Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 21John Brown, 1816 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... continued encamped for almost a year , and where Mofes e- rected the tabernacle of the covenant , is confider- ably elevated above the reft of the country ; and the afcent to it is by a very craggy way , the great- eft part of which is ...
... continued encamped for almost a year , and where Mofes e- rected the tabernacle of the covenant , is confider- ably elevated above the reft of the country ; and the afcent to it is by a very craggy way , the great- eft part of which is ...
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... continued . When these acids are diluted with s times their weight of water , they diminish the transparency of finovia , but not its vifcidity ; but when they are fo much diluted , that their acid tafte is just perceptible , they ...
... continued . When these acids are diluted with s times their weight of water , they diminish the transparency of finovia , but not its vifcidity ; but when they are fo much diluted , that their acid tafte is just perceptible , they ...
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... continued fitting during the whole execution . When Sixtus afcended the throne , the whole ecclefiaftical state was infested with bands of robbers , who from their numbers and outrages , were exceedingly formidable ; but by his vigorous ...
... continued fitting during the whole execution . When Sixtus afcended the throne , the whole ecclefiaftical state was infested with bands of robbers , who from their numbers and outrages , were exceedingly formidable ; but by his vigorous ...
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... continued paftor for the uncommon period of 65 years . The bishops and clergy of the Scottish Epifcopal communion were , for the greater part of that time , nonjurors , and fubjected , by the penal laws of 1746 and 1748 , to very great ...
... continued paftor for the uncommon period of 65 years . The bishops and clergy of the Scottish Epifcopal communion were , for the greater part of that time , nonjurors , and fubjected , by the penal laws of 1746 and 1748 , to very great ...
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... continued long after the empire itfelf had fallen to pieces . ( 8. ) SLAVERY , ANCIENT AND MODERN , in BR1- TAIN . The Anglo - Saxons , after they were fet tled in this ifland , feem not to have carried on that traffic fo honourably as ...
... continued long after the empire itfelf had fallen to pieces . ( 8. ) SLAVERY , ANCIENT AND MODERN , in BR1- TAIN . The Anglo - Saxons , after they were fet tled in this ifland , feem not to have carried on that traffic fo honourably as ...
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Page 29 - ... gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 182 - ... conform to and be directed by it, whatever appearance the outward form and administration of the government may put on. For it is at any time in the option of the legislature to alter that form and administration by a new edict or rule, and to put the execution of the laws into whatever hands it pleases...
Page 368 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art ; him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 282 - You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything about Woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include women too. Everyone knows that.
Page 199 - Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf Confounded though immortal...
Page 7 - Rather than solid virtue; all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister; from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found.
Page 335 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 428 - Take the night's cream, and put it to the morning's new milk, with the rennet ; when the" curd is come it is not to be broken, as is done with other cheeses, but take it out with a soil dish...
Page 287 - They from th' included Yolk, not ambient White arose. There are who think the Marrow of a Man, Which in the Spine, while he was living ran; When dead, the Pith corrupted will become A Snake, and hiss within the hollow Tomb. All these receive their Birth from other Things; But from himself the Phoenix only springs: Self-born, begotten by the Parent Flame...
Page 399 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they, on the trading flood, Through the wide Ethiopian to the cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : so seemed Far off the flying fiend.