The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance : as an active verb , to meet ...
... thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance : as an active verb , to meet ...
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... things , but also have acquired a great faci- lity of profiting themselves by reading good authors . Id . " Tis a great ... thing or effect accomplished : reality , as opposed to fiction or speculation ; action ; deed . In matter of fact ...
... things , but also have acquired a great faci- lity of profiting themselves by reading good authors . Id . " Tis a great ... thing or effect accomplished : reality , as opposed to fiction or speculation ; action ; deed . In matter of fact ...
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... thing is made ; and figuratively , but more commonly , the collective body of merchants in a given place . Take on you the charge And kingly government of this your land ; Not as protector , steward , substitute , Or lowly factor for ...
... thing is made ; and figuratively , but more commonly , the collective body of merchants in a given place . Take on you the charge And kingly government of this your land ; Not as protector , steward , substitute , Or lowly factor for ...
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... thing mechanical or mental : hence skill ; dexterity ; excellence ; quality ; power ; authority or privilege : a com ... things . Hooker . Law hath set down to what persons , in what causes , with what circumstances , almost every ...
... thing mechanical or mental : hence skill ; dexterity ; excellence ; quality ; power ; authority or privilege : a com ... things . Hooker . Law hath set down to what persons , in what causes , with what circumstances , almost every ...
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... thing failide to you ? Wiclif . Luk . xxii . He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites . Jos . iii . 10 . The waters fail from the sea , and the flood decayeth and drieth up . Job xiv . 11 . Help , Lord , for the ...
... thing failide to you ? Wiclif . Luk . xxii . He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites . Jos . iii . 10 . The waters fail from the sea , and the flood decayeth and drieth up . Job xiv . 11 . Help , Lord , for the ...
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Page 261 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 120 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 395 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Page 365 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 133 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Page 92 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 425 - tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Page 371 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Page 155 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.