The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volumen 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... common mushroom , ( ag . cam- pestris ) ; the narrowest are the most frequent , and are those of the champignon ( ag , orcades of Dr. Withering ) . The mushroom accordingly makes circles of the largest diameter , but those of the ...
... common mushroom , ( ag . cam- pestris ) ; the narrowest are the most frequent , and are those of the champignon ( ag , orcades of Dr. Withering ) . The mushroom accordingly makes circles of the largest diameter , but those of the ...
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... common in Chili ; is about the size of a large capon , and feeds on dead carcases , like the bastard eagles . The fe- male is smaller than the male , and grayish ; and lays five eggs at a brood . 14. F. aquilinus , the aquiline falcon ...
... common in Chili ; is about the size of a large capon , and feeds on dead carcases , like the bastard eagles . The fe- male is smaller than the male , and grayish ; and lays five eggs at a brood . 14. F. aquilinus , the aquiline falcon ...
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... common in Greenland , but does not extend to America ; or according to Pennant , if it does , it varies into the white - headed eagle , to which it has great affinity , particularly in its feeding much on fish ; the Danes therefore call ...
... common in Greenland , but does not extend to America ; or according to Pennant , if it does , it varies into the white - headed eagle , to which it has great affinity , particularly in its feeding much on fish ; the Danes therefore call ...
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... common lanner , has the cere yellow , sometimes bluish ; the legs and bill blue ; the breast white , tinged yellow , with brown spots ; the wing quills and tail dusky , with oval rusty spots : and has a white line over each eye . This ...
... common lanner , has the cere yellow , sometimes bluish ; the legs and bill blue ; the breast white , tinged yellow , with brown spots ; the wing quills and tail dusky , with oval rusty spots : and has a white line over each eye . This ...
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... common master , ' says Ainsworth . Those who dwell together ; hence those who descend from a common stock or pro- genitor ( for they commonly dwell together ) , and a course of descent or genealogy ; and , in a very correct sense , a ...
... common master , ' says Ainsworth . Those who dwell together ; hence those who descend from a common stock or pro- genitor ( for they commonly dwell together ) , and a course of descent or genealogy ; and , in a very correct sense , a ...
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Página 261 - 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 120 - 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 395 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Página 365 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 133 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 92 - 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 425 - tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
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 371 - 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 155 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.