A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volume 15Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... appear more vitious than he really is , the other kind of hypocrite more virtuous . Addison's Spectator . MODREVIUS ... appears to be more difficult to conceive a dis- tinct , visible image in the uniform , invariable es- sence of God ...
... appear more vitious than he really is , the other kind of hypocrite more virtuous . Addison's Spectator . MODREVIUS ... appears to be more difficult to conceive a dis- tinct , visible image in the uniform , invariable es- sence of God ...
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... appears again on the application of heat , but re- turns by cooling . A strong heat expels the sulphuric acid . The nitric acid has no effect on it ; but the muriatic dissolves it in considerable quantity , and leaves a dark blue ...
... appears again on the application of heat , but re- turns by cooling . A strong heat expels the sulphuric acid . The nitric acid has no effect on it ; but the muriatic dissolves it in considerable quantity , and leaves a dark blue ...
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... appears from their letters . In 1698 , which was the last year of his life , he went to England , to visit that great man ; and soon after his return to Ireland was seized with a fit of the stone , of which he died . He pub- lished ...
... appears from their letters . In 1698 , which was the last year of his life , he went to England , to visit that great man ; and soon after his return to Ireland was seized with a fit of the stone , of which he died . He pub- lished ...
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... appears to have been done , in consequence of these bulls , the motive which in- duced Wolsey and many others to ... appear to have been made , has been estimated at 3182 ; besides many others of inferior rank , of which no account was ...
... appears to have been done , in consequence of these bulls , the motive which in- duced Wolsey and many others to ... appear to have been made , has been estimated at 3182 ; besides many others of inferior rank , of which no account was ...
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... appears arose which rendered a de- claratory statute on this subject necessary . It was at this period therefore enacted that no mines of base metal should be considered as royal , notwithstanding gold or silver might be ex- tracted ...
... appears arose which rendered a de- claratory statute on this subject necessary . It was at this period therefore enacted that no mines of base metal should be considered as royal , notwithstanding gold or silver might be ex- tracted ...
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Page 112 - Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
Page 172 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Page 61 - I'll leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' you : — Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit...
Page 129 - I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go.
Page 38 - I pass'd, methought, the melancholy flood, With that grim ferryman which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul, Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick ; Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence...
Page 107 - There is a great deal of difference between an innate law, and a law of nature between something imprinted on our minds in their very original, and something that we, being ignorant of, may attain to the knowledge of, by the use and due application of our natural faculties.
Page 220 - I sought a resting-place, found one, and contrived to sit ; but when my weight bore on the body of an Egyptian, it crushed it like a band-box. I naturally had recourse to my hands to sustain my weight, but they found no better support ; so that I sunk altogether among the broken mummies, with a crash of bones, rags, and wooden cases, which raised such a dust as kept me motionless for a quarter of an hour, waiting till it subsided again.
Page 419 - The people, among whom you are going to live, are Mahometans. The first article of their faith is " There is no other God but God, and Mahomet is his prophet.
Page 136 - We rustled through the leaves like wind, Left shrubs, and trees, and wolves behind; By night I heard them on the track, Their troop came hard upon our back, With their long gallop, which can tire The hound's deep hate, and hunter's fire...
Page 79 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves...