Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 16John Brown, 1816 |
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... dropped on the publication of the first Lon- ligencer , by Sir Roger L'Eftrange , 1663 , which don Gazette . Newspapers and pamphlets were prohibited by royal proclamation in 1680. Tho ' at the revolution prohibitions of this kind were ...
... dropped on the publication of the first Lon- ligencer , by Sir Roger L'Eftrange , 1663 , which don Gazette . Newspapers and pamphlets were prohibited by royal proclamation in 1680. Tho ' at the revolution prohibitions of this kind were ...
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... drops of sweat ran down his face , he never expressed the smallest degree of impatience ; but , as foon as he had moment's eafe , would fmile and talk with his ufual cheerfulness . Till then he always read and wrote feveral hours a ...
... drops of sweat ran down his face , he never expressed the smallest degree of impatience ; but , as foon as he had moment's eafe , would fmile and talk with his ufual cheerfulness . Till then he always read and wrote feveral hours a ...
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... firft of March , however , it begins to rain at Gondar , but only for a few minutes at a time , in large drops ; the fun being then about 5 ° diftant distant from the zenith . The rainy feafon commences with NIL ( 78 ) NIL.
... firft of March , however , it begins to rain at Gondar , but only for a few minutes at a time , in large drops ; the fun being then about 5 ° diftant distant from the zenith . The rainy feafon commences with NIL ( 78 ) NIL.
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... dropping . Dryden . Convinc'd that noiseless piety might dwell In fecular retreats , and flourish well . Hart . * NOISEMAKER . n . f . [ noise and maker . ] Cla- mourer . tle Tartary ; who still retain their ancient manner of NOI NOI ...
... dropping . Dryden . Convinc'd that noiseless piety might dwell In fecular retreats , and flourish well . Hart . * NOISEMAKER . n . f . [ noise and maker . ] Cla- mourer . tle Tartary ; who still retain their ancient manner of NOI NOI ...
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... dropping of a fuit or action , or a renouncing thereof by the plaintiff or defendant ; which happens moft com- monly upon the discovery of fome error in the plaintiff's proceedings when the cause is so far proceeded in , that the jury ...
... dropping of a fuit or action , or a renouncing thereof by the plaintiff or defendant ; which happens moft com- monly upon the discovery of fome error in the plaintiff's proceedings when the cause is so far proceeded in , that the jury ...
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Page 86 - Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 44 - The change of motion is proportional to the motive force impressed ; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Page 43 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Page 149 - Vice, for vice is necessary to be shewn, should always disgust.} nor should the graces of gaiety, or the dignity of courage, be so united with it as to reconcile it to the mind. Wherever it appears, it should raise hatred by the malignity of its practices, and contempt by the meanness of its stratagems ; for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred.
Page 296 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.
Page 52 - ... an equal reaction; therefore the planet B will, on the other hand, gravitate towards all the parts of the planet A; and its gravity towards any one part will be to the gravity towards the whole as the matter of the part to the matter of the whole. QED Cor.
Page 149 - The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with less hazard ; to teach the means of avoiding the snares which are laid by TREACHERY for INNOCENCE, without infusing any wish for that superiority...
Page 41 - Absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external, and by another name is called duration: relative, apparent, and common time, is some sensible and external (whether accurate or unequable) measure of duration by the means of motion, which is commonly used instead of true time; such as an hour, a day, a month, a year.
Page 42 - The effects which distinguish absolute from relative motion are the forces of receding from the axis of circular motion. For there are no such forces in a circular motion purely relative, but in a true and absolute circular motion they are greater or less, according to the quantity of the motion.
Page 149 - If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.