The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 15Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... king of Bithynia , who had married Laodice the widow of Ariarathes . He suborned a youth to be king of Cappadocia , as the third son of Ari- arathes ; and Laodice was sent to Rome to impose upon the senate , and assure them that her ...
... king of Bithynia , who had married Laodice the widow of Ariarathes . He suborned a youth to be king of Cappadocia , as the third son of Ari- arathes ; and Laodice was sent to Rome to impose upon the senate , and assure them that her ...
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... king and queen . Faerie Queene . A new method they have of turning things that are serious into mockery ; an act of contradiction by way of scorn , wherewith we were long sithence fore- warned . Hooker . Many thousand widows Shall this ...
... king and queen . Faerie Queene . A new method they have of turning things that are serious into mockery ; an act of contradiction by way of scorn , wherewith we were long sithence fore- warned . Hooker . Many thousand widows Shall this ...
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... king William concerning it ; and furnished materials for an answer , which was executed by Dr. Wil- liam King . Mr. Molesworth was member of the houses of commons in both kingdoms : king George I. made him a commissioner of trade and ...
... king William concerning it ; and furnished materials for an answer , which was executed by Dr. Wil- liam King . Mr. Molesworth was member of the houses of commons in both kingdoms : king George I. made him a commissioner of trade and ...
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... king of the Britons . They are said to have been in use till the Norman conquest . MOLO , a philosopher of Rhodes , called also Apollonius . Some are of opinion that the phi- losopher Apollonius and Molo were different persons , both ...
... king of the Britons . They are said to have been in use till the Norman conquest . MOLO , a philosopher of Rhodes , called also Apollonius . Some are of opinion that the phi- losopher Apollonius and Molo were different persons , both ...
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... king's buildings , and chief engineer . In 1686 he was sent abroad to view the principal fortresses in Flanders . He travelled with lord Mountjoy through that country , Holland , part of Germany , and France . Upon his return from Paris ...
... king's buildings , and chief engineer . In 1686 he was sent abroad to view the principal fortresses in Flanders . He travelled with lord Mountjoy through that country , Holland , part of Germany , and France . Upon his return from Paris ...
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Page 225 - moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death ; for the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 199 - have had lathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence ; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? Hebrews xii.
Page 123 - me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, I must tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for, if my' head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off.' In 1526 he was sent with Cardinal
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Page 211 - all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand! No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous sea incarnardine, Making the green one red.
Page 233 - Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
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Page 189 - Morn dawns ; and with it stern Albania's hills, Dark Sulis' rocks and Pindus' inland peak, Robed half in mist, bedewed with snowy rills, Arrayed in many a dun and purple streak, Arise ; and, as the clouds along them break. Disclose the dwelling of the mountaineer.