The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 381
... English Lexicon , ON THE BASIS OF DR . JOHNSON'S LARGER DICTIONARY , BUT RE - MODELLED ; THE DBFINITIONS BEING SIMPLIFIED , AND THE AUTHORITIES CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED . ILLUSTRATED BY 260 ENGRAVINGS ; A General Atlux of FORTY ROYAL ...
... English Lexicon , ON THE BASIS OF DR . JOHNSON'S LARGER DICTIONARY , BUT RE - MODELLED ; THE DBFINITIONS BEING SIMPLIFIED , AND THE AUTHORITIES CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED . ILLUSTRATED BY 260 ENGRAVINGS ; A General Atlux of FORTY ROYAL ...
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... English . Thus , the original mean- ing of fool is worthless , or good for nothing ; dirty or idle : applied to the mind , weak , mud- dy in its ideas ; slow of apprehension ; reluctant to think It is now generally applied to a na ...
... English . Thus , the original mean- ing of fool is worthless , or good for nothing ; dirty or idle : applied to the mind , weak , mud- dy in its ideas ; slow of apprehension ; reluctant to think It is now generally applied to a na ...
Page 398
... English versifying , without quantity and joints , be sure signs that the verse is either born deformed , unnatural , or lame . Ascham's Schoolmaster . A wounded dragon under him did ly , Whose hideous tayle his lefte foot did enfold ...
... English versifying , without quantity and joints , be sure signs that the verse is either born deformed , unnatural , or lame . Ascham's Schoolmaster . A wounded dragon under him did ly , Whose hideous tayle his lefte foot did enfold ...
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... English foot ; the Ancona foot is 1.282 English ; Bologna foot , 1.244 ; Brescia foot , 1.560 ; Fer- rara foot , 1.317 ; Florence foot , 995 ; Geneva foot , 1.919 ; Leghorn foot , 992 ; Milan decimal foot , 855 ; Modena foot , 2081 ...
... English foot ; the Ancona foot is 1.282 English ; Bologna foot , 1.244 ; Brescia foot , 1.560 ; Fer- rara foot , 1.317 ; Florence foot , 995 ; Geneva foot , 1.919 ; Leghorn foot , 992 ; Milan decimal foot , 855 ; Modena foot , 2081 ...
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... English stage . This entertainment at first met with some opposition ; but Foote being patronised by many of the nobility , and other persons of distinc- tion , the opposition was over - ruled : and , having altered the title of his ...
... English stage . This entertainment at first met with some opposition ; but Foote being patronised by many of the nobility , and other persons of distinc- tion , the opposition was over - ruled : and , having altered the title of his ...
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Page 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Page 401 - 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.
Page 402 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Page 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Page 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Page 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Page 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.