The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 1,Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... stones and ashes , and to sacrifice the most illustrious of the Roman senators on the altars of those gods who were appeased by human blood . Florence was reduced to the last extremity . On a sudden they beheld from their walls the ...
... stones and ashes , and to sacrifice the most illustrious of the Roman senators on the altars of those gods who were appeased by human blood . Florence was reduced to the last extremity . On a sudden they beheld from their walls the ...
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... stones ; and those which had been taken by Titus out of the temple of Jerusalem ; all of which were lost with the ves- sel in its passage to Africa . MARJORIANUS . Nothing could now be more deplorable than the state of the Roman affairs ...
... stones ; and those which had been taken by Titus out of the temple of Jerusalem ; all of which were lost with the ves- sel in its passage to Africa . MARJORIANUS . Nothing could now be more deplorable than the state of the Roman affairs ...
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... stone ball of 100 lb. With this piece the enemy made several breaches in the walls ; which , however , were re- paired with incredible expedition . Mohammed , the better to carry on the siege , caused new levies to be made throughout ...
... stone ball of 100 lb. With this piece the enemy made several breaches in the walls ; which , however , were re- paired with incredible expedition . Mohammed , the better to carry on the siege , caused new levies to be made throughout ...
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... stone and brick , frequently covered with stucco , and generally roofed with shingle . Marble is less common here than in the north of Italy . The modern squares are numerous , adorned with obelisks , fountains , & c .; but also ...
... stone and brick , frequently covered with stucco , and generally roofed with shingle . Marble is less common here than in the north of Italy . The modern squares are numerous , adorned with obelisks , fountains , & c .; but also ...
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... stones and earth ; but the Cloaca Maxima still merits attention . As to public baths , those great objects of Roman luxury , there remain of those of Ca- racalla little but the walls , and the baths of Titus , in tolerable preservation ...
... stones and earth ; but the Cloaca Maxima still merits attention . As to public baths , those great objects of Roman luxury , there remain of those of Ca- racalla little but the walls , and the baths of Titus , in tolerable preservation ...
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Página 62 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Página 75 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Página 62 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Página 194 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Página 17 - Arras, Amiens, experienced the cruel oppression of the German yoke; and the consuming flames of war spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the Barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the spoils of their houses and altars.
Página 349 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Página 64 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Página 272 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our neelds created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mind», Had been incorporate.
Página 17 - This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man.
Página 351 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.