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 22
... late ; Mad at a foxchafe , wife at a debate . FOXERNA , a town of Sweden , in W. Goth- land ; 25 miles N. of Gothenburg . in which the hair theds . FOXEVIL . n .. [ fox and evil . ] A kind of disease * FOXFISH . n .. \ vulpecula pifcis ...
... late ; Mad at a foxchafe , wife at a debate . FOXERNA , a town of Sweden , in W. Goth- land ; 25 miles N. of Gothenburg . in which the hair theds . FOXEVIL . n .. [ fox and evil . ] A kind of disease * FOXFISH . n .. \ vulpecula pifcis ...
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... late king , had been appointed guardian during his minority , but he being totally unfit for the office , readily refign- ed it to the dukes of Burgundy and Bourbon , the former uncle to the king by his father's fide , the latter by his ...
... late king , had been appointed guardian during his minority , but he being totally unfit for the office , readily refign- ed it to the dukes of Burgundy and Bourbon , the former uncle to the king by his father's fide , the latter by his ...
Side 48
... late , be- gan to repent of fo rathly making an inroad into a country where difeafe and a powerful army everywhere threatened him with deftruction ; he therefore thought of retiring into Calais . In this retreat , which was both painful ...
... late , be- gan to repent of fo rathly making an inroad into a country where difeafe and a powerful army everywhere threatened him with deftruction ; he therefore thought of retiring into Calais . In this retreat , which was both painful ...
Side 49
... late compact ; after which he turned his arms with fuccefs against the dauphin ; who , in the mean time , wandered about a stranger in his own kingdom , and to his enemies fucceffes only oppo- fed fruitless expoftulations . Henry was ...
... late compact ; after which he turned his arms with fuccefs against the dauphin ; who , in the mean time , wandered about a stranger in his own kingdom , and to his enemies fucceffes only oppo- fed fruitless expoftulations . Henry was ...
Side 55
... late , to think of revenge . France was now threatened by , the united forces of Auftria , Spain , and England . But this formidable confederacy was foon difiipated . Henry was bought off with money ; the immediate payment of 745,000 ...
... late , to think of revenge . France was now threatened by , the united forces of Auftria , Spain , and England . But this formidable confederacy was foon difiipated . Henry was bought off with money ; the immediate payment of 745,000 ...
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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.