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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... gold chains , silver cups , and other traces of civi- lisation and opulence among the people . The Phoenicians , less favored in regard to the soil of their country , are the first people of whose maritime expeditions we have any ...
... gold chains , silver cups , and other traces of civi- lisation and opulence among the people . The Phoenicians , less favored in regard to the soil of their country , are the first people of whose maritime expeditions we have any ...
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... gold , ivory , & c . to be Sumatra ; Java also is mentioned under the name of Al - Djavah . These geographers also knew that the Spice Islands were situated somewhere in this region . In Eastern Asia , Thibet is designated under the ...
... gold , ivory , & c . to be Sumatra ; Java also is mentioned under the name of Al - Djavah . These geographers also knew that the Spice Islands were situated somewhere in this region . In Eastern Asia , Thibet is designated under the ...
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... gold ) , blende , cinnabar , cobalt glance , magnetic pyrites , and sometimes even native gold . It abounds also in metalliferous veins . 4. Clay - slate . - Mica - slate gradually passes into clay - slate , the formation immediately ...
... gold ) , blende , cinnabar , cobalt glance , magnetic pyrites , and sometimes even native gold . It abounds also in metalliferous veins . 4. Clay - slate . - Mica - slate gradually passes into clay - slate , the formation immediately ...
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... gold , silver , iron , tin , copper , lead , & c . , always how- ever in veins . The rocks of sienite are often divided into columns . Like the newer porphyry it often occurs in round masses . 15. Newer serpentine . - This formation ...
... gold , silver , iron , tin , copper , lead , & c . , always how- ever in veins . The rocks of sienite are often divided into columns . Like the newer porphyry it often occurs in round masses . 15. Newer serpentine . - This formation ...
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... gold and tin ) which existed in the neighbouring mountains . Sometimes the alluvial soil is wash- ed , in order to separate these ores . On moun- tain plains there occur also beds of loam . The second kind of alluvial deposite , or that ...
... gold and tin ) which existed in the neighbouring mountains . Sometimes the alluvial soil is wash- ed , in order to separate these ores . On moun- tain plains there occur also beds of loam . The second kind of alluvial deposite , or that ...
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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.