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, Band 9Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... surface or outward part of a thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance ...
... surface or outward part of a thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance ...
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... surface covered with dark grass , although the darkened soil has not exceeded half an inch in thickness , while that beneath has con- tinued white with spawn , for about two inches in depth . The section of the space occupied by the ...
... surface covered with dark grass , although the darkened soil has not exceeded half an inch in thickness , while that beneath has con- tinued white with spawn , for about two inches in depth . The section of the space occupied by the ...
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... surface , by darting down upon them , not by diving or swimming , as some authors have pre- tended , who furnish it for that purpose with one webbed foot to swim with , and another divided foot to take its prey with . Martin , speaking ...
... surface , by darting down upon them , not by diving or swimming , as some authors have pre- tended , who furnish it for that purpose with one webbed foot to swim with , and another divided foot to take its prey with . Martin , speaking ...
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... surface , whether it consists of mountain , upland , vale , or water- formed land ; ascertaining at the same time its soils , the absorbency or retentiveness of the sub- strata , determining to what uses its several parts are adapted ...
... surface , whether it consists of mountain , upland , vale , or water- formed land ; ascertaining at the same time its soils , the absorbency or retentiveness of the sub- strata , determining to what uses its several parts are adapted ...
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... surface , and its aspect or exposure . A perfect square , or parallelogram , is a desirable shape , if circumstances admit of it . Two sides at least ought to run parallel to each other ; and it is equally , or more desirable , that ...
... surface , and its aspect or exposure . A perfect square , or parallelogram , is a desirable shape , if circumstances admit of it . Two sides at least ought to run parallel to each other ; and it is equally , or more desirable , that ...
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Seite 263 - 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 369 - 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.
Seite 51 - Created pure. But know, that in the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief ; among these, fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful senses represent, She forms imaginations, airy shapes, Which reason, joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion ; then retires Into her private cell when nature rests.
Seite 49 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile. There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay ; — So thou, with sails how swift! hast reached the shore " Where tempests never beat nor billows roar," And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Seite 401 - 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.
Seite 431 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — '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.
Seite 16 - 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.