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 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 402
... formed . Water annuals in pots constantly ; seed - beds of all sorts ; and shrubs and trees lately planted . Weeds , in this month , it is of the utmost consequence to destroy before they flower . When cut down they should be raked up ...
... formed . Water annuals in pots constantly ; seed - beds of all sorts ; and shrubs and trees lately planted . Weeds , in this month , it is of the utmost consequence to destroy before they flower . When cut down they should be raked up ...
Page 409
... formed . If these pots in the end of November , are placed in a glass frame , very fine broccoli may be had in the depth of winter . 2. Cale , Sea . - Sea - cale is now cultivated on a very superior principle , and is an important ...
... formed . If these pots in the end of November , are placed in a glass frame , very fine broccoli may be had in the depth of winter . 2. Cale , Sea . - Sea - cale is now cultivated on a very superior principle , and is an important ...
Page 418
... formed of the Latin hospes , a host or stranger . See HOST . In the first ages of the church the bishop had the im- mediate charge of all the poor , also of the widows , orphans , strangers , & c . When the churches came to have fixed ...
... formed of the Latin hospes , a host or stranger . See HOST . In the first ages of the church the bishop had the im- mediate charge of all the poor , also of the widows , orphans , strangers , & c . When the churches came to have fixed ...
Page 420
... formed of the Latin hospes , thus called quasi hostium , or osti- um petens ; for ostium was anciently written with the aspirate . It was a custom among the ancients , when any stranger asked for lodging , for the master of the house ...
... formed of the Latin hospes , thus called quasi hostium , or osti- um petens ; for ostium was anciently written with the aspirate . It was a custom among the ancients , when any stranger asked for lodging , for the master of the house ...
Page 423
... formed with iron cement on mil- board dipped in white lead . Where steam is employed in the principal suite of hot - houses , it will be found easy to con- vey it also to the melon ground ; the melon pits or frames must , however , in ...
... formed with iron cement on mil- board dipped in white lead . Where steam is employed in the principal suite of hot - houses , it will be found easy to con- vey it also to the melon ground ; the melon pits or frames must , however , in ...
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Page 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Page 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Page 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.