The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Band 6Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... situated on the side of a rock or hill ; as Cleveland , Clifton , Staucliff . CLEVELAND , a district of the North Riding of Yorkshire , part of the vale of Stockton . It borders upon Durham , from which it is sepa- rated by the Tees ...
... situated on the side of a rock or hill ; as Cleveland , Clifton , Staucliff . CLEVELAND , a district of the North Riding of Yorkshire , part of the vale of Stockton . It borders upon Durham , from which it is sepa- rated by the Tees ...
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... situated along the sea - coast , experience much less rigor- ous winters than the interior of continents . The greatest cold in our hemisphere is said to occur when any country has a wide extent of sea to 14 CLIMATE .
... situated along the sea - coast , experience much less rigor- ous winters than the interior of continents . The greatest cold in our hemisphere is said to occur when any country has a wide extent of sea to 14 CLIMATE .
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... situated at the angle which the nymphæ form with each other . Like the penis it has an erection It is of different sizes in different women ; out in general it is small , and covered with the labia . The preternaturally enlarged ...
... situated at the angle which the nymphæ form with each other . Like the penis it has an erection It is of different sizes in different women ; out in general it is small , and covered with the labia . The preternaturally enlarged ...
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... situated in a bay of this name . It is built in the form of a cross ; the church , a plain structure , standing on an eminence . The bay is not convenient , and , in- deed hardly safe . It is twenty miles south - west of Cork , and has ...
... situated in a bay of this name . It is built in the form of a cross ; the church , a plain structure , standing on an eminence . The bay is not convenient , and , in- deed hardly safe . It is twenty miles south - west of Cork , and has ...
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... situated at the out- side of the frame of the machine , and its axis supported by upright standards erected from the carriage ; the wheel is turned by the left - hand of the spinner , applied to a winch , and gives motion to the ...
... situated at the out- side of the frame of the machine , and its axis supported by upright standards erected from the carriage ; the wheel is turned by the left - hand of the spinner , applied to a winch , and gives motion to the ...
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Seite 253 - Forgive a moiety of the principal Glancing an eye of pity on his losses. That have of late so huddled on his back ; Enough to press a royal merchant down. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms, and rough hearts of flint, From stubborn Turks, and Tartars, never trained To offices of gentle courtesy.
Seite 285 - Thy morning bounties ere I left my home. The biscuit, or confectionary plum ; The fragrant waters on my cheeks bestowed By thy own hand, till fresh they shone and glowed ; All this, and, more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall.
Seite 324 - And I saw, and beheld a white horse ; and he that sat on him had a bow ; and a crown was given unto him : and he went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2.
Seite 284 - I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no ; Tis clear that they were always able To hold discourse at least in fable. And even the child, who knows no better Than to interpret by the letter A story of a cock and bull, Must have a most uncommon skull.
Seite 37 - Behold the picture ! Is it like t Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip. And then skip down again. Pronounce a text. Cry hem, and reading, what they never wrote, Just fifteen minutes huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. Cowper.
Seite 290 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim» Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.
Seite 247 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase : who bids abstain But our destroyer, foe to God and man
Seite 286 - Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man; and therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory ; if he
Seite 190 - many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation, and the condition of an infant colony : such for instance, as the general rules for inheritance, and of protection from personal injuries. The artificial refinements and distinctions incident to the property of a
Seite 125 - in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles : compound bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid particles, but where these particles are laid together, and touch in a few points. It seems farther, that these particles have not only a vis