The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 1,Volumen 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... body was buried at the public charge ; and the Roman people gave a dowry to his two daughters when they had arrived to years of maturity . FABRICIUS ( George ) , a learned German , born at Chemnitz in Misnia , in 1516. After a liberal ...
... body was buried at the public charge ; and the Roman people gave a dowry to his two daughters when they had arrived to years of maturity . FABRICIUS ( George ) , a learned German , born at Chemnitz in Misnia , in 1516. After a liberal ...
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... bodies , and among them the adamant , all other stones being exalted to that degree that art in vain en- deavours to ... body of merchants in a given place . Fr. facteur ; Lat . factory ( à facio ) . One who does business for another ...
... bodies , and among them the adamant , all other stones being exalted to that degree that art in vain en- deavours to ... body of merchants in a given place . Fr. facteur ; Lat . factory ( à facio ) . One who does business for another ...
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... bodies , and among them the adamant , all other stones being exalted to that degree that art in vain en- deavours to ... body of merchants in a given place . Take on you the charge And kingly government of this your land ; Not as ...
... bodies , and among them the adamant , all other stones being exalted to that degree that art in vain en- deavours to ... body of merchants in a given place . Take on you the charge And kingly government of this your land ; Not as ...
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... body . Hevelius affirms , that on July 20th , 1634 , he observed a facula , whose breadth was equal to one - third of the sun's diameter . Kircher , Scheiner , and others , represent the sun's body as full of these facula , which they ...
... body . Hevelius affirms , that on July 20th , 1634 , he observed a facula , whose breadth was equal to one - third of the sun's diameter . Kircher , Scheiner , and others , represent the sun's body as full of these facula , which they ...
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... body of the people are fairly represented in an executive duly Swift . There are other nice , though inferior cases , in which a man must guard , if he intends to keep fair with the world , and turn the penny . limited . Collier on ...
... body of the people are fairly represented in an executive duly Swift . There are other nice , though inferior cases , in which a man must guard , if he intends to keep fair with the world , and turn the penny . limited . Collier on ...
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Página 255 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Página 116 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Página 365 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Página 362 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Página 14 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Página 149 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Página 90 - 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 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Página 57 - Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books; I calculated crops; I attended markets; and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from a late harvest, we lost half our crops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned "like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
Página 330 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.