The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and sciences, Volumen 1 |
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... light , which , accord- ing to the Arabians , shone on the forehead of him , his ancestors , and defcendants ; it being certain that they were very handsome and graceful men . He died when Mahomet , of whom he had taken peculiar care ...
... light , which , accord- ing to the Arabians , shone on the forehead of him , his ancestors , and defcendants ; it being certain that they were very handsome and graceful men . He died when Mahomet , of whom he had taken peculiar care ...
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... light , and the earth's annual mo . tion in its orbit : for he perceived , that if light was propagated in time , the apparent place of a fixed obje & t would not be the fame when the eye is at reft , as when it is moving in any other ...
... light , and the earth's annual mo . tion in its orbit : for he perceived , that if light was propagated in time , the apparent place of a fixed obje & t would not be the fame when the eye is at reft , as when it is moving in any other ...
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... light . There feem to have been different kinds of Abollas , fitted to dif- ferent occafions . Even kings appear to have uted the abolla : Caligula was affronted at king Ptole- my for appearing at the fhews in a purple abolia , and , by ...
... light . There feem to have been different kinds of Abollas , fitted to dif- ferent occafions . Even kings appear to have uted the abolla : Caligula was affronted at king Ptole- my for appearing at the fhews in a purple abolia , and , by ...
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... light , and colour , and heat , and found , can be fubfiftent in the bodies themselves , abjolutely con- fidered , without a relation to our eyes and ears , and other organs of fenfe . These qualities are only the effects of our ...
... light , and colour , and heat , and found , can be fubfiftent in the bodies themselves , abjolutely con- fidered , without a relation to our eyes and ears , and other organs of fenfe . These qualities are only the effects of our ...
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... light ; luxuriant branches , to abforb or wafte the nutritious juices , which should feed the fruit of trees , & c . ABSOLUTORY . adj . [ abfolutorius , Lat . ] ABSORPT . part . [ from abforb . ] Swallow- That which abfolves . - Though ...
... light ; luxuriant branches , to abforb or wafte the nutritious juices , which should feed the fruit of trees , & c . ABSOLUTORY . adj . [ abfolutorius , Lat . ] ABSORPT . part . [ from abforb . ] Swallow- That which abfolves . - Though ...
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Página 78 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Página 191 - This they said, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not.
Página 270 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Página 180 - With all his verdure spoil'd, and trees adrift, Down the great river to the opening gulf, And there take root, an island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and ores, and sea-mews...
Página 151 - This, says Pope *, had been tried for the first time in favour of the Distrest Mother; and was now, with more efficacy, practised for Cato. The danger was soon over. The whole nation was at that time on fire with faction. The Whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned, as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap, to show that the satire was unfelt.
Página 327 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Página 327 - But safe repose, without an air of breath, Dwells here, and a dumb quiet next to death. An arm of Lethe, with a gentle flow, Arising upwards from the rock below, The palace moats, and o'er the pebbles creeps, And with soft murmurs calls the coming Sleeps...
Página 38 - Brutes find out where their talents lie: A bear will not attempt to fly; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. But man we find the only creature Who, led by Folly, combats Nature; Who, when she loudly cries, Forbear, With obstinacy fixes there; And, where his genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.
Página 109 - He that is nourished by the acorns he picked up under an oak, or the apples he gathered from the trees in the wood, has certainly appropriated them to himself.
Página 78 - Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?