The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volym 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... flat - nosed , and crisp - haired : the Moors tawny ; the northern people large , and fair complexioned . Hale . That which made her fairness much the fairer was that it was but an ambassador of a most fair mind . Sidney . After all ...
... flat - nosed , and crisp - haired : the Moors tawny ; the northern people large , and fair complexioned . Hale . That which made her fairness much the fairer was that it was but an ambassador of a most fair mind . Sidney . After all ...
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... flat upon the ground , and cast the eye down perpendicularly to the foot of the co- lumn , a depth of 250 feet ; this can be done in many places without the least danger . Some of the columns are magnetical . Near the highest point of ...
... flat upon the ground , and cast the eye down perpendicularly to the foot of the co- lumn , a depth of 250 feet ; this can be done in many places without the least danger . Some of the columns are magnetical . Near the highest point of ...
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... flat on his belly , to elude the sight of the falcon . As soon as one is caught , it is taken gently out of the net , for fear of break- ing any of the feathers of the wings or tail : and a cap is placed over its eyes . If any of the ...
... flat on his belly , to elude the sight of the falcon . As soon as one is caught , it is taken gently out of the net , for fear of break- ing any of the feathers of the wings or tail : and a cap is placed over its eyes . If any of the ...
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... flat , or an extent of gently shelving meadow grounds , belonging to different propri- etors , and where deep ditches are required to be sunk on the upper sides of the fences , to drain the lands that lie above them , the plan here re ...
... flat , or an extent of gently shelving meadow grounds , belonging to different propri- etors , and where deep ditches are required to be sunk on the upper sides of the fences , to drain the lands that lie above them , the plan here re ...
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... flat for yards and buildings ; with mea- dow land below it , to receive the washings of the yards ; as well as sound pasture grounds above it for a grass - yard and paddocks ; with private roads nearly on a level to the principal arable ...
... flat for yards and buildings ; with mea- dow land below it , to receive the washings of the yards ; as well as sound pasture grounds above it for a grass - yard and paddocks ; with private roads nearly on a level to the principal arable ...
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Sida 261 - Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Sida 118 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Sida 204 - Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Sida 395 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Sida 425 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Sida 334 - Ye toppling crags of ice ! Ye avalanches, whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming, come and crush me ! I hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass, And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest, or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager.
Sida 396 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Sida 90 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Sida 368 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Sida 42 - Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right, To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours, And smear with dust their glittering golden towers...