Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen 16,Parte 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 |
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... almoft the fame agility as the mole . See PHYSIOLOGY , no 48 and note ( B ) , and no 52 . Thefe , as well fpace of the year . fects , and fnails . 2. The efculenta , or edible frog , differs from the former , in having a high ...
... almoft the fame agility as the mole . See PHYSIOLOGY , no 48 and note ( B ) , and no 52 . Thefe , as well fpace of the year . fects , and fnails . 2. The efculenta , or edible frog , differs from the former , in having a high ...
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... almoft quite clofe to them before they go away . As foon as they are quite under water , they think themfelves fafe , though it be ever fo fhallow . These creatures kill and eat young ducklings and goflings , and fometimes carry off ...
... almoft quite clofe to them before they go away . As foon as they are quite under water , they think themfelves fafe , though it be ever fo fhallow . These creatures kill and eat young ducklings and goflings , and fometimes carry off ...
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... almoft im- poffible to avoid it wholly , were we ever fo determined to do it ? If thefe two queries be answered in the affir- mative ( as we are perfuaded they will ) , while the firft fupports our argument for the propriety of the ...
... almoft im- poffible to avoid it wholly , were we ever fo determined to do it ? If thefe two queries be answered in the affir- mative ( as we are perfuaded they will ) , while the firft fupports our argument for the propriety of the ...
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... almoft involuntary movements and configurations of the face and body in our emotions and paffions , and which , like that of tones , every one is formed to understand by a kind of intuition . When men are in any violent agitation of ...
... almoft involuntary movements and configurations of the face and body in our emotions and paffions , and which , like that of tones , every one is formed to understand by a kind of intuition . When men are in any violent agitation of ...
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... almoft circular form , measuring 26 feet every way . " Our author has alfo made many useful obfervations on the navigation of this sea . " All the western shore ( he fays ) is bold , and has more depth of water than the eaft ; but on ...
... almoft circular form , measuring 26 feet every way . " Our author has alfo made many useful obfervations on the navigation of this sea . " All the western shore ( he fays ) is bold , and has more depth of water than the eaft ; but on ...
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Página 135 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Página 126 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Página 128 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 84 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Página 84 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Página 141 - ... also of forcibly impressing the carriages and horses of the subject, to do the king's business on the public roads, in the conveyance of timber, baggage, and the like, however inconvenient to the proprietor, upon paying him a settled price...
Página 46 - Doctor coming up to his. chamber, suspecting nothing of what had been done, put up the box as formerly. The next day, going to the...
Página 25 - ... to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like. It is in most respects like another bond : the difference being chiefly this : that the bond is the creation of a fresh debt or obligation de novo, the recognizance is an acknowledgment of a former debt upon record ; the form whereof is, "that AB doth acknowledge to owe to our lord the king, to the plaintiff, to CD, or the like, the sum of ten pounds...
Página 197 - Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and mis-shapen becomes a load, and cripples the body which it was made to protect.
Página 229 - ... excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.