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 18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 391
... army , a portion of ammuni- tion , bread , drink , and forage , distributed to each soldier in the army , for his daily subsistence , & c . The horse have rations of hay and oats when they cannot go out to forage . The rations of bread ...
... army , a portion of ammuni- tion , bread , drink , and forage , distributed to each soldier in the army , for his daily subsistence , & c . The horse have rations of hay and oats when they cannot go out to forage . The rations of bread ...
Page 392
... army from Thebes , after having overturned the temples , ravaged the country , and deluged it with blood , to subdue Ethiopia this army almost perished by famine , insomuch that they repeatedly slew every tenth man to supply the re ...
... army from Thebes , after having overturned the temples , ravaged the country , and deluged it with blood , to subdue Ethiopia this army almost perished by famine , insomuch that they repeatedly slew every tenth man to supply the re ...
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... army , and much impoverished by the contributions levied upon it . In 1688 the army of king James II . was quartered in this town , but quitted it on the ap- proach of the prince of Orange . In 1700 queen Anne visited Reading , when she ...
... army , and much impoverished by the contributions levied upon it . In 1688 the army of king James II . was quartered in this town , but quitted it on the ap- proach of the prince of Orange . In 1700 queen Anne visited Reading , when she ...
Page 402
... army , or the hinder line of a fleet : rearward is also used in these senses . The standard of Dan was the rearward ... army which marches after the main body . The old grand guards of the camp always form the rear guard of the army ...
... army , or the hinder line of a fleet : rearward is also used in these senses . The standard of Dan was the rearward ... army which marches after the main body . The old grand guards of the camp always form the rear guard of the army ...
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... army must ; my recess hath given them confidence that I may be con- quered . King Charles . Milton . Id . I conceived this parliament would find work with convenient recessess for the first three years . Id . This happy place , our ...
... army must ; my recess hath given them confidence that I may be con- quered . King Charles . Milton . Id . I conceived this parliament would find work with convenient recessess for the first three years . Id . This happy place , our ...
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Page 436 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 526 - I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Page 437 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 384 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 392 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 521 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best. Because they are Thy will...
Page 399 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.
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Page 579 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Page 510 - This is memory, which is as it were the store-house of our ideas. For the narrow mind of man not being capable of having many ideas under view and consideration at once, it was necessary to have a repository to lay up those ideas, which at another time it might have use of.