A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4 |
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They cut a pital of the province , seated on the contines of table in the green sod , of a round figure , by cast- Upper Volhynia , among marshes , thirty - five ing a trench in the ground , of such circumference miles north of Lemberg ...
They cut a pital of the province , seated on the contines of table in the green sod , of a round figure , by cast- Upper Volhynia , among marshes , thirty - five ing a trench in the ground , of such circumference miles north of Lemberg ...
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Rings of shell lac 1807 and 1808 , was not less than 120,000 fac- round the arms , and bracelets of mother - of - pearl tory maunds ; and the aggregate sold at the East are favorite ornaments ; as are also trinkets geneIndia Company's ...
Rings of shell lac 1807 and 1808 , was not less than 120,000 fac- round the arms , and bracelets of mother - of - pearl tory maunds ; and the aggregate sold at the East are favorite ornaments ; as are also trinkets geneIndia Company's ...
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... notwithstanding the facilities of navi- ton cloth round their middles : the richer sort put gation , fewer attempts have been made to ex- on a sort of calico gowns , when they go abroad , plore the interior from this part of the ...
... notwithstanding the facilities of navi- ton cloth round their middles : the richer sort put gation , fewer attempts have been made to ex- on a sort of calico gowns , when they go abroad , plore the interior from this part of the ...
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Similar strata of sand , sheep market , held on every alternate Wedneswith oyster - shells , are found for two miles round day from Easter to Midsummer ; 20,000 sheep Reading , at various depths , from fifteen to are sometimes sold in a ...
Similar strata of sand , sheep market , held on every alternate Wedneswith oyster - shells , are found for two miles round day from Easter to Midsummer ; 20,000 sheep Reading , at various depths , from fifteen to are sometimes sold in a ...
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Returning to Tu- vated in gardens , where it flowers all the year bingen , the university greatly prospered under round . The juice of the root is drank as a cure his care ; and is said to be conducted to this for fevers .
Returning to Tu- vated in gardens , where it flowers all the year bingen , the university greatly prospered under round . The juice of the root is drank as a cure his care ; and is said to be conducted to this for fevers .
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Page 297 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 373 - Mrs., or rather Miss Manley, for she was never married, is best known as the authoress of the ' New Atalantis,' a scandalous work, which she published at the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Page 82 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Page 254 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Page 270 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Page 184 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
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Page 244 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Page 227 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Page 280 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.
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| Title | A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 4 A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 13, 2007 |
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