The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1, Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... things fabulously delivered , and are not to be accepted as truths . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Triptolemus , so sung the ... thing to be considered in an epick poem is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action ...
... things fabulously delivered , and are not to be accepted as truths . Browne's Vulgar Errours . Triptolemus , so sung the ... thing to be considered in an epick poem is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action ...
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... things : the verb , formed after the noun , signifies to build , construct , or frame , as does the more common verb to ... thing . Like the baseless fabric of this vision , The cloud - capped towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn ...
... things : the verb , formed after the noun , signifies to build , construct , or frame , as does the more common verb to ... thing . Like the baseless fabric of this vision , The cloud - capped towers , the gorgeous palaces , The solemn ...
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... thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance : as an active verb , to meet ...
... thing , dis- tortion or peculiarity ; and confidence or bold- ness of face or character . As a verb neuter , to face , is to come with the face toward an object ; to carry a false countenance or appearance : as an active verb , to meet ...
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... things , but also have acquired a great faci- lity of prouting themselves by reading good authors . Id . " Tis a ... thing or effect accomplished : dity , as opposed to fiction or speculation ; action ; deed . In matter of fact they ...
... things , but also have acquired a great faci- lity of prouting themselves by reading good authors . Id . " Tis a ... thing or effect accomplished : dity , as opposed to fiction or speculation ; action ; deed . In matter of fact they ...
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... thing is made ; and figuratively , but more commonly , the collective body of merchants in a given place . Fr. facteur ; Lat . factory ( à facio ) . One who does business for another ; an Take on you the charge And kingly government of ...
... thing is made ; and figuratively , but more commonly , the collective body of merchants in a given place . Fr. facteur ; Lat . factory ( à facio ) . One who does business for another ; an Take on you the charge And kingly government of ...
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Page 255 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 116 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 365 - Ay, there's the point: — As, — to be bold with you, — Not to affect many proposed matches, Of her own clime, complexion, and degree; Whereto, we see, in all things nature tends: Foh ! one may smell, in such, a will most rank, Foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.
Page 362 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 14 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Page 149 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Page 90 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 6 - How many things are there which a man cannot, with any face, or comeliness, say or do himself? A man can scarce allege his own merits with modesty, much less extol them : a man cannot sometimes brook to supplicate, or beg, and a number of the like : but all these things are graceful in a friend's mouth, which are blushing in a man's own.
Page 57 - Come, go to, I will be wise!" I read farming books; I calculated crops; I attended markets; and, in short, in spite of the devil, and the world, and the flesh, I believe I should have been a wise man; but the first year, from unfortunately buying bad seed, the second from a late harvest, we lost half our crops. This overset all my wisdom, and I returned "like the dog to his vomit, and the sow that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.
Page 330 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.