Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 21John Brown, 1816 |
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... taken from the Turks by the Venetians in 1686 , and has two large cifterns of fine water . It is 8 miles N. of Cliffa , and 16 N. of Spalatro . - ( 1 . ) * To SING . v . v . n . preterite I fang or fung ; t participle paf . fung [ frgan ...
... taken from the Turks by the Venetians in 1686 , and has two large cifterns of fine water . It is 8 miles N. of Cliffa , and 16 N. of Spalatro . - ( 1 . ) * To SING . v . v . n . preterite I fang or fung ; t participle paf . fung [ frgan ...
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... taken . ~ This is skimmilk , and therefore it shall go . King- ( 2. ) SKIMMILK OF SKIMM'D MILK CHEESE , See CHEESE , 3. · ( 1. ) SKIN . . f . [ skind , Danish . ] 1. The natu- ral covering of the flesh . It confifts of the cuticle ...
... taken . ~ This is skimmilk , and therefore it shall go . King- ( 2. ) SKIMMILK OF SKIMM'D MILK CHEESE , See CHEESE , 3. · ( 1. ) SKIN . . f . [ skind , Danish . ] 1. The natu- ral covering of the flesh . It confifts of the cuticle ...
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... taken for the whole region without the earth . Their tops afcend the sky . Milton . The maids of Argos , who with frantick cries , And imitated lowings , fill'd the skies . Roscom . Raifeallthy winds , with night involve the skies ...
... taken for the whole region without the earth . Their tops afcend the sky . Milton . The maids of Argos , who with frantick cries , And imitated lowings , fill'd the skies . Roscom . Raifeallthy winds , with night involve the skies ...
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... taken ; if the colour be SLAB - LINE , n . s . in sea language , a small cord found right , let the whole ftand 24 hours longer palling up behind a ship's main sail or fore - Sail ; and in the furnace , and it will then be fit to work ...
... taken ; if the colour be SLAB - LINE , n . s . in sea language , a small cord found right , let the whole ftand 24 hours longer palling up behind a ship's main sail or fore - Sail ; and in the furnace , and it will then be fit to work ...
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... taken in Capfo , fhows F2 The the North American Indians , to fupply the place. debtors ; though the influence of the mild spirit of Chriftianity tended much to meliorate the con dition of flaves , even under Pagan masters ; and though ...
... taken in Capfo , fhows F2 The the North American Indians , to fupply the place. debtors ; though the influence of the mild spirit of Chriftianity tended much to meliorate the con dition of flaves , even under Pagan masters ; and though ...
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Page 29 - ... gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 182 - ... conform to and be directed by it, whatever appearance the outward form and administration of the government may put on. For it is at any time in the option of the legislature to alter that form and administration by a new edict or rule, and to put the execution of the laws into whatever hands it pleases...
Page 368 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art ; him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 282 - You gave the wrong answer,' said the sphinx. 'But that was what made everything possible,' said Oedipus. 'No.' she said. 'When I asked, what walks on four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening, you answered Man. You didn't say anything about Woman.' 'When you say Man,' said Oedipus, 'you include women too. Everyone knows that.
Page 199 - Omnipotent to arms. Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men, he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf Confounded though immortal...
Page 7 - Rather than solid virtue; all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister; from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found.
Page 335 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 428 - Take the night's cream, and put it to the morning's new milk, with the rennet ; when the" curd is come it is not to be broken, as is done with other cheeses, but take it out with a soil dish...
Page 287 - They from th' included Yolk, not ambient White arose. There are who think the Marrow of a Man, Which in the Spine, while he was living ran; When dead, the Pith corrupted will become A Snake, and hiss within the hollow Tomb. All these receive their Birth from other Things; But from himself the Phoenix only springs: Self-born, begotten by the Parent Flame...
Page 399 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they, on the trading flood, Through the wide Ethiopian to the cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : so seemed Far off the flying fiend.