The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Band 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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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 , 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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... surface ; which , on that account , becomes as it were dead , and consequently dry , brittle , and hard . The original practice of greasing horses ' hoofs has probably taken its rise from observing , that grease or oil softens dead ...
... surface ; which , on that account , becomes as it were dead , and consequently dry , brittle , and hard . The original practice of greasing horses ' hoofs has probably taken its rise from observing , that grease or oil softens dead ...
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Seite 261 - Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Seite 118 - 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 204 - Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Seite 395 - 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 425 - 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 334 - Ye toppling crags of ice ! Ye avalanches, whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming, come and crush me ! I hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass, And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest, or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager.
Seite 396 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Seite 90 - 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 368 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Seite 42 - Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right, To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours, And smear with dust their glittering golden towers...