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) |
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... color . They were so denominated from the color of the liveries they wore ; and were dedicated , according to M. Aur . Cassiodorus , to the four seasons of the year ; the green being con- secrated to spring , the red to summer , the ...
... color . They were so denominated from the color of the liveries they wore ; and were dedicated , according to M. Aur . Cassiodorus , to the four seasons of the year ; the green being con- secrated to spring , the red to summer , the ...
Sida 11
... color ; wither ; lose vigor or beauty ; die away . Our older writers use it as an active verb for to wear away ... Colours . His palms , tho ' under weights they did not stand , Still thrived ; no Winter could his laurels fade . Dryden ...
... color ; wither ; lose vigor or beauty ; die away . Our older writers use it as an active verb for to wear away ... Colours . His palms , tho ' under weights they did not stand , Still thrived ; no Winter could his laurels fade . Dryden ...
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... color , sound , objects of taste , & c .: faintly follows this variety of acceptation : faintish is slightly , or beginning to grow , faint : fainty is an obsolete and poetical synonyme of faint : faintling , timorous ; feeble- minded ...
... color , sound , objects of taste , & c .: faintly follows this variety of acceptation : faintish is slightly , or beginning to grow , faint : fainty is an obsolete and poetical synonyme of faint : faintling , timorous ; feeble- minded ...
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... color and brittleness of the grass roots when first observed . Lightning , like all other fires , moves round , and burns more in the extremity than in the middle ; the second circle arises from the first , the grass burnt up growing ...
... color and brittleness of the grass roots when first observed . Lightning , like all other fires , moves round , and burns more in the extremity than in the middle ; the second circle arises from the first , the grass burnt up growing ...
Sida 26
... color bordered with tawny ; the hind part of the head is of bright rust color . These birds are destructive to fawns , lambs , kids , and all kinds of game ; particularly in the breed- 4. F. aquila fulvus , the tawny eagle or white 26 ...
... color bordered with tawny ; the hind part of the head is of bright rust color . These birds are destructive to fawns , lambs , kids , and all kinds of game ; particularly in the breed- 4. F. aquila fulvus , the tawny eagle or white 26 ...
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Sida 261 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Sida 120 - 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 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 365 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us-! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Sida 133 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Sida 92 - 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 425 - 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 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Sida 371 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Sida 155 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.