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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... give any explanation of it . It has been called the first and most simple act of the mind , by which it is conscious of its own ideas . This definition , however , is improper , as it confounds perception with consciousness ; although ...
... give any explanation of it . It has been called the first and most simple act of the mind , by which it is conscious of its own ideas . This definition , however , is improper , as it confounds perception with consciousness ; although ...
Side 6
... give good exam- ples . Clarissa . PERFUMER , PERFUME ' , n . s . & v . a . Į French parfume . Strong odor of sweetness ; pleasant scent : to give or impregnate with such scent , a perfumer is a dealer in per- fumes . Why rather , sleep ...
... give good exam- ples . Clarissa . PERFUMER , PERFUME ' , n . s . & v . a . Į French parfume . Strong odor of sweetness ; pleasant scent : to give or impregnate with such scent , a perfumer is a dealer in per- fumes . Why rather , sleep ...
Side 17
... give ear . Shakspeare . Consider the different conceits of men , and duly perpend the imperfection of their discoveries . Browne . Unto reasonable perpensions it hath no place in some sciences . Browne's Vulgar Errours . PERPENDICULAR ...
... give ear . Shakspeare . Consider the different conceits of men , and duly perpend the imperfection of their discoveries . Browne . Unto reasonable perpensions it hath no place in some sciences . Browne's Vulgar Errours . PERPENDICULAR ...
Side 18
... give men no rest in their sins , no quiet from Christ's im- portunity , till they awake from their lethargick sleep , and arise from so mortiferous a state , and permit him to give them life . Hammond . Under the same moral , and ...
... give men no rest in their sins , no quiet from Christ's im- portunity , till they awake from their lethargick sleep , and arise from so mortiferous a state , and permit him to give them life . Hammond . Under the same moral , and ...
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... give credit to the report . The consequence was that he was in a few days seized by the traitors ; who bound him with golden chains , and , shutting him.up in a covered cart , fled with him towards Bactria . The cart was covered with ...
... give credit to the report . The consequence was that he was in a few days seized by the traitors ; who bound him with golden chains , and , shutting him.up in a covered cart , fled with him towards Bactria . The cart was covered with ...
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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.