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, Volume 16Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... crystal . There also were seen bowls of stone , and nymphs and their webs and distaffs , and curious work , excit- ing admiration . NYMPHE , in anatomy , two membranaceous parts , situated on each side of the rima . See ANATOMY ...
... crystal . There also were seen bowls of stone , and nymphs and their webs and distaffs , and curious work , excit- ing admiration . NYMPHE , in anatomy , two membranaceous parts , situated on each side of the rima . See ANATOMY ...
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... crystal , and copperas , abound in this province ; as also vanilla , a drug used to give chocolate a flavor . In 1803 the inhabitants amounted to 534,000 ; the extent of surface in the province is 4447 square leagues.⚫ OAXACA , the ...
... crystal , and copperas , abound in this province ; as also vanilla , a drug used to give chocolate a flavor . In 1803 the inhabitants amounted to 534,000 ; the extent of surface in the province is 4447 square leagues.⚫ OAXACA , the ...
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... crystal springs , And larks , and nightingales , are odious things ; But smoke , and dust , and noise , and crowds , delight . Young . MAR . Such reports are highly scandalous . MRS . C. So are they child , shameful , odious . But the ...
... crystal springs , And larks , and nightingales , are odious things ; But smoke , and dust , and noise , and crowds , delight . Young . MAR . Such reports are highly scandalous . MRS . C. So are they child , shameful , odious . But the ...
Page 131
... crystal , and a great quantity of petrified shells , and coralagi- nous substances . All the elevated ground is stony and barren , producing only a scanty pas- ture for sheep . The rivulets which descend from these elevations fertilise ...
... crystal , and a great quantity of petrified shells , and coralagi- nous substances . All the elevated ground is stony and barren , producing only a scanty pas- ture for sheep . The rivulets which descend from these elevations fertilise ...
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... crystal , save that the fore - end had pannels of sap- phires set in borders of gold , and the hinder end the like of emeralds of the Peru colour . Bacon . Like heaven in all , like earth in this alone , That tho ' great states by her ...
... crystal , save that the fore - end had pannels of sap- phires set in borders of gold , and the hinder end the like of emeralds of the Peru colour . Bacon . Like heaven in all , like earth in this alone , That tho ' great states by her ...
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Page 430 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Page 407 - Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Page 188 - Heaven reserv'd in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Page 377 - Tower-hill, where he is said to have died of want; or, as it is related by one of his biographers, by swallowing, after a long fast, a piece of bread which charity had supplied. He went out, as is reported, almost naked, in the rage of hunger, and, finding a gentleman in a neighbouring coffee-house, asked him for a shilling. The gentleman gave him a guinea; and Otway going away, bought a roll, and was choked with the first mouthful.
Page 430 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Page 72 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 166 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this is he which received seed by the way side.
Page 75 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these...
Page 181 - I think we may as rationally hope to see with other men's eyes, as to know by other men's understandings. So much as we ourselves consider and comprehend of truth and reason, so much we possess of real and true knowledge. The floating of other men's opinions in our brains makes us not one jot the more knowing, though they happen to be true.
Page 99 - twas a pleasing fear; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, — as I do here.