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 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... continued till the 11th of May , 1812 , when , while approach- ing the door of the house of commons , a person named Bellingham discharged a pistol at him in the lobby , the bullet of which , entering his breast , deprived him almost ...
... continued till the 11th of May , 1812 , when , while approach- ing the door of the house of commons , a person named Bellingham discharged a pistol at him in the lobby , the bullet of which , entering his breast , deprived him almost ...
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... continued . A word not in use . Confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable toughness . Shakspeare . Othello . O perdurable shame ! let's stab ourselves . Shakspeare . Why should he , for the momentary trick , Be ...
... continued . A word not in use . Confess me knit to thy deserving with cables of perdurable toughness . Shakspeare . Othello . O perdurable shame ! let's stab ourselves . Shakspeare . Why should he , for the momentary trick , Be ...
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... continued long a faithful ally of that powerful people , but , having entered into a secret treaty with Perseus king of Macedon , he excited their resentment ; and , although he sought to deprecate their ven- geance , it would have ...
... continued long a faithful ally of that powerful people , but , having entered into a secret treaty with Perseus king of Macedon , he excited their resentment ; and , although he sought to deprecate their ven- geance , it would have ...
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... continued in series ; course of events ; a given number of years ; length of time ; a complete sentence ; particularly the end or conclusion of a series ; the point or state at which a thing terminates : as a verb to put an end to ...
... continued in series ; course of events ; a given number of years ; length of time ; a complete sentence ; particularly the end or conclusion of a series ; the point or state at which a thing terminates : as a verb to put an end to ...
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... continued till his death , in 1715. He wrote many learned and curious works , particularly Origines Baby- lonicæ et Egyptiaca , 2 vols . 8vo . , & c . But his work most generally known is the Notes upon Sancta Minerva . PERIZZITES ...
... continued till his death , in 1715. He wrote many learned and curious works , particularly Origines Baby- lonicæ et Egyptiaca , 2 vols . 8vo . , & c . But his work most generally known is the Notes upon Sancta Minerva . PERIZZITES ...
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Side 15 - Coke(/) to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question.
Side 392 - Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Side 190 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm resolve Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain.
Side 68 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Side 403 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
Side 417 - That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity...
Side 15 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Side 96 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. " Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins...
Side 11 - Tis chastity, my brother, chastity : She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds ; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Side 42 - In prose compositions, this figure requires to be used with still greater moderation and delicacy. The same liberty is not allowed to the imagination there, as in poetry.