The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 385
... body is a little compressed on the sides : towards the tail it grows very slender , and a little angular . It is a most beautiful fish when alive ; nothing can equal the brilliancy of its color , which death im- pairs , but does not ...
... body is a little compressed on the sides : towards the tail it grows very slender , and a little angular . It is a most beautiful fish when alive ; nothing can equal the brilliancy of its color , which death im- pairs , but does not ...
Page 386
... body , having broke her skin , endeavoured the curing of it ; but , observing the ulcer sanious , I proposed digestion . Wiseman . A woman of forty , scorbutically and hydropically affected , having a sordid ulcer , put herself into my ...
... body , having broke her skin , endeavoured the curing of it ; but , observing the ulcer sanious , I proposed digestion . Wiseman . A woman of forty , scorbutically and hydropically affected , having a sordid ulcer , put herself into my ...
Page 387
... body either entirely , or in part , into scorić . It is used by metallurgists , in order that any metal , imprisoned in a solid body , may , on account of its weight , descend and separate itself from it , and finally , if that be ...
... body either entirely , or in part , into scorić . It is used by metallurgists , in order that any metal , imprisoned in a solid body , may , on account of its weight , descend and separate itself from it , and finally , if that be ...
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... body whitish - tawny , spotted with brown , and covered with large scales ; the flesh is eaten in Italy . This fish is called by the people of Corn- wall father - lasher . SCORPĆNA is also the name of another fish caught in many parts ...
... body whitish - tawny , spotted with brown , and covered with large scales ; the flesh is eaten in Italy . This fish is called by the people of Corn- wall father - lasher . SCORPĆNA is also the name of another fish caught in many parts ...
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... body of 10,000 troops , the combined army was defeated , and Woada killed herself . Corbred returned to Scotland , where he died in peace in the eighteenth year of his reign , A. D. 72 ; and was succeeded by Dardanus , nephew of Metel ...
... body of 10,000 troops , the combined army was defeated , and Woada killed herself . Corbred returned to Scotland , where he died in peace in the eighteenth year of his reign , A. D. 72 ; and was succeeded by Dardanus , nephew of Metel ...
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Page 635 - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me : And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Page 677 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page 594 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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Page 596 - Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer ; For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 628 - Matthew then, among the Jews, wrote a Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching the Gospel at Rome, and founding a church there : and after their exit...
Page 582 - Soft is the strain when zephyr 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 594 - Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 604 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 603 - We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact when the witnesses contradict each other, when they are but few or of a doubtful character, when they have an interest in what they affirm, when they deliver their testimony with hesitation, or, on the contrary, with too violent asseverations. There are many other particulars of the same kind which may diminish or destroy the force of any argument derived from human testimony.