Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volym 15, Del 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... Ancient and Modern , of the different Empires , Kingdoms , and States ; AND An Account of the LIVES of the most Eminent Perfons in every Nation , from the earliest ages down to the present times . Compile from the writings of the best ...
... Ancient and Modern , of the different Empires , Kingdoms , and States ; AND An Account of the LIVES of the most Eminent Perfons in every Nation , from the earliest ages down to the present times . Compile from the writings of the best ...
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... ancient and , which conftantly and uniformly exerts a felf - moving modern times . Ovid founds upon it a beautiful story ; power , uninfluenced either by chemical ftimuli , or by and Thomson describes it as an attachment of love to any ...
... ancient and , which conftantly and uniformly exerts a felf - moving modern times . Ovid founds upon it a beautiful story ; power , uninfluenced either by chemical ftimuli , or by and Thomson describes it as an attachment of love to any ...
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... ancient authors were printed here ; and these editions were valued not only for the beauty of the characters , but also for the correctnefs of the text , with regard to which Plantin was fo very nice , that he procured the most learned ...
... ancient authors were printed here ; and these editions were valued not only for the beauty of the characters , but also for the correctnefs of the text , with regard to which Plantin was fo very nice , that he procured the most learned ...
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... ancient and modern , have fuppofed the great motions in the corporeal world , and the various proceffes of generation and corruption , to be perpetually carried on . Among the philofophers of Greece , fuch a power was almoft univerfally ...
... ancient and modern , have fuppofed the great motions in the corporeal world , and the various proceffes of generation and corruption , to be perpetually carried on . Among the philofophers of Greece , fuch a power was almoft univerfally ...
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... Ancient Metaphyfics , are likewife ftrenuous advocates for the Ariftotelian doctrine of a plastic nature diffufed through the material world ; ( fee METAPHYSICS , no 200 , 201 , 202. ) : and a notion very fimilar has late- ly occurred ...
... Ancient Metaphyfics , are likewife ftrenuous advocates for the Ariftotelian doctrine of a plastic nature diffufed through the material world ; ( fee METAPHYSICS , no 200 , 201 , 202. ) : and a notion very fimilar has late- ly occurred ...
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Sida 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Sida 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Sida 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Sida 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Sida 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Sida 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Sida 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Sida 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Sida 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Sida 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.