The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1, Volume 21Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta , the widow of king Laius , in marriage to him who could deliver his country from the monster by a successful explanation of the enigma . It was at last explained by Edipus , who ...
... king of Thebes promised his crown and his sister Jocasta , the widow of king Laius , in marriage to him who could deliver his country from the monster by a successful explanation of the enigma . It was at last explained by Edipus , who ...
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... King John . Farewel the big war , The spirit stirring drum , the ear piercing fife . Shakspeare . You were used To say extremity was the trier of spirits , That common chances common men could bear . Id . You are too great to be by me ...
... King John . Farewel the big war , The spirit stirring drum , the ear piercing fife . Shakspeare . You were used To say extremity was the trier of spirits , That common chances common men could bear . Id . You are too great to be by me ...
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... remains . Dryden's translation of Virgil is noble and spi- Id . rited . Id . Id . The king's party , called the cavaliers , began to recover their spirits . Swift . C Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those SPI SPI 17.
... remains . Dryden's translation of Virgil is noble and spi- Id . rited . Id . Id . The king's party , called the cavaliers , began to recover their spirits . Swift . C Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those SPI SPI 17.
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... king's writ of indicavit . So also if a clerk , without any color of title , ejects another from his parsonage , this injury must be redressed in the temporal courts ; for it depends upon no ques- tion determinable by the spiritual law ...
... king's writ of indicavit . So also if a clerk , without any color of title , ejects another from his parsonage , this injury must be redressed in the temporal courts ; for it depends upon no ques- tion determinable by the spiritual law ...
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... King John . Prescribe him , before he do use the receipt , that he take such a pill , or a spoonful of liquor . Bacon . Diet most upon spoonmeats , as veal or cock broths . Harvey . The shoveller , or spoonbill ; the former name the ...
... King John . Prescribe him , before he do use the receipt , that he take such a pill , or a spoonful of liquor . Bacon . Diet most upon spoonmeats , as veal or cock broths . Harvey . The shoveller , or spoonbill ; the former name the ...
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Page 342 - Religion agreed upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of both provinces, and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London, in the year of our Lord...
Page 284 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Page 79 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...
Page 13 - Per substantiam intelligo id, quod in se est et per se concipitur; hoc est id, cujus conceptus non indiget conceptu alterius rei, a quo formari debeat.
Page 320 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 116 - An admirable and most forcible way to drive up water by fire, not by drawing or sucking it upwards, for that must be as the philosopher calleth it, infra spheeram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder, if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Page 343 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair: The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page 9 - But whether thus these things, or whether not; Whether the sun, predominant in heaven, Rise on the earth ; or earth rise on the sun • He from the east his flaming road begin; Or she from west her silent course advance, With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along; Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid; Leave them to God above.
Page 144 - I use two steam vessels in which the steam is to act, and which in other steam engines are called cylinders. Secondly, — I employ the steam after it has acted in the first vessel to operate a second time in the other, by permitting it to expand itself, which I do by connecting the vessels together and forming proper channels and apertures, whereby the steam shall, occasionally, go in and out of the said vessels.
Page 224 - ... that upon the trial of any peer or peeress either for treason or misprision all the peers who have a right to sit and vote in Parliament...