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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Página 53
... never appro- priated particularly to such as follow the doc- trines of Brhima . The Gentoos are divided into four great tribes , each of which has its ow . separate appellation ; but they have no common or collective term that ...
... never appro- priated particularly to such as follow the doc- trines of Brhima . The Gentoos are divided into four great tribes , each of which has its ow . separate appellation ; but they have no common or collective term that ...
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... never been observed higher than 4000 feet , is , on the pinnacle of Pichincha , seen rearing aloft its crested steeps , like towers amid the sky . Other secondary formations , as limestone , with its ac- companiment of petrified shells ...
... never been observed higher than 4000 feet , is , on the pinnacle of Pichincha , seen rearing aloft its crested steeps , like towers amid the sky . Other secondary formations , as limestone , with its ac- companiment of petrified shells ...
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... never set in that place , but are car- ried perpetually round the horizon , in circles parallel to the equator . The largest parallel which is hid entirely be- low the horizon of any place , in north latitude , was called the antarctic ...
... never set in that place , but are car- ried perpetually round the horizon , in circles parallel to the equator . The largest parallel which is hid entirely be- low the horizon of any place , in north latitude , was called the antarctic ...
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... never quite so much , and in the torrid zone it is never above fourteen . The zones are named from the degree of heat they were supposed to be subjected to . The torrid zone was supposed by the ancients to be uninhabitable by reason of ...
... never quite so much , and in the torrid zone it is never above fourteen . The zones are named from the degree of heat they were supposed to be subjected to . The torrid zone was supposed by the ancients to be uninhabitable by reason of ...
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... never rise at that place so long as his declination exceeds the co - latitude ; and hence it is easy to see how to find the time when the sun begins to shine con- stantly upon any given place within the polar circle ; and also the time ...
... never rise at that place so long as his declination exceeds the co - latitude ; and hence it is easy to see how to find the time when the sun begins to shine con- stantly upon any given place within the polar circle ; and also the time ...
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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.