The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Partea 2,Volumul 16Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pagina 373
... versification , nor much replenished his mind with general knowledge . His principal power was in moving the passions , to which Dryden in his latter years left an illustrious testimony . He appears by some of OTT OTW 373.
... versification , nor much replenished his mind with general knowledge . His principal power was in moving the passions , to which Dryden in his latter years left an illustrious testimony . He appears by some of OTT OTW 373.
Pagina 374
... principal plebeians , assisted at the procession ; which concluded at the capital , where rams were sacrificed to Jupiter . The first ovation was granted to Publius Posthumus the consul , for his victory over the Sabines , A. U. C. 253 ...
... principal plebeians , assisted at the procession ; which concluded at the capital , where rams were sacrificed to Jupiter . The first ovation was granted to Publius Posthumus the consul , for his victory over the Sabines , A. U. C. 253 ...
Pagina 406
... principal portrait painter to the prince regent , on which occasion he was offered , but declined , the honor of knighthood . His profes- sional emoluments , as well as his reputation , continuing to mercase , he in 1818 removed to an ...
... principal portrait painter to the prince regent , on which occasion he was offered , but declined , the honor of knighthood . His profes- sional emoluments , as well as his reputation , continuing to mercase , he in 1818 removed to an ...
Pagina 407
... principal of these is the cappa , which is about ten or twelve feet long , and nearly as many wide , and is thick and warm ; they wrap them- selves up in this when they retire to sleep . They have another kind , which is white , and ...
... principal of these is the cappa , which is about ten or twelve feet long , and nearly as many wide , and is thick and warm ; they wrap them- selves up in this when they retire to sleep . They have another kind , which is white , and ...
Pagina 408
... principal chiefs of the island , assembled on board his Britannic majesty's sloop Discovery , in Karakakooa Bay , and in presence of George Vancouver , com- mander of the said sloop ; lieutenant Peter Pu- get , commander of his said ...
... principal chiefs of the island , assembled on board his Britannic majesty's sloop Discovery , in Karakakooa Bay , and in presence of George Vancouver , com- mander of the said sloop ; lieutenant Peter Pu- get , commander of his said ...
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Pagina 397 - From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings; " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
Pagina 405 - 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.
Pagina 607 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Pagina 370 - never drew a more ludicrous distortion, both of attitude and physiognomy, than this effect occasioned: nor was there wanting beside it one of those beautiful female faces which the same Hogarth, in whom the satirist never extinguished that love of beauty which belonged to him as a poet...
Pagina 515 - Fortescue, in the name of his brethren, declared, " that they ought not to make answer to that question : for it hath not been used aforetime that the justices should in any wise determine the privileges of the high court of parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law : and that which is law, it may make no law: and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongs to the lords of parliament, and not to the justices.
Pagina 412 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Pagina 629 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ' Hold, hold !
Pagina 515 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Pagina 440 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court ? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons...
Pagina 509 - ... threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing ; but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water ; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape.