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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... given to the deliquesced subcarbonate . Charcoal applied to the hydrate of potash at a cherry - red heat gives birth to carburetted hydrogen , and an al- kaline subcarbonate ; but , at a heat bordering on whiteness , carburetted ...
... given to the deliquesced subcarbonate . Charcoal applied to the hydrate of potash at a cherry - red heat gives birth to carburetted hydrogen , and an al- kaline subcarbonate ; but , at a heat bordering on whiteness , carburetted ...
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... given distance , and to cut the fuzes of a just length , that the shell may burst as soon as it touches the ground . PRADON ( Nicholas ) , a French dramatic poet , born at Rouen in the seventeenth century . Ile affected to be the rival ...
... given distance , and to cut the fuzes of a just length , that the shell may burst as soon as it touches the ground . PRADON ( Nicholas ) , a French dramatic poet , born at Rouen in the seventeenth century . Ile affected to be the rival ...
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... given to any particular person is called simply rescript . The term pragmatic sanction is chiefly applied to a settle- ment of Charles VI . emperor of Germany , who in 1722 , having no sons , settled his hereditary dominions on his ...
... given to any particular person is called simply rescript . The term pragmatic sanction is chiefly applied to a settle- ment of Charles VI . emperor of Germany , who in 1722 , having no sons , settled his hereditary dominions on his ...
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... given ; a mandate ; n . s . preceptive mean , consisting of or giving pre- cepts preceptor is a teacher ; tutor . The custom of lessons furnishes the very simplest and rudest sort with infallible axioms and precepts of sacred truth ...
... given ; a mandate ; n . s . preceptive mean , consisting of or giving pre- cepts preceptor is a teacher ; tutor . The custom of lessons furnishes the very simplest and rudest sort with infallible axioms and precepts of sacred truth ...
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... given to future kings to rescind all acts of parliament that should be made while they were under the age of twenty - four : but this was repealed by the stat . 1 Edw . VI . c . 11 , so far as related to that prince , and both statutes ...
... given to future kings to rescind all acts of parliament that should be made while they were under the age of twenty - four : but this was repealed by the stat . 1 Edw . VI . c . 11 , so far as related to that prince , and both statutes ...
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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.