Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volume 4 |
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Page 37
... employed in fome exercise which tended to infpire a love of virtue , and to form a just taste . Each of them was to write upon fome chosen subject , either in verfe or in profe , and to communicate to each other in fre- quent ...
... employed in fome exercise which tended to infpire a love of virtue , and to form a just taste . Each of them was to write upon fome chosen subject , either in verfe or in profe , and to communicate to each other in fre- quent ...
Page 42
... employed , were more instructive , promised better , and effected more to humanity , than all the accumulated humility and fanctity of all the religious focieties of the Romish church . We have been led into this digreflion by the ...
... employed , were more instructive , promised better , and effected more to humanity , than all the accumulated humility and fanctity of all the religious focieties of the Romish church . We have been led into this digreflion by the ...
Page 66
... employed in the 11th , 12th , 16th , 18th , 19th , 20th , 21st , 22d , 23d claffes . The principles on which they are formed are few and very fimple . In the first ten claffes they depend upon the follow . Elements , ing circumstances ...
... employed in the 11th , 12th , 16th , 18th , 19th , 20th , 21st , 22d , 23d claffes . The principles on which they are formed are few and very fimple . In the first ten claffes they depend upon the follow . Elements , ing circumstances ...
Page 72
... employed , a botanical prefs may be procured . The prefs is made of two fmooth boards of hard wood , 18 inches long , 12 broad , and two thick . Screws must be fixed to each corner with nuts . If a prefs cannot easily be had , books may ...
... employed , a botanical prefs may be procured . The prefs is made of two fmooth boards of hard wood , 18 inches long , 12 broad , and two thick . Screws must be fixed to each corner with nuts . If a prefs cannot easily be had , books may ...
Page 132
... employed in dropfy as a hydra- gogue purge ; and where ftimulus is not contra - indi- cated , jalap is confidered as a fafe cathartic . The fpecies of the genus convolvulus , called feam - fcamm monia , is a climbing plant , which grows ...
... employed in dropfy as a hydra- gogue purge ; and where ftimulus is not contra - indi- cated , jalap is confidered as a fafe cathartic . The fpecies of the genus convolvulus , called feam - fcamm monia , is a climbing plant , which grows ...
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1-feeded 1-fperma 2-celled 2-locul 2-locularis 2-valved 5-cleft 5-leaved 5-petaled 5-phyllus againſt alfo almoſt alſo America anthers arch Bacca bafe becauſe Berry branches cafes calyx Cape Capf capfule Catkin clafs colour confequence confiderable confifts corolla Cows Drupa Drupe Europe faid fame feed-veffel feeds feems fegments ferve feven feveral fhort fhould fide fimple firft fituation florets flowers fmall fmell fmooth fome fometimes fomewhat foon Four fpecies fpikes fpirit fruit ftalk ftamens ftamina ftem ftyle fubftance fubject fuch fufficient fuperior fupport fwine goats hermaphrodite himſelf horfes houſe Indies inferior inferted Involucrum Jamaica king laft leaves lefs Legume lofs many-feeded moft moſt muſt naked nectary obferved occafion oppofite ORDO ovate panicle parliament perfon petals piftil plants polyfperma prefent purpoſe racemes raiſed refuſe root Sect Seeds ſmall ſpecies Stam Stigma Styl tafte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Three fpecies tion tree TRIANDRIA umbel uſed Weft
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Page 443 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Page 367 - He sat up in bed with the blanket wrapt about him, through which he had cut a hole large enough to admit his arm, and placing the paper upon his knee, scribbled in the best manner he could the verses he was obliged to make.
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Page 271 - ... no change for many months: it is taken out of the hole as it is wanted for use, and being made into balls, it is wrapped up in leaves and baked; after it is dressed, it will keep five or six weeks. It is eaten both cold and hot, and the natives seldom make a meal without it, though to us the taste was as disagreeable as that of a pickled olive generally...
Page 450 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 388 - ... twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies : it contained two thousand baths.
Page 415 - ... transparent smoke ; they then leave off putting in wood, and proceed to make ready for burning, which is performed by putting in brush, furze, spray, heath, brake, or fern...
Page 336 - ... exposed to the wind ; and as many of the letters as remained in their own places, were taken up, and being joined together, contained an answer to the question.
Page 349 - Bee, where he resided till 1764. He was elected an honorary member of the society of antiquaries of London, Jan. 10, 1765 ; in •which year he returned to the abbey of St. Stephen at Caen, where he continued to the time of his death.
Page 360 - Bn apothecary, rather than in a college, for the fake of his health, and becaufe he had more room to make experiments. Oxford was indeed the only place at...