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 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... half from the 1st of January , 1826 . 4. It will be printed on a superfine Paper of the best fabric and closest texture , manufactured by Messrs . Longman and Dickinson ; with Types cast expressly for the work by Messrs . Cas.on and ...
... half from the 1st of January , 1826 . 4. It will be printed on a superfine Paper of the best fabric and closest texture , manufactured by Messrs . Longman and Dickinson ; with Types cast expressly for the work by Messrs . Cas.on and ...
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... half of the last century , and seems to have had the merit of first applying the disco- veries of Priestley respecting nitric oxide to the examination of the qualities of the atmosphere , by means of the eudiometer . This is the subject ...
... half of the last century , and seems to have had the merit of first applying the disco- veries of Priestley respecting nitric oxide to the examination of the qualities of the atmosphere , by means of the eudiometer . This is the subject ...
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... half the effect ; that is to say , half the nourishment at the same expense . Barley may therefore be considered as the rice of Great Britain . It requires , it is true , a great deal of boiling ; but , when it is properly managed , it ...
... half the effect ; that is to say , half the nourishment at the same expense . Barley may therefore be considered as the rice of Great Britain . It requires , it is true , a great deal of boiling ; but , when it is properly managed , it ...
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... half amazed , stares At perils past , and yet in doubt he dares To joy at his fool - happy oversight . Faerie Queene . More huge in strength than wise in works he was , And reason with foolhardise over - ran ; Stern melancholy did his ...
... half amazed , stares At perils past , and yet in doubt he dares To joy at his fool - happy oversight . Faerie Queene . More huge in strength than wise in works he was , And reason with foolhardise over - ran ; Stern melancholy did his ...
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... Half flying and half footing in his haste . bear . Faerie Queene . Shakspeare . Yond ' towers , whose wanton tops do buss the clouds , Must kiss their own feet . Id . Troilus and Creseide . Take heed , have open eye ; for thieves do ...
... Half flying and half footing in his haste . bear . Faerie Queene . Shakspeare . Yond ' towers , whose wanton tops do buss the clouds , Must kiss their own feet . Id . Troilus and Creseide . Take heed , have open eye ; for thieves do ...
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Página 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Página 401 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Página 402 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Página 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Página 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Página 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Página 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Página 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.