Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volum 10John Brown, 1816 |
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Side 24
... inches diftance ; the plants the fame distance from one another in each row . Patches of the different forts , difpofed here and there in the fronts of the different compartments of the pleasure ground , will appear ornamental both in ...
... inches diftance ; the plants the fame distance from one another in each row . Patches of the different forts , difpofed here and there in the fronts of the different compartments of the pleasure ground , will appear ornamental both in ...
Side 104
... inches . Through the circular crack , round about the thells , where they burst , there ftood out a thin film or theet of ice , like a fin ; and in the cafes where the plugs were projected by freezing water , there fuddenly iffued out ...
... inches . Through the circular crack , round about the thells , where they burst , there ftood out a thin film or theet of ice , like a fin ; and in the cafes where the plugs were projected by freezing water , there fuddenly iffued out ...
Side 116
... inches long . They bathe in the ponds , being sensible that falt water hurts the fkin ; but when they bathe in the fea , they com . monly have fresh water poured over them to wash it off . Thofe of fuperior rank ufe cocoa nut oil ...
... inches long . They bathe in the ponds , being sensible that falt water hurts the fkin ; but when they bathe in the fea , they com . monly have fresh water poured over them to wash it off . Thofe of fuperior rank ufe cocoa nut oil ...
Side 117
... inches fay , is a female refiding in the fky , and directing long , they plait about the fize of a quill , to any all the changes of the weather . They believe that length , and roll it up in balls , from which the when fhe is angry ...
... inches fay , is a female refiding in the fky , and directing long , they plait about the fize of a quill , to any all the changes of the weather . They believe that length , and roll it up in balls , from which the when fhe is angry ...
Side 125
... inches broad ; differing only in this , that the fri- zing table is lined or covered with a kind of coarse woollen fluff , of a rough fturdy nap ; and the frizer is incruftated with a kind of cement , composed of glue , gum arabic , and ...
... inches broad ; differing only in this , that the fri- zing table is lined or covered with a kind of coarse woollen fluff , of a rough fturdy nap ; and the frizer is incruftated with a kind of cement , composed of glue , gum arabic , and ...
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Side 150 - For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Side 352 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Side 127 - That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide : And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolic ; not a mouse Shall disturb this hallow'd house : I am sent with broom before, To sweep the dust behind the door.
Side 184 - Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?
Side 349 - The Measure of an angle, is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Side 372 - ... and kingdoms from whence they came. There is so little uniformity, that it is difficult to trace any governing principles among them. An aversion to labour is too predominant, owing in part to the relaxing heat of the climate, and partly to the want of the necessity to excite industry.
Side 237 - Though an avenue crossing a park or separating a lawn, and intercepting views from the seat to which it leads, are capital faults, yet a great avenue cut through woods, perhaps before entering a park, has a noble air, and Like footmen running before coaches To tell the inn what Lord approaches, announces the habitation of some man of distinction.
Side 218 - ... that these animals are bona vacantia, and, having no other owner, belong to the king by his prerogative. As therefore the former reason was held to...
Side 87 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Side 348 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.