The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volym 15

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Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
1839

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Sida 225 - moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death ; for the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Sida 199 - have had lathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence ; shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? Hebrews xii.
Sida 123 - me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, I must tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for, if my' head would win him a castle in France, it would not fail to go off.' In 1526 he was sent with Cardinal
Sida 310 - Any officer or soldier who shall strike his superior officer, or draw, or offer to draw, or shall lift up any weapon, or offer any violence against him, being in the execution of his office, on any pretence whatsoever, or shall disobey any lawful command of his superior officer, is guilty of mutiny.
Sida 211 - all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand! No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous sea incarnardine, Making the green one red.
Sida 233 - Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Sida 34 - Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false
Sida 13 - Though nature weigh our talents, and dispense To every man his modicum of sense. And conversation in its better part .May be esteemed a gift, and not an art, Yet much depends, as in the tiller's toil, On culture and the sowing of the soil.
Sida 110 - it ; and if a pigeon more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces; if you should see this, you would see nothing more than what is
Sida 189 - Morn dawns ; and with it stern Albania's hills, Dark Sulis' rocks and Pindus' inland peak, Robed half in mist, bedewed with snowy rills, Arrayed in many a dun and purple streak, Arise ; and, as the clouds along them break. Disclose the dwelling of the mountaineer.

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