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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... seems first to have been experimentally ascertained by the Rev. Dr. Clayton , and a brief account of his discovery is published in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1739. The following is an extract from his paper : - -I got ...
... seems first to have been experimentally ascertained by the Rev. Dr. Clayton , and a brief account of his discovery is published in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1739. The following is an extract from his paper : - -I got ...
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... seems to be held in solution , in a state of vapor , in the gas , and which is the cause of the smell , and , as some suppose , adds to the illuminating power . Dr. Henry , in his paper in the Annals of Phi- losophy for September 1821 ...
... seems to be held in solution , in a state of vapor , in the gas , and which is the cause of the smell , and , as some suppose , adds to the illuminating power . Dr. Henry , in his paper in the Annals of Phi- losophy for September 1821 ...
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... seems to me now As the remembrance of an idle gaude , Which in my childhood I did doat upon . Shakspeare . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not exprest in fancy ; rich , not gaudy , For the apparel oft proclaims the man . Go ...
... seems to me now As the remembrance of an idle gaude , Which in my childhood I did doat upon . Shakspeare . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not exprest in fancy ; rich , not gaudy , For the apparel oft proclaims the man . Go ...
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... seems they were thin , like gauze . Arbuthnot . Brocadoes and damasks , and tabbies and gauzes , Are lately brought over . Swift . GAUZE , GAUSE , or GAWSE , in commerce , is Woven sometimes of silk , and sometimes only of thread . To ...
... seems they were thin , like gauze . Arbuthnot . Brocadoes and damasks , and tabbies and gauzes , Are lately brought over . Swift . GAUZE , GAUSE , or GAWSE , in commerce , is Woven sometimes of silk , and sometimes only of thread . To ...
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... seems has got an ear as well as trumpet . Byron . GAZETTE is with us confined to that paper of news published by authority . The first English gazette was published at Oxford , the court being there , in a folio half sheet , November ...
... seems has got an ear as well as trumpet . Byron . GAZETTE is with us confined to that paper of news published by authority . The first English gazette was published at Oxford , the court being there , in a folio half sheet , November ...
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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*.