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, Volum 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... sometimes con- sidered to be much more durable than those of the swing kind ; because the bars , being only half the length , render the joints of the gate not so liable to be broken , or the hinges to be so much strained . On the other ...
... sometimes con- sidered to be much more durable than those of the swing kind ; because the bars , being only half the length , render the joints of the gate not so liable to be broken , or the hinges to be so much strained . On the other ...
Side 24
... sometimes , in poetry , used for the cestus or boxing glove . A scaly gauntlet now , with joints of steel , Must ... sometimes of silk , and sometimes only of thread . To warp the silk for making gauze , they use a peculiar kind of mill ...
... sometimes , in poetry , used for the cestus or boxing glove . A scaly gauntlet now , with joints of steel , Must ... sometimes of silk , and sometimes only of thread . To warp the silk for making gauze , they use a peculiar kind of mill ...
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... sometimes when the loss is small , And danger great , they challenge all ' ; Print new editions to their feasts , And emendations in gazettes . Hudibras . An English gentleman , without geography , cannot well understand a gazette ...
... sometimes when the loss is small , And danger great , they challenge all ' ; Print new editions to their feasts , And emendations in gazettes . Hudibras . An English gentleman , without geography , cannot well understand a gazette ...
Side 33
... sometimes placed single ; sometimes two by two , either opposite or alternate ; sometimes collected in greater numbers in whirls or rings . With respect to their construction , buds are com- posed of several parts artificially arranged ...
... sometimes placed single ; sometimes two by two , either opposite or alternate ; sometimes collected in greater numbers in whirls or rings . With respect to their construction , buds are com- posed of several parts artificially arranged ...
Side 34
... sometimes cubitum in the neutral gender , signifies the lower part of the arm on which we lean . Arbuthnot . Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa , yet immediately changes the word into the masculine gender . Broome . GENDER , in grammar , is a ...
... sometimes cubitum in the neutral gender , signifies the lower part of the arm on which we lean . Arbuthnot . Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa , yet immediately changes the word into the masculine gender . Broome . GENDER , in grammar , is a ...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... Thomas Curtis Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2015 |
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Side 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Side 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...
Side 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Side 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.
Side 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*.