The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 414
... frost in winter mone ; And thou fordon - as snowe in fire is sone . Chaucer . Troilus and Creseide . Beseeching him , if either salves or oils , A foredone wight from door of death might raise , He would at her request prolong her ...
... frost in winter mone ; And thou fordon - as snowe in fire is sone . Chaucer . Troilus and Creseide . Beseeching him , if either salves or oils , A foredone wight from door of death might raise , He would at her request prolong her ...
Page 437
... frost . The existence of this acid was first made known by Mr. Ray , in a correspondence with Dr. Hulse . The doctor informed him that these insects , when irritated , give out a clear liquid , which tinges blue flowers red ; a fact ...
... frost . The existence of this acid was first made known by Mr. Ray , in a correspondence with Dr. Hulse . The doctor informed him that these insects , when irritated , give out a clear liquid , which tinges blue flowers red ; a fact ...
Page 485
... frost , Doth all those forward bloomings wholly waste , And then their sweetnesse and their beautie's lost . Geo . Withers . In France it is usual to bring their children into company , and to cherish in them , from their infancy , a ...
... frost , Doth all those forward bloomings wholly waste , And then their sweetnesse and their beautie's lost . Geo . Withers . In France it is usual to bring their children into company , and to cherish in them , from their infancy , a ...
Page 612
... frost , when olive oil would not , Rectified spirit of wine , nut oil , and oil of tur- pentine , seldom freeze . The surface of water , in freezing , appears all wrinkled ; the wrinkles being sometimes in parallel lines , and sometimes ...
... frost , when olive oil would not , Rectified spirit of wine , nut oil , and oil of tur- pentine , seldom freeze . The surface of water , in freezing , appears all wrinkled ; the wrinkles being sometimes in parallel lines , and sometimes ...
Page 613
... frost observed on the ground during the whole ; whence he con- cludes , that a frost may be very intense and dangerous on the tops of some hills and plains ; while in other places it keeps at two , three , or four feet distant above the ...
... frost observed on the ground during the whole ; whence he con- cludes , that a frost may be very intense and dangerous on the tops of some hills and plains ; while in other places it keeps at two , three , or four feet distant above the ...
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Page 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Page 401 - 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.
Page 402 - 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...
Page 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Page 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Page 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Page 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Page 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.