The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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... continued some years , Bacchus interposed and substituted a goat . Paus . 9. c . 8 . flows into Chesapeake Bay , between Point Look- out and Smith's Point . It is seven miles and a half wide at its mouth , and one mile and a quarter at ...
... continued some years , Bacchus interposed and substituted a goat . Paus . 9. c . 8 . flows into Chesapeake Bay , between Point Look- out and Smith's Point . It is seven miles and a half wide at its mouth , and one mile and a quarter at ...
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... continued at Rome he assumed the name of his brother - in - law and benefactor , by which only he is now known . He died in 1662 . POUT , n . s . From pouth . A kind of fish ; a cod - fish ; also a kind of bird , or heath fowl . Of wild ...
... continued at Rome he assumed the name of his brother - in - law and benefactor , by which only he is now known . He died in 1662 . POUT , n . s . From pouth . A kind of fish ; a cod - fish ; also a kind of bird , or heath fowl . Of wild ...
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... continued till 1761 , when he was recalled , and made director - general of the office of control with the rank of colonel . He died at Bath in 1805. His works are : 1. On the Administration of the Colonies . 2. Descrip- tion of part of ...
... continued till 1761 , when he was recalled , and made director - general of the office of control with the rank of colonel . He died at Bath in 1805. His works are : 1. On the Administration of the Colonies . 2. Descrip- tion of part of ...
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... continued ring of moons sur- rounding the earth , and they would thus com : - pose a flexible ring , which would never be flat , but waved , according to the difference ( both in kind and degree ) , of the disturbing forces acting on ...
... continued ring of moons sur- rounding the earth , and they would thus com : - pose a flexible ring , which would never be flat , but waved , according to the difference ( both in kind and degree ) , of the disturbing forces acting on ...
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... continued largely to the med body ; in 1769 he a diplan creating him hedge of LLD . was the allege of Yale in A siew of the and Dumanities in Morals , isions on Providence , & c . , in Beversionary Pay- peal on the National fuss on the ...
... continued largely to the med body ; in 1769 he a diplan creating him hedge of LLD . was the allege of Yale in A siew of the and Dumanities in Morals , isions on Providence , & c . , in Beversionary Pay- peal on the National fuss on the ...
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Page 41 - GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 110 - Father, who wouldest not the death of a sinner but rather that he should turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 41 - By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death. " These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 370 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Page 41 - Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions or causes moving him thereunto, and all to the praise of his glorious grace.
Page 41 - Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory...
Page 260 - From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 345 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 348 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 389 - When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.