The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 2,Volumen 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Página 385
... requires most this pliancy is the neck . Hence the metaphor of stiffnecked for disobedient . A horse cannot move his head but with the muscles of his neck : this may be called his helm ; it guides his course , changes and directs his ...
... requires most this pliancy is the neck . Hence the metaphor of stiffnecked for disobedient . A horse cannot move his head but with the muscles of his neck : this may be called his helm ; it guides his course , changes and directs his ...
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... require a good soil and exposure , and should both be placed out or the view of the house . According to Miller , the area of a handsome garden may take up thirty or forty acres , but no more ; and the following rules should be observed ...
... require a good soil and exposure , and should both be placed out or the view of the house . According to Miller , the area of a handsome garden may take up thirty or forty acres , but no more ; and the following rules should be observed ...
Página 393
... requires no great exertion of mind or body ; and its satisfactions are of that kind which please without violent agitation . Its beneficial influence on health is an additional reason for an attention to it at an age when infirmities ...
... requires no great exertion of mind or body ; and its satisfactions are of that kind which please without violent agitation . Its beneficial influence on health is an additional reason for an attention to it at an age when infirmities ...
Página 394
... require regular attendance , and frost and rain must be kept out by dry straw and mats . Onions , to draw young , should be sown on a warm border . Peas under the south wall , for the first crop , should have the earth drawn up to them ...
... require regular attendance , and frost and rain must be kept out by dry straw and mats . Onions , to draw young , should be sown on a warm border . Peas under the south wall , for the first crop , should have the earth drawn up to them ...
Página 395
... require sticking . Sow marrowfats and other large sorts , and the third crop of hotspurs . Plant asparagus for forcing , for the last crop : beans for a third crop : Windsors for the first : cauliflowers from under the glasses : endives ...
... require sticking . Sow marrowfats and other large sorts , and the third crop of hotspurs . Plant asparagus for forcing , for the last crop : beans for a third crop : Windsors for the first : cauliflowers from under the glasses : endives ...
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Página 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Página 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Página 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Página 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Página 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Página 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Página 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.