The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and sciences, Band 20 |
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... measures , that is to fay , he has atrue judgment . L'Eftrange . - Of fome pro- it may be difficult to Jay whether they or deny ; as when we fay , Plato was no Watt . a . In poetry , fay is often used be- a question ; tell.— Say fit ...
... measures , that is to fay , he has atrue judgment . L'Eftrange . - Of fome pro- it may be difficult to Jay whether they or deny ; as when we fay , Plato was no Watt . a . In poetry , fay is often used be- a question ; tell.— Say fit ...
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... measure proportions be- tween pictures and the thing reprefented . The map of London was fet out in the year 1685 by Mr Newcourt drawn by a scale of yards . Graunt . The feries of harmonick or mufical propor- -The bent of his thoughts ...
... measure proportions be- tween pictures and the thing reprefented . The map of London was fet out in the year 1685 by Mr Newcourt drawn by a scale of yards . Graunt . The feries of harmonick or mufical propor- -The bent of his thoughts ...
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... measuring of verfe by feet , in order to fee whether or not th quantities be duly obferved . The term is chiefl ufed in Greek and Latin verfes . Thus an texa meter verfe is fcanned by refolving it into fix feet a pentameter , by ...
... measuring of verfe by feet , in order to fee whether or not th quantities be duly obferved . The term is chiefl ufed in Greek and Latin verfes . Thus an texa meter verfe is fcanned by refolving it into fix feet a pentameter , by ...
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... measure , fize , or ftandard , by the dimenfions , & c . of things are to be kesed . The term is particularly applied to xtentions of any piece of timber , with regard readth and thicknefs . with the vaft profundity of things , truth ...
... measure , fize , or ftandard , by the dimenfions , & c . of things are to be kesed . The term is particularly applied to xtentions of any piece of timber , with regard readth and thicknefs . with the vaft profundity of things , truth ...
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... measures 564 feet in height . Its fides are barren , moftly fund rocks , with a few tufts of heath interfperf ed ; but it will be for ever famous in the annais of foente , for an experiment made upon it , by Prot . Markelyne , the ...
... measures 564 feet in height . Its fides are barren , moftly fund rocks , with a few tufts of heath interfperf ed ; but it will be for ever famous in the annais of foente , for an experiment made upon it , by Prot . Markelyne , the ...
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Seite 251 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Seite 378 - Sight, no profit was ever sought or gained. It is an involuntary affection, in which neither hope nor fear are known to have any part.
Seite 385 - Immodest words admit of no defence ; For want of decency is want of sense.
Seite 377 - I think, may be said with confidence, that none but ignorant people pretend to be gifted in this way ; and in them, it may be nothing more, perhaps, than short fits of sudden sleep, or drowsiness, attended with lively dreams, and arising from some bodily disorder, the effect of idleness, low spirits, or a gloomy imagination.
Seite 66 - twould not care : 'Twould make clean shoes, and in the earth Set leeks and onions, and so forth : It had been 'prentice to a brewer, Where this and more it did endure, But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. In th' holsters, at his saddle-bow, Two aged pistols he did stow, Among the surplus of such meat As in his hose he could not get : These would inveigle rats with th...
Seite 332 - ... that * the air at fea, and clofe to it, is in general purer and fitter for animal life than the air on the land ; though it feems to...
Seite 396 - ... promife to abide by them the reft of his life. They offered to admit Mr Wilkins into their fociety -, but he declined the honour, contenting himfelf with their alphabet, which they told him to guard as the apple of his eye, as it was a facred character.
Seite 377 - ... or fociety, may continue to haunt him as long as he lives, and...
Seite 123 - Scots about a truce of peace ; or. if that could not be obtained, to make a mutual agreement, that the towns of Dumfries in Scotland, and Penrith in England, (hou'.il be frco from hoftilities during the war.
Seite 377 - A treatife on the f-ibjeft was publiihcd in the year 1762, in which many tales were told of perfons whom the author . believed to have been favoured, or haunted, with thefe illuminations ; but...