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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... ment may be suspended and made to slide ; the whole of the upper part will in this case be needless , and the lower part , which will be in the box , is to be affixed to a lengthened piece of wood C , fig . 8 , which is to be brought ...
... ment may be suspended and made to slide ; the whole of the upper part will in this case be needless , and the lower part , which will be in the box , is to be affixed to a lengthened piece of wood C , fig . 8 , which is to be brought ...
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... ment . Young Linné soon became acquainted with these , as well as with the indigenous ones of his neighbourhood . In 1717 he was sent to school at Wexio ; where , as his opportunities were enlarged , his progress in all his favorite ...
... ment . Young Linné soon became acquainted with these , as well as with the indigenous ones of his neighbourhood . In 1717 he was sent to school at Wexio ; where , as his opportunities were enlarged , his progress in all his favorite ...
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... ment of his character and fame ; he was consti- tuted the first president . By the rules of the academy , this officer held his place but three months . At the expiration of that term , Linné made his Oratio de memorabilibus in Insectis ...
... ment of his character and fame ; he was consti- tuted the first president . By the rules of the academy , this officer held his place but three months . At the expiration of that term , Linné made his Oratio de memorabilibus in Insectis ...
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... ment their own condition in commiseration for his ; they wept also , and followed him , as the boat pushed off , with their blessings . There may have been some among the spectators who re- membered that from this very spot Vasco de ...
... ment their own condition in commiseration for his ; they wept also , and followed him , as the boat pushed off , with their blessings . There may have been some among the spectators who re- membered that from this very spot Vasco de ...
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... ment at Munich , for printing from stone a com- plete map and survey of Bavaria , since which period he has devoted his time to experiments , and to writing the history of his invention . Among other points of improvement , to which his ...
... ment at Munich , for printing from stone a com- plete map and survey of Bavaria , since which period he has devoted his time to experiments , and to writing the history of his invention . Among other points of improvement , to which his ...
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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...