La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... called London.- I will now fulfil , to the utmost of my power , what I engaged to perform on my depar- ture from Ispahan ; and you may expect from the pen and pencil of your friend a sketch , if not a complete portrait of the manners ...
... called London.- I will now fulfil , to the utmost of my power , what I engaged to perform on my depar- ture from Ispahan ; and you may expect from the pen and pencil of your friend a sketch , if not a complete portrait of the manners ...
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... called the gay world . I think silence as good as insignificance , and far preferable to scandal , or that fashion- able wit and banter , which is more ad- mired , as it is more daring in its attacks upon all objects which are deemed ...
... called the gay world . I think silence as good as insignificance , and far preferable to scandal , or that fashion- able wit and banter , which is more ad- mired , as it is more daring in its attacks upon all objects which are deemed ...
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... called the trunk ( truncus ) , dividing above into branches , having buds . NOTES . Aristotle and Theophrastus to the present age , it has obtained a principal place in almost every system , those of Rivinus and Linnæus excepted , which ...
... called the trunk ( truncus ) , dividing above into branches , having buds . NOTES . Aristotle and Theophrastus to the present age , it has obtained a principal place in almost every system , those of Rivinus and Linnæus excepted , which ...
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... called by botanists , cortex and liber . Shrubs differ from herbaceous ve- getables in the duration of their stems ; from trees in the nature of their covering , which is not a bark , but a cuticle , or simple skin . This thought is ...
... called by botanists , cortex and liber . Shrubs differ from herbaceous ve- getables in the duration of their stems ; from trees in the nature of their covering , which is not a bark , but a cuticle , or simple skin . This thought is ...
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... called peuduncle ( pedunculus ) . 1. Truncus elevans fructificationem , nec fo- lia . - LINN ÆUS . 2. A stem bearing the fructification , without leaves . Some have translated this flower - stalk , which is more proper for the word ...
... called peuduncle ( pedunculus ) . 1. Truncus elevans fructificationem , nec fo- lia . - LINN ÆUS . 2. A stem bearing the fructification , without leaves . Some have translated this flower - stalk , which is more proper for the word ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...