Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volume 11John Brown, 1816 |
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... colour . Thefe are fucceeded by berries , which are of a beautiful red colour ' when ripe . This fpecies fhould be conftantly kept in a dry ftove . - All these plants are natives of the Cape of Good Hope , and do not propagate very faft ...
... colour . Thefe are fucceeded by berries , which are of a beautiful red colour ' when ripe . This fpecies fhould be conftantly kept in a dry ftove . - All these plants are natives of the Cape of Good Hope , and do not propagate very faft ...
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... colour , with a purple impalement . They are fucceeded by flat oblong pods , each con- taining 2 or 3 kidney feeds . Dr Wright says , that this tree was introduced into Jamaica from Hon- duras in 1715 ; and is now too common , as it has ...
... colour , with a purple impalement . They are fucceeded by flat oblong pods , each con- taining 2 or 3 kidney feeds . Dr Wright says , that this tree was introduced into Jamaica from Hon- duras in 1715 ; and is now too common , as it has ...
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... colour , with yellow ears rising half an inch ; and a multitude of other birds , remarkable for their colour or fong . Befides mines of gold and lapis lazuli , there are various kinds of curious and va- luable wood . The predeceffor of ...
... colour , with yellow ears rising half an inch ; and a multitude of other birds , remarkable for their colour or fong . Befides mines of gold and lapis lazuli , there are various kinds of curious and va- luable wood . The predeceffor of ...
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... colour on the qua- lity of that humour ; whence , at different stages of life , the colour ufually differs . Their extre- mities fplit into 2 or 3 branches , especially when kept dry , or fuffered to grow too long ; fo that what appears ...
... colour on the qua- lity of that humour ; whence , at different stages of life , the colour ufually differs . Their extre- mities fplit into 2 or 3 branches , especially when kept dry , or fuffered to grow too long ; fo that what appears ...
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... colour at once ; which shows that there is a direct communication , and that all the parts are affected alike . In ftrict propriety , however , it must be allowed , that the life and growth of hairs is of a different kind from that of ...
... colour at once ; which shows that there is a direct communication , and that all the parts are affected alike . In ftrict propriety , however , it must be allowed , that the life and growth of hairs is of a different kind from that of ...
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Page 238 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 182 - Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
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Page 402 - I make no doubt but the forcibly attempting a crime of a still more detestable nature may be equally resisted by the death of the unnatural aggressor. For the one uniform principle that runs through our own and all other laws seems to be this, — that where a crime in itself capital , is endeavored to be committed by force, it is lawful to repel that force by the death of the party attempting.
Page 222 - At supper one of them drank a health to the Lord Steward ; upon which another of them said, that he believed his Lord was at that time very merry, for he had now outlived the day which his tutor Sandford had prognosticated upon his nativity he would not outlive ; but he had done it now, for that was his birthday, which had completed his age to fifty years. The next morning, by the time they came to Colebrook, they met with the news of his death.