The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... force we bring about by stratagem . L'Estrange . A power of command there is without all question , though there be some doubt in what faculty this com- mand doth principally reside , whether in the will or the understanding . Bramhall ...
... force we bring about by stratagem . L'Estrange . A power of command there is without all question , though there be some doubt in what faculty this com- mand doth principally reside , whether in the will or the understanding . Bramhall ...
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... force ' till the Italian began to fag , and then brought him to the ground . Mackenzie's Lives . The duke of Dorset was my fag at Harrow , and I was not a very hard taskmaster . Lord Byron , quoted by Captain Medwin . FAGAN'S ( St ...
... force ' till the Italian began to fag , and then brought him to the ground . Mackenzie's Lives . The duke of Dorset was my fag at Harrow , and I was not a very hard taskmaster . Lord Byron , quoted by Captain Medwin . FAGAN'S ( St ...
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... force and fortune do not much me fail . Spenser . I am enjoined , by oath , if I fail , Of the right casket , never in my life To woo a maid in way of marriage . Shakspeare . Had the king in his last sickness failed , Their heads should ...
... force and fortune do not much me fail . Spenser . I am enjoined , by oath , if I fail , Of the right casket , never in my life To woo a maid in way of marriage . Shakspeare . Had the king in his last sickness failed , Their heads should ...
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... force of natural reason is great . Id . I have been forsworn , In breaking faith with Julia whom I loved . Shakspeare . I have this day received a traitor's judgment , And by that name must die ; yet , heaven bear wit- ness , And , if I ...
... force of natural reason is great . Id . I have been forsworn , In breaking faith with Julia whom I loved . Shakspeare . I have this day received a traitor's judgment , And by that name must die ; yet , heaven bear wit- ness , And , if I ...
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... force of imagination upon another body , which is the force of imagination upon the proper body . Bacon . The force of that fallacious fruit , That with exhilarating vapour bland About their spirits had played , and inmost powers Made ...
... force of imagination upon another body , which is the force of imagination upon the proper body . Bacon . The force of that fallacious fruit , That with exhilarating vapour bland About their spirits had played , and inmost powers Made ...
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Página 261 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Página 120 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Página 395 - 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 365 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 133 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 92 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 425 - tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Página 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Página 371 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Página 155 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.