A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volumen 16Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Página 84
... surface of the temperate climate is larger than it would have been , had the globe of our earth , or of the planets , been either spherical , or oblongly sphe- roidical . Cheyne . An OBLONG SPHEROID is that which is formed by an ellipse ...
... surface of the temperate climate is larger than it would have been , had the globe of our earth , or of the planets , been either spherical , or oblongly sphe- roidical . Cheyne . An OBLONG SPHEROID is that which is formed by an ellipse ...
Página 102
... surface . A line drawn under the equator through Sumatra and Borneo , to the western coast of America , presents , with only two or three interruptions , an aquatic expanse of 4200 leagues . Again , the fortieth parallel of south ...
... surface . A line drawn under the equator through Sumatra and Borneo , to the western coast of America , presents , with only two or three interruptions , an aquatic expanse of 4200 leagues . Again , the fortieth parallel of south ...
Página 103
... surface which may be considered the true surface of our planet . As exceptions to this general level , it has been pretended that the Baltic and Zuyder Zee are higher than the Bri- tish Sea , the Red Sea than the Mediterranean , and ...
... surface which may be considered the true surface of our planet . As exceptions to this general level , it has been pretended that the Baltic and Zuyder Zee are higher than the Bri- tish Sea , the Red Sea than the Mediterranean , and ...
Página 104
... surface differs from that of the atmosphere plus or minus , according to the circumstances of locality , season , weather , time of the day , & c . And 3dly , That the tempe- rature decreases with the depth to a certain de- gree , but ...
... surface differs from that of the atmosphere plus or minus , according to the circumstances of locality , season , weather , time of the day , & c . And 3dly , That the tempe- rature decreases with the depth to a certain de- gree , but ...
Página 106
... surface of the sea in general a tint of blue might be distinguished , but it was not bright on account of the darkness of the surface . Hence we may infer that the ocean does not owe its blue color to the reflect- ed azure of the sky ...
... surface of the sea in general a tint of blue might be distinguished , but it was not bright on account of the darkness of the surface . Hence we may infer that the ocean does not owe its blue color to the reflect- ed azure of the sky ...
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Página 430 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Página 407 - Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Página 188 - Heaven reserv'd in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Página 377 - Tower-hill, where he is said to have died of want; or, as it is related by one of his biographers, by swallowing, after a long fast, a piece of bread which charity had supplied. He went out, as is reported, almost naked, in the rage of hunger, and, finding a gentleman in a neighbouring coffee-house, asked him for a shilling. The gentleman gave him a guinea; and Otway going away, bought a roll, and was choked with the first mouthful.
Página 430 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Página 72 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Página 166 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this is he which received seed by the way side.
Página 75 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these...
Página 181 - I think we may as rationally hope to see with other men's eyes, as to know by other men's understandings. So much as we ourselves consider and comprehend of truth and reason, so much we possess of real and true knowledge. The floating of other men's opinions in our brains makes us not one jot the more knowing, though they happen to be true.
Página 99 - 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.