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 17Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... respect ( Pliny ) . Strabo ascribes this rivalry to Eumenes . Plutarch mentions 200,000 volumes in the library at Pergamum . Here the membranæ Pergamenæ , whence the name parchment , were invented for the use of books ( Varro , Pliny ) ...
... respect ( Pliny ) . Strabo ascribes this rivalry to Eumenes . Plutarch mentions 200,000 volumes in the library at Pergamum . Here the membranæ Pergamenæ , whence the name parchment , were invented for the use of books ( Varro , Pliny ) ...
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... respect to futurity : always operat- ing : perpetually , the corresponding adverb : to perpetuate is to preserve from extinction or de- cay ; to eternise ; continue without cessation : per- petuation , the act of making , and perpetuity ...
... respect to futurity : always operat- ing : perpetually , the corresponding adverb : to perpetuate is to preserve from extinction or de- cay ; to eternise ; continue without cessation : per- petuation , the act of making , and perpetuity ...
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... respecting his present majesty , then prince of Wales . On the former occasion he was defended by lord Erskine ; on the latter he pleaded his own cause with great ability , and both times obtained a verdict of acquittal . For many years ...
... respecting his present majesty , then prince of Wales . On the former occasion he was defended by lord Erskine ; on the latter he pleaded his own cause with great ability , and both times obtained a verdict of acquittal . For many years ...
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... respecting the use of it in prose compositions , in which this figure require to be used with great moderation and delicacy . The same liberty is not allowed to the imagina tion there as in poetry . The same assistances cannot be ...
... respecting the use of it in prose compositions , in which this figure require to be used with great moderation and delicacy . The same liberty is not allowed to the imagina tion there as in poetry . The same assistances cannot be ...
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... respect to the lower edge of the canvas ; which edge is called the base line , and is parallel with the horizontal line which passes through the eye . For by assuming the point of sight , and conse- quently the horizontal line , too low ...
... respect to the lower edge of the canvas ; which edge is called the base line , and is parallel with the horizontal line which passes through the eye . For by assuming the point of sight , and conse- quently the horizontal line , too low ...
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Page 16 - I then did use the person of your father ; The image of his power lay then in me : And in the administration of his law, While I was busy for the commonwealth, Your highness pleased to forget my place.
Page 334 - nation of that complexion, nor even an individual, eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences. On the other hand, the most rude and barbarous of the whites, such as the ancient Germans, the present Tartars, have still something eminent about them, in their valor, form of government, or some other
Page 334 - For contemplation he and valor formed ; For softness she and sweet attractive grace. The cranium is very capacious, the area of the face bears to its area but a proportion of one to four, and projects little or not at all at the lower parts: the intellectual faculties
Page 17 - A person is a thinking intelligent being, that has reason and reflection, and can consider itself as itself, the same thinking thing in different times and places. Locke.
Page 17 - It is hard to personate and act a part long ; for, where truth is not at the bottom, nature will always be endeavouring to return, and will peep out and betray herself one time or other. Tillotson.
Page 46 - If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to
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Page 166 - Not so the pheasant on his charms presumes, Though he too has a glory in his plumes. He, christian-like, retreats with modest mien To the close copse, or far sequestered green, And shines without desiring to be seen.