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, Volumul 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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Pagina 10
... appear greater or lesser , until they come to their utmost period . Digby . Is this the confidence you gave me ? Lean on it safely , not a period Shall be unsaid for me . Milton . It is implicitly denied by Aristotle in his politics ...
... appear greater or lesser , until they come to their utmost period . Digby . Is this the confidence you gave me ? Lean on it safely , not a period Shall be unsaid for me . Milton . It is implicitly denied by Aristotle in his politics ...
Pagina 21
... appear little ' injured by the hand of time . The shafts are enfluted up to the top , and the capitals are adorn- ed with a profusion of fret - work . From this hall you proceed along eastward , until you arrive at the remains of a ...
... appear little ' injured by the hand of time . The shafts are enfluted up to the top , and the capitals are adorn- ed with a profusion of fret - work . From this hall you proceed along eastward , until you arrive at the remains of a ...
Pagina 42
... appear to be a figure of the utmost boldness , and to border on the extrava- gant and ridiculous . For what can seem more remote from the tract of reasonable thought than to speak of stones and trees , and fields and rivers , as if they ...
... appear to be a figure of the utmost boldness , and to border on the extrava- gant and ridiculous . For what can seem more remote from the tract of reasonable thought than to speak of stones and trees , and fields and rivers , as if they ...
Pagina 43
... appears to his eye . To do this , let the glass be laid over with strong gum water , which , when dry , will be fit for drawing ... appear only to be a mere point . Having made these preliminary observations , we now proceed to SECT . I ...
... appears to his eye . To do this , let the glass be laid over with strong gum water , which , when dry , will be fit for drawing ... appear only to be a mere point . Having made these preliminary observations , we now proceed to SECT . I ...
Pagina 45
... appear to converge towards some remote point , i . e . their vanishing point . Circles , when retiring in such manner , are represented by ellipses , proportioned to their distances : their dimensions in perspective are ascertained by ...
... appear to converge towards some remote point , i . e . their vanishing point . Circles , when retiring in such manner , are represented by ellipses , proportioned to their distances : their dimensions in perspective are ascertained by ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.