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 13Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... means defendant . Shakspeare . Son of sixteen , Pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire . Id . Who lined ... mean proportional between any two given numbers . Suppose 8 and 32 : extend the com- passes from 8 , in the left - hand ...
... means defendant . Shakspeare . Son of sixteen , Pluck the lined crutch from thy old limping sire . Id . Who lined ... mean proportional between any two given numbers . Suppose 8 and 32 : extend the com- passes from 8 , in the left - hand ...
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... means as great a length of thread is formed as is convenient to reach from the end of it to the spindle , the thread is wound upon the outside of the small part or pin of the spindle , for which purpose the spinner applies the fore ...
... means as great a length of thread is formed as is convenient to reach from the end of it to the spindle , the thread is wound upon the outside of the small part or pin of the spindle , for which purpose the spinner applies the fore ...
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... means the end can never be lost . In order to regulate the friction on the bobbin , and retard its motion in a greater or less degree at pleasure , there is a neck of brass or steel fastened to one end of it , and embraced by a kind of ...
... means the end can never be lost . In order to regulate the friction on the bobbin , and retard its motion in a greater or less degree at pleasure , there is a neck of brass or steel fastened to one end of it , and embraced by a kind of ...
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... means yellow reds and coquelicot may be produced . ( 3. ) By mixing them in different proportions with the blue dye , this mixture will produce different shades of violet and purple . 9. Violet . - Half a pound of scrapings of log- wood ...
... means yellow reds and coquelicot may be produced . ( 3. ) By mixing them in different proportions with the blue dye , this mixture will produce different shades of violet and purple . 9. Violet . - Half a pound of scrapings of log- wood ...
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... means whereby linen - cloth shall be made deceitfully incurs a forfeiture of the linen , and a month's imprisonment . Stat . 1 Eliz . cap . 12. Any persons may set up trades for dressing hemp or flax , and making thread for linen ...
... means whereby linen - cloth shall be made deceitfully incurs a forfeiture of the linen , and a month's imprisonment . Stat . 1 Eliz . cap . 12. Any persons may set up trades for dressing hemp or flax , and making thread for linen ...
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Page 168 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 168 - And, seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.
Page 290 - 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 41 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 304 - Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb ; Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away!
Page 2 - We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter into the heart of man to conceive the glory that will be always in reserve for him. The soul, considered with its Creator, is like one of those mathematical lines ' that may draw nearer to another for all eternity without a possibility of touching it : and can there be a thought so transporting, as to consider ourselves in these perpetual approaches to him, who is not only the standard of perfection but of happiness ! ADDISON.
Page 93 - Vociferated logic kills me quite, A noisy man is always in the right : I twirl my thumbs, fall back into my chair, Fix on the wainscot a distressful stare, And when I hope his blunders are all out, Reply discreetly — To be sure — no doubt...
Page 79 - ... attack from the whites. Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river, and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire, killed every person in it. This happened to be the family of Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites.
Page 174 - But this is but one ; it is scarce credible what dreadful cases happened in particular families every day. People in the rage of the distemper, or in the torment of their swellings, which was indeed intolerable, running out of their own government, raving and distracted, and oftentimes laying violent hands upon themselves, throwing themselves out at their windows, shooting themselves, &c. ; mothers murdering their own children in their lunacy...
Page 266 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...