealing fables of his transformations and all that rabble of Grecian forgeries . Raleigh . As all the housewiferies of deities are To heare a voice so ravishingly fair . Chapman . A ...
... ancient Of his several ravishments , betrayings and stealing fables of his transformations and all that rabble of Grecian forgeries . Raleigh . As all the housewiferies of deities are To heare a voice so ravishingly fair . Chapman . A ...
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... ancient geography , a town of the Raurici , situated over against Abnoba , a mountain from which the Danube takes its rise . It was a Roman colony , led by Lucius Munatius Plancus , the scholar and friend of Cicero ; called Colonia ...
... ancient geography , a town of the Raurici , situated over against Abnoba , a mountain from which the Danube takes its rise . It was a Roman colony , led by Lucius Munatius Plancus , the scholar and friend of Cicero ; called Colonia ...
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... ancient than that of St. Lawrence , and its tesselated tower is much admired . St. Giles's church was pro- bably constructed at the commencement of the twelfth century . The tower only is modern , the ancient one having been demolished ...
... ancient than that of St. Lawrence , and its tesselated tower is much admired . St. Giles's church was pro- bably constructed at the commencement of the twelfth century . The tower only is modern , the ancient one having been demolished ...
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... ancient bards . As the head , or scroll - work , of old viols and violins used to be curiously carved , so seems to have been that of the rebec . Chaucer compares the face of an old woman , an old trot , to the head of a rebec . See the ...
... ancient bards . As the head , or scroll - work , of old viols and violins used to be curiously carved , so seems to have been that of the rebec . Chaucer compares the face of an old woman , an old trot , to the head of a rebec . See the ...
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Addison afterwards ancient Antony appear appointed Arbuthnot army authority Bacon bishop body Cæsar called Catholic cause Christ Christian church clergy color commanded consuls Cornbrash council court death declared decree died ditto divine Dryden emperor empire enemy essential oil feet force formed fossil France Gaul gave Goth Green sand hath head holy honor horse inhabitants island Italy king land Latin length limestone LONDON CLAY lord Macrinus means ment miles Milton nature noun substantive obliged Octavianus oolite papal Paradise Lost person plants Pompey pontiff pope princes provinces Pyrrhus received Reformation reign religion rent resolved retired revenge Rhodians river road Roman Rome senate sent Shakspeare side soldiers soon South species Spenser spirit Tarquin thee thing thou throne Tiberius tion took town Trajan troops unto Vespasian virtue Vitellius Volsci whole
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Página 436 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Página 526 - I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Página 437 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 384 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Página 392 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 521 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best. Because they are Thy will...
Página 399 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.
Página 615 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Página 579 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Página 510 - This is memory, which is as it were the store-house of our ideas. For the narrow mind of man not being capable of having many ideas under view and consideration at once, it was necessary to have a repository to lay up those ideas, which at another time it might have use of.