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 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... natural order seventeenth , caly- canthema : CAL . quadrifid and tubular : COR . pentapetalous , with the petals rising upwards . The nut is inferior , monospermous , and quad- rangular . Species three ; natives of North and South ...
... natural order seventeenth , caly- canthema : CAL . quadrifid and tubular : COR . pentapetalous , with the petals rising upwards . The nut is inferior , monospermous , and quad- rangular . Species three ; natives of North and South ...
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... natural order of genealogical tables seems to be to place the common stock at the head of the table , and the several collateral de- scents and succeeding generations , each in a lower line appropriated to it ; and not to make the order ...
... natural order of genealogical tables seems to be to place the common stock at the head of the table , and the several collateral de- scents and succeeding generations , each in a lower line appropriated to it ; and not to make the order ...
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... natural history , the word used to signify all the species of natural bodies , which agree in certain essential and pecu- liar characters , and therefore comprehending all of the same genus , family or kind ; so that the word used as ...
... natural history , the word used to signify all the species of natural bodies , which agree in certain essential and pecu- liar characters , and therefore comprehending all of the same genus , family or kind ; so that the word used as ...
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... natural incapacity , and genial indisposition . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Glanville . Creator Venus , genial power of love , The bliss of men below and gods above ! Dryden . In genial Spring , beneath the quiv'ring shade , Where cooling ...
... natural incapacity , and genial indisposition . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Glanville . Creator Venus , genial power of love , The bliss of men below and gods above ! Dryden . In genial Spring , beneath the quiv'ring shade , Where cooling ...
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... natural history , a subdivision of any class or order of natural beings , whether of the animal , vegetable , or mineral kingdoms , all agree- ing in certain common characters . See BOTANY and ZOOLOGY . GENUS , in rhetoric . Authors ...
... natural history , a subdivision of any class or order of natural beings , whether of the animal , vegetable , or mineral kingdoms , all agree- ing in certain common characters . See BOTANY and ZOOLOGY . GENUS , in rhetoric . Authors ...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Seite 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Seite 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Seite 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Seite 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Seite 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Seite 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Seite 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Seite 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.