The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... Italy , this , with the other republics which his military power had contributed to raise in Europe , was to ex- perience another revolution . Early in 1805 he forcibly seized upon the whole of this republic , abolished its constitution ...
... Italy , this , with the other republics which his military power had contributed to raise in Europe , was to ex- perience another revolution . Early in 1805 he forcibly seized upon the whole of this republic , abolished its constitution ...
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... Italy . The many - coloured gentry there above , By turns are ruled by tumult and by love . Prior . He had such a gentle method of reproving their faults , that they were not so much afraid as ashamed to repeat them . Atterbury . Of ...
... Italy . The many - coloured gentry there above , By turns are ruled by tumult and by love . Prior . He had such a gentle method of reproving their faults , that they were not so much afraid as ashamed to repeat them . Atterbury . Of ...
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... Italian painter , born at Pisa in 1563. After painting with great reputation at Florence , Rome , Genoa , and other parts of Italy , he removed to Savoy , thence to France , and at last came over to England , upon the invitation of ...
... Italian painter , born at Pisa in 1563. After painting with great reputation at Florence , Rome , Genoa , and other parts of Italy , he removed to Savoy , thence to France , and at last came over to England , upon the invitation of ...
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... Italy . In 1704 he received the degree of M. D. at Paris ; and at length became professor of chemistry , and physician of the Royal College . He was F. R. S. of London , and of the Academy of Sciences . He wrote several very curious ...
... Italy . In 1704 he received the degree of M. D. at Paris ; and at length became professor of chemistry , and physician of the Royal College . He was F. R. S. of London , and of the Academy of Sciences . He wrote several very curious ...
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... Italy may be considered as the vestibule of his fabulous world ; where the floating rocks , the howling of the monster Scylla , and the terrific Charybdis , all demon- strate that we are in the regions of romance . Sicily , though known ...
... Italy may be considered as the vestibule of his fabulous world ; where the floating rocks , the howling of the monster Scylla , and the terrific Charybdis , all demon- strate that we are in the regions of romance . Sicily , though known ...
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Página 156 - 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 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Página 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 341 - 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 376 - 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*.
Página 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
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 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.