Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volum 15,Del 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Side 9
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... says , flourishes in this fpecies of air dir , vol . v.fo remarkably , that , " it may be faid to feed upon it with great avidity . This procefs terminates in the change of what remains of the inflammable air into phlogisticated air ...
Side 11
... ( says our author ) , ope- rate with equal energy on the vegetable tribe . A feed contains a germ , or plant in miniature , and a radicle , or little root , intended by nature to fupply it with nou- rifhment . If the feed be fown in an ...
... ( says our author ) , ope- rate with equal energy on the vegetable tribe . A feed contains a germ , or plant in miniature , and a radicle , or little root , intended by nature to fupply it with nou- rifhment . If the feed be fown in an ...
Side 34
... says , that he had fome pieces which weighed from 15 to 20 grains ; and adds , that on trying fome of them between fteel rollers in the prefence of Meffrs Darcet and Tillet at Paris , they were perfectly laminated . He fays alfo , that ...
... says , that he had fome pieces which weighed from 15 to 20 grains ; and adds , that on trying fome of them between fteel rollers in the prefence of Meffrs Darcet and Tillet at Paris , they were perfectly laminated . He fays alfo , that ...
Side 44
... ( says he ) ap pears to have meant fomething much more mysterious ;. namely , patterns or archetypes fubfifting by themselves , as real beings , Tas ovla in the Divine reason , as in their original and eternal region , and iffuing thence ...
... ( says he ) ap pears to have meant fomething much more mysterious ;. namely , patterns or archetypes fubfifting by themselves , as real beings , Tas ovla in the Divine reason , as in their original and eternal region , and iffuing thence ...
Side 56
... says , must be more numerous and exquisite than those of the poor ; the nobleman must have more enjoyments than the ple- beian of equal wealth ; and the king , according to him , must be the happiest of all men . He owns , indeed , that ...
... says , must be more numerous and exquisite than those of the poor ; the nobleman must have more enjoyments than the ple- beian of equal wealth ; and the king , according to him , must be the happiest of all men . He owns , indeed , that ...
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Side 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Side 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Side 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Side 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Side 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Side 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Side 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Side 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Side 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Side 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.