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 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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Page 83
... Nature of the Blood ; and , 2. The Anatomy of Thomas Parr , who died in the 152d year and ninth month of his age ... natural method under the fiftieth order , amentaceæ . CAL . of the male monophyllous , trifid , and triflorous : COR ...
... Nature of the Blood ; and , 2. The Anatomy of Thomas Parr , who died in the 152d year and ninth month of his age ... natural method under the fiftieth order , amentaceæ . CAL . of the male monophyllous , trifid , and triflorous : COR ...
Page 93
... nature to her bias drew in that . As for the religion of our poet , he seems to have some little bias towards the opinions of Wickliff . Dryden . Were I in no more danger to be misled by ignor- ance , than I am to be biassed by interest ...
... nature to her bias drew in that . As for the religion of our poet , he seems to have some little bias towards the opinions of Wickliff . Dryden . Were I in no more danger to be misled by ignor- ance , than I am to be biassed by interest ...
Page 103
... natural consequences of a mighty struggle between light and darkness- between freedom and tyranny . The ecclesiasti ... nature . The dæmons and the darkness united to smother it in its birth , and retired with that reluctance with which ...
... natural consequences of a mighty struggle between light and darkness- between freedom and tyranny . The ecclesiasti ... nature . The dæmons and the darkness united to smother it in its birth , and retired with that reluctance with which ...
Page 113
... nature and operation of the Auxiliary Societies and Associations , which , commencing in London in 1805 , have done ... natural timidity of his lordship's character , and it is really distressing to perceive how such a mind as that of ...
... nature and operation of the Auxiliary Societies and Associations , which , commencing in London in 1805 , have done ... natural timidity of his lordship's character , and it is really distressing to perceive how such a mind as that of ...
Page 123
... nature . Shakspeare , Macbeth . Who of all ages to succeed , but feeling The evil on him brought by me , will curse ... natural centre light , Heavy though in their place . Milton . The wary Dutch this gathering storm foresaw , And durst ...
... nature . Shakspeare , Macbeth . Who of all ages to succeed , but feeling The evil on him brought by me , will curse ... natural centre light , Heavy though in their place . Milton . The wary Dutch this gathering storm foresaw , And durst ...
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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.
Page 2 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
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.