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;Partes 1945-1948Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... equal or double or multiple in number , that it is im- possible to doubt of the strict alliance by which they are connected . The calyx has a yet more strict analogy with the corolla , the divisions of which are almost always equal in ...
... equal or double or multiple in number , that it is im- possible to doubt of the strict alliance by which they are connected . The calyx has a yet more strict analogy with the corolla , the divisions of which are almost always equal in ...
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... equal length . 20. Warty ( papillosus ) , when small fleshy warts appear . Aloe margaritifera . 21. Pustular ( papulosus ) , when there are small hollow bladders . Mesembryanthemum hispidum . 22. Muricated ( muricatus ) , armed with ...
... equal length . 20. Warty ( papillosus ) , when small fleshy warts appear . Aloe margaritifera . 21. Pustular ( papulosus ) , when there are small hollow bladders . Mesembryanthemum hispidum . 22. Muricated ( muricatus ) , armed with ...
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... equal height . 20. Compact ( coarctatus ) , where the tips of the branches are bent inwards towards the stem . 21. Spreading ( patens ) , when the branches stand nearly at right angles with the stem . 22. Diverging ( divergens ) , where ...
... equal height . 20. Compact ( coarctatus ) , where the tips of the branches are bent inwards towards the stem . 21. Spreading ( patens ) , when the branches stand nearly at right angles with the stem . 22. Diverging ( divergens ) , where ...
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... equal angles with the stalk . 8. Doubly pinnated ( bipinnatus ) , having the habit of the last , only that its branches are again divided like those of the principal stem ; as Hyp- num parietinum . 9. Trebly - pinnated ( triplicatio ...
... equal angles with the stalk . 8. Doubly pinnated ( bipinnatus ) , having the habit of the last , only that its branches are again divided like those of the principal stem ; as Hyp- num parietinum . 9. Trebly - pinnated ( triplicatio ...
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... equal . 23. Roundish ( subrotundum ) , differs little from the foregoing , only that the diameter is longer , either from the base to the apex , or from side to side . 24. Ovate ( ovatum ) , a leaf which is longer than it is broad ; the ...
... equal . 23. Roundish ( subrotundum ) , differs little from the foregoing , only that the diameter is longer , either from the base to the apex , or from side to side . 24. Ovate ( ovatum ) , a leaf which is longer than it is broad ; the ...
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Página 719 - And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Página 451 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 690 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat, To persuade Tommy Townshend* to lend him a vote ; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of -dining. Though equal to all things, for all things unfit: Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit ; For a patriot, too cool ; for a drudge, disobedient ; And too fond of the right, to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold,...
Página 690 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Página 513 - 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 442 - s cheek (but none knows how) ; With these the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin, — All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes ; She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?
Página 546 - I STOOD in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand...
Página 631 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 614 - It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progressional, and otherwise made in vain.
Página 740 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.