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 15Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Pagina 396
... earth's revolu- tion round the sun . The science of history began also to make considerable advances under the Arragon princes . Laurentius Valla was munificently patronised at the court of Alphonso . Campano , Carracioli , Albine ...
... earth's revolu- tion round the sun . The science of history began also to make considerable advances under the Arragon princes . Laurentius Valla was munificently patronised at the court of Alphonso . Campano , Carracioli , Albine ...
Pagina 397
... earth and ocean , with which he was surrounded . His first poetical attempts were remarkable for the brilliancy of their coloring . They were applauded , but in contradiction to the established decrees of good sense and correct taste ...
... earth and ocean , with which he was surrounded . His first poetical attempts were remarkable for the brilliancy of their coloring . They were applauded , but in contradiction to the established decrees of good sense and correct taste ...
Pagina 417
... earth without hope , was now roused . On the 15th of August the British fleet , under Nelson , was seen steering down on the bay of Aboukir . The French fleet was instantly attacked . The long preparations for defence , the land ...
... earth without hope , was now roused . On the 15th of August the British fleet , under Nelson , was seen steering down on the bay of Aboukir . The French fleet was instantly attacked . The long preparations for defence , the land ...
Pagina 419
... earth along a metal wire ( the electric conductor ) as soon as I shall command it . Solyman . - And the great serpent that issued out from the foot of Pompey's pillar on the day of your triumphal entry into Scandarich ( Alex- andria ) ...
... earth along a metal wire ( the electric conductor ) as soon as I shall command it . Solyman . - And the great serpent that issued out from the foot of Pompey's pillar on the day of your triumphal entry into Scandarich ( Alex- andria ) ...
Pagina 433
... earth , ' was his language to the English govern- ment in peace . England and France cannot survive together , ' was his more sincere language on the declaration of hostilities . But he had found direct attack impossible . He had twice ...
... earth , ' was his language to the English govern- ment in peace . England and France cannot survive together , ' was his more sincere language on the declaration of hostilities . But he had found direct attack impossible . He had twice ...
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Pagina 668 - I have almost forgot the taste of fears : The time has been, my senses would have cool'd To hear a night-shriek ; and my fell of hair Would at a dismal treatise rouse, and stir, As life were in't : I have supp'd full with horrors ; Direness, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me.
Pagina 453 - The sting she nourished for her foes, Whose venom never yet was vain, Gives but one pang, and cures all pain, And darts into her desperate brain...
Pagina 607 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore : While the pent ocean rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated...
Pagina 637 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Pagina 417 - The people, among whom you are going to live, are Mahometans. The first article of their faith is " There is no other God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Pagina 646 - The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intension nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever.
Pagina 700 - Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
Pagina 646 - To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity, and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.
Pagina 641 - The motions of bodies included in a given space are the same among themselves, whether that space is at rest, or moves uniformly forward in a right line without any circular motion.
Pagina 751 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.