The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Band 15Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... person's taste , they politely pass it over without notice , and commend other dishes , that they may not distress a kind host . Translation . BY THE ORIGINAL EDITOR OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA METROPOLITANA , ASSISTED BY EMINENT PROFESSIONAL ...
... person's taste , they politely pass it over without notice , and commend other dishes , that they may not distress a kind host . Translation . BY THE ORIGINAL EDITOR OF THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA METROPOLITANA , ASSISTED BY EMINENT PROFESSIONAL ...
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... person . Scorning to trust to his enemy , he resolved to conquer or die ; but his subjects refused to follow him , and revolting , made his son Pharnaces king , who , ac- cording to some , ordered him to be put to death . This unnatural ...
... person . Scorning to trust to his enemy , he resolved to conquer or die ; but his subjects refused to follow him , and revolting , made his son Pharnaces king , who , ac- cording to some , ordered him to be put to death . This unnatural ...
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... person stormed ; Your valor bravely did the assault sustain , And filled the moats and ditches with the slain . Dryden . An arm of Lethe , with a gentle flow , The palace moats , and o'er the pebbles creeps , And with soft murmurs calls ...
... person stormed ; Your valor bravely did the assault sustain , And filled the moats and ditches with the slain . Dryden . An arm of Lethe , with a gentle flow , The palace moats , and o'er the pebbles creeps , And with soft murmurs calls ...
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... persons of the highest ranks in life . A considerable diffi- culty occurs in this , however , by reason of the person's being apt to shrink and distort his fea- tures when the liquid is poured upon him ; nei- ther is he altogether ...
... persons of the highest ranks in life . A considerable diffi- culty occurs in this , however , by reason of the person's being apt to shrink and distort his fea- tures when the liquid is poured upon him ; nei- ther is he altogether ...
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... person . All his elevations were taken from the level of the lake of Lucerne which , according to Saussure , is 1408 ... person's form and features might be recognised , in every variety of subject or of expression , in all the paintings ...
... person . All his elevations were taken from the level of the lake of Lucerne which , according to Saussure , is 1408 ... person's form and features might be recognised , in every variety of subject or of expression , in all the paintings ...
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Seite 225 - moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death ; for the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Seite 199 - have had lathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence ; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? Hebrews xii.
Seite 123 - me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, I must tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for, if my' head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off.' In 1526 he was sent with Cardinal
Seite 310 - Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw, or offer to draw, or shall lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, is guilty of mutiny.
Seite 211 - all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand! No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous sea incarnardine, Making the green one red.
Seite 233 - Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Seite 34 - Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false
Seite 13 - Though nature weigh our talents, and dispense To every man his modicum of sense. And conversation in its better part .May be esteemed a gift, and not an art, Yet much depends, as in the tiller's toil, On culture and the sowing of the soil.
Seite 110 - it ; and if a pigeon more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces; if you should see this, you would see nothing more than what is
Seite 189 - Morn dawns ; and with it stern Albania's hills, Dark Sulis' rocks and Pindus' inland peak, Robed half in mist, bedewed with snowy rills, Arrayed in many a dun and purple streak, Arise ; and, as the clouds along them break. Disclose the dwelling of the mountaineer.