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Page 397
... past ; by means the Wharf from the north - west , the Derwent or in
consequence of ; denoting absence ; derefrom the ... of Lincolnshire ; where the
united out of hand ' means immediately ; quickly streams form the umber ,
seventeen miles ...
... past ; by means the Wharf from the north - west , the Derwent or in
consequence of ; denoting absence ; derefrom the ... of Lincolnshire ; where the
united out of hand ' means immediately ; quickly streams form the umber ,
seventeen miles ...
Page 397
Othello . which carries with it the amotion of possession ; Sweet prince , the
untainted virtue of your years for by means of it the wrong doer gets into the Hath
not yet dived into the world ' s deceit ; actual possession of the land or
hereditament ...
Othello . which carries with it the amotion of possession ; Sweet prince , the
untainted virtue of your years for by means of it the wrong doer gets into the Hath
not yet dived into the world ' s deceit ; actual possession of the land or
hereditament ...
Page 459
This instance of heroic action or heroic suffering . sculptor , in many respects
admirable , has given There must be something either in the action , or a very
mean expression to his statue of David , in the object , in which men are
universally con ...
This instance of heroic action or heroic suffering . sculptor , in many respects
admirable , has given There must be something either in the action , or a very
mean expression to his statue of David , in the object , in which men are
universally con ...
Page 466
... but with caution . ought by no means to destroy . With the light The eye is the
most difficult feature to execute and dark teints , the smaller part , are next to be in
crayons , as every part must be expressed with made with freedom , executing as
...
... but with caution . ought by no means to destroy . With the light The eye is the
most difficult feature to execute and dark teints , the smaller part , are next to be in
crayons , as every part must be expressed with made with freedom , executing as
...
Page 620
He was educated part ' means , in most instances ; commonly , to in Dublin ,
whence he went ... be separated from ; lose : partable and partible Antiquarian ,
Medical , and Agricultural Societies . mean , divisible ; separable : partage ( Fr .
partIn ...
He was educated part ' means , in most instances ; commonly , to in Dublin ,
whence he went ... be separated from ; lose : partable and partible Antiquarian ,
Medical , and Agricultural Societies . mean , divisible ; separable : partage ( Fr .
partIn ...
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Page 397 - From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings; " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
Page 405 - Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Page 607 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 370 - never drew a more ludicrous distortion, both of attitude and physiognomy, than this effect occasioned: nor was there wanting beside it one of those beautiful female faces which the same Hogarth, in whom the satirist never extinguished that love of beauty which belonged to him as a poet...
Page 515 - Fortescue, in the name of his brethren, declared, " that they ought not to make answer to that question : for it hath not been used aforetime that the justices should in any wise determine the privileges of the high court of parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law : and that which is law, it may make no law: and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongs to the lords of parliament, and not to the justices.
Page 412 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 629 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ' Hold, hold !
Page 515 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 440 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court ? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons...
Page 509 - ... threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing ; but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water ; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape.
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| Title | The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 16 |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2006 |
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