The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volumen 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... became a commissioner of the royal navy , which place he quitted in 1712 . He published a Miscellany of Poems by the most eminent hands ; in which he himself had a considerable share . He wrote the life of his friend Walter Moyle , esq ...
... became a commissioner of the royal navy , which place he quitted in 1712 . He published a Miscellany of Poems by the most eminent hands ; in which he himself had a considerable share . He wrote the life of his friend Walter Moyle , esq ...
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... became so strong that his father , who design- ed him for the law , forbade him to touch an in- strument . Handel , however , privately conveyed a small clavichord to a room in the uppermost part of the house , to which he constantly ...
... became so strong that his father , who design- ed him for the law , forbade him to touch an in- strument . Handel , however , privately conveyed a small clavichord to a room in the uppermost part of the house , to which he constantly ...
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... became a great favorite ; and Handel , with a generous humanity , determined to per- form it annually for the benefit of the Foundling Hospital . In 1743 he had a return of his para- lytic disorder ; and in 1751 became quite blind ...
... became a great favorite ; and Handel , with a generous humanity , determined to per- form it annually for the benefit of the Foundling Hospital . In 1743 he had a return of his para- lytic disorder ; and in 1751 became quite blind ...
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... became king of Great Britain in consequence ; since which the elec- tors of Hanover have filled the British throne . Hanover has been of course involved in the wars of Great Britain , and in that of 1756 her territory was all along the ...
... became king of Great Britain in consequence ; since which the elec- tors of Hanover have filled the British throne . Hanover has been of course involved in the wars of Great Britain , and in that of 1756 her territory was all along the ...
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... became a police spy . Attaching him- self to the jacobins , he first distinguished himself in directing the massacres which took place in the prisons of Paris September 2nd , 1792 ; and , continuing his cruel career , was appointed com ...
... became a police spy . Attaching him- self to the jacobins , he first distinguished himself in directing the massacres which took place in the prisons of Paris September 2nd , 1792 ; and , continuing his cruel career , was appointed com ...
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Página 200 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 121 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 222 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Página 385 - 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 Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, • Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrowned the noontide bowers : thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...
Página 90 - He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow . Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Página 142 - Jura, whose capt heights appear Precipitously steep ; and drawing near, There breathes a living fragrance from the shore, Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar, Or chirps the grasshopper one good-night carol more...
Página 122 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep. All heaven and earth are still : from the high host Of stars, to the lulled lake and mountain-coast, All is concentered in a life intense, Where not a beam, nor air, nor leaf is lost, But hath a part of being, and a sense Of that which is of all Creator and defence.
Página 16 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Página 10 - I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out.
Página 102 - Temperature may be conceived to depend upon the velocities of the vibrations ; increase of capacity on the motion being performed in •greater space ; and the diminution of temperature, during the conversion of solids into fluids or gases, may be explained on the idea of the loss of vibratory motion, in consequence of the revolution of particles round their axes, at the moment when the body becomes liquid or aeriform ; or from the loss of rapidity of vibration, in consequence of the motion of the...