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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... neral furvey , at which the equites , as well as the rest of the people , were to appear . New names were now put upon the cenfor's lift , and old ones cancelled . The recenfo , in fhort , was a more folemn and accurate fort of probatio ...
... neral furvey , at which the equites , as well as the rest of the people , were to appear . New names were now put upon the cenfor's lift , and old ones cancelled . The recenfo , in fhort , was a more folemn and accurate fort of probatio ...
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... neral council , they looked upon to be an artifice of the church of Rome ; well knowing , that a free and lawful- council would be the last thing to which the pope would confent . When , therefore , they found that all their arguments ...
... neral council , they looked upon to be an artifice of the church of Rome ; well knowing , that a free and lawful- council would be the last thing to which the pope would confent . When , therefore , they found that all their arguments ...
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... neral than before . The Houfe of Commons , finding the occafion favourable , paffed several bills , reftraining the impofitions of the clergy : but what threatened the ecclefiaftical order with the greatest danger were the fevere ...
... neral than before . The Houfe of Commons , finding the occafion favourable , paffed several bills , reftraining the impofitions of the clergy : but what threatened the ecclefiaftical order with the greatest danger were the fevere ...
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... neral upon the civil and political establishments , and in fome few inftances on the manners of the people , yet ftill it must be acknowledged to have been but ill calculated to imprefs the heart with fuch principles as might in all ...
... neral upon the civil and political establishments , and in fome few inftances on the manners of the people , yet ftill it must be acknowledged to have been but ill calculated to imprefs the heart with fuch principles as might in all ...
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... neral fertile , producing rye , barley , oats , peafe , beans , flax , and fome wheat : it likewife yields plenty of coal , and turf for fuel : and affords abundance of pafturage for fheep and cattle . The inhabitants are Lowlanders ...
... neral fertile , producing rye , barley , oats , peafe , beans , flax , and fome wheat : it likewife yields plenty of coal , and turf for fuel : and affords abundance of pafturage for fheep and cattle . The inhabitants are Lowlanders ...
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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.