A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... sharp teeth and roll his blood - shot eyes . Gay Parting day Dies like the Dolphin , whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away . Byron . Childe Harold . GASPAR STRAIT and ISLAND , a passage and island in GAS GAS 16.
... sharp teeth and roll his blood - shot eyes . Gay Parting day Dies like the Dolphin , whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away . Byron . Childe Harold . GASPAR STRAIT and ISLAND , a passage and island in GAS GAS 16.
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... ISLAND , a passage and island in the Eastern seas , between the east coast of the island of Banca , and the west coast of the island of Billiton . The island is high and con- spicuous , about five miles long ; and the strait , about ...
... ISLAND , a passage and island in the Eastern seas , between the east coast of the island of Banca , and the west coast of the island of Billiton . The island is high and con- spicuous , about five miles long ; and the strait , about ...
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... island of Zante . It has a castle on the Igliaco , and contains 3000 inhabitants , who cultivate the vine , cotton , and silk , with great industry . The environs are very fertile . About six miles to the east are found the ruins of the ...
... island of Zante . It has a castle on the Igliaco , and contains 3000 inhabitants , who cultivate the vine , cotton , and silk , with great industry . The environs are very fertile . About six miles to the east are found the ruins of the ...
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... island which corresponds with Great Britain , and to the northern extremities of the earth , where they were made to inhabit a very agree- able country , explained by the days and nights being each six months long , or by the momen ...
... island which corresponds with Great Britain , and to the northern extremities of the earth , where they were made to inhabit a very agree- able country , explained by the days and nights being each six months long , or by the momen ...
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... Island , ' the most beautiful and fertile country of the universe , producing abundance of corn and fruits of the most exquisite flavor ; containing immense forests , vast pastures , mines of various metals , hot and mineral springs ...
... Island , ' the most beautiful and fertile country of the universe , producing abundance of corn and fruits of the most exquisite flavor ; containing immense forests , vast pastures , mines of various metals , hot and mineral springs ...
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Página 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Página 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Página 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Página 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Página 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Página 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Página 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.