The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Teil 1,Band 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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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 upon which he treads , upon examination , will be found to consist of a regular pavement , formed of the extremities of enormous prismatic masses , composing the precipice , perfectly de- nuded and completely level . These ...
... surface upon which he treads , upon examination , will be found to consist of a regular pavement , formed of the extremities of enormous prismatic masses , composing the precipice , perfectly de- nuded and completely level . These ...
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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 from a great distance , descend with prodigious rapidity , and carry the prey with an exulting scream high into the air . Sometimes the bird perishes in taking its prey ; for , if it chances to fix its talons in an overgrown ...
... surface from a great distance , descend with prodigious rapidity , and carry the prey with an exulting scream high into the air . Sometimes the bird perishes in taking its prey ; for , if it chances to fix its talons in an overgrown ...
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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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Seite 255 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Seite 116 - 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 365 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Seite 362 - 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 14 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Seite 149 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
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 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Seite 57 - Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books; I calculated crops; I attended markets; and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from a late harvest, we lost half our crops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned "like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
Seite 330 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.