Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Volume 181845 |
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... less the Roman F , the only difference ex- isting in the inclination of the cross lines to the stem . There is , however , another form under which it sometimes appears , resembling an upright and inverted Gamma united , C. This form ...
... less the Roman F , the only difference ex- isting in the inclination of the cross lines to the stem . There is , however , another form under which it sometimes appears , resembling an upright and inverted Gamma united , C. This form ...
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... less definite , the language less settled , and practice less restricted , it appears that they sometimes employed the Digamma as the best approximation . The Delian inscription appears to have been written when the use of the V was ...
... less definite , the language less settled , and practice less restricted , it appears that they sometimes employed the Digamma as the best approximation . The Delian inscription appears to have been written when the use of the V was ...
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... less than lengthening the preceding syllable ; for Priscian should have known that the first syllable in aos is long ; and even were it not so , it might have been lengthened by the Digamma . His Latin ana- logies , therefore , of sylüæ ...
... less than lengthening the preceding syllable ; for Priscian should have known that the first syllable in aos is long ; and even were it not so , it might have been lengthened by the Digamma . His Latin ana- logies , therefore , of sylüæ ...
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... less distinctly jointed at one period of their existence . Only one species of the genus has been described , called D. serpentina , which is Conferva Mirabilis of Dillwyn . DILLWYNIA , in Botany , a genus of the class De- candria ...
... less distinctly jointed at one period of their existence . Only one species of the genus has been described , called D. serpentina , which is Conferva Mirabilis of Dillwyn . DILLWYNIA , in Botany , a genus of the class De- candria ...
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... less , ( in number or magnitude ; ) to lessen ; to les- sen the power , to weaken , to impair ; to take away a part or portion ; to decrease , to contract . See MINISH . And put it all in your discretion To intreat or make diminucion ...
... less , ( in number or magnitude ; ) to lessen ; to les- sen the power , to weaken , to impair ; to take away a part or portion ; to decrease , to contract . See MINISH . And put it all in your discretion To intreat or make diminucion ...
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Page 180 - But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 116 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm, thy glassy wave...
Page 16 - Or find some ruin midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds or driving rain Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discover'd spires ; And hears their simple bell ; and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Page 60 - Goneril! You are not worth the dust which the rude wind Blows in your face. [I fear your disposition. That nature which contemns its origin Cannot be bordered certain in itself." She that herself will sliver* and disbranch From her material' sap, perforce must wither And come to deadly use.
Page 301 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.
Page 232 - ... his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen.
Page 323 - And the accomplishment of them lies not but in a power above man's to promise; but that none hath by more studious ways endeavoured, and with more unwearied spirit that none shall, that I dare almost aver of myself, as far as life and free leisure will extend...
Page 183 - And, conscious, glancing oft' on every side His sated eye, feels his heart heave with joy. The gleaners spread around, and here and there, Spike after spike, their scanty harvest pick. Be not too narrow, husbandmen ! but fling From the full sheaf, with charitable stealth, The liberal handful. Think, oh, grateful, think! How good the God of harvest is to you, Who pours abundance o'er your flowing fields...
Page 340 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Page 272 - Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.