The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Svazek 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Strana 17
... called the north - west and south - west arms , penetrate from the end of it a considerable way into the interior , and receive the waters of numerous streams from the mountains . This bay is deep and well sheltered ; capable of af ...
... called the north - west and south - west arms , penetrate from the end of it a considerable way into the interior , and receive the waters of numerous streams from the mountains . This bay is deep and well sheltered ; capable of af ...
Strana 18
... called chyle . After death this sol- vent power even acts upon the stomach itself . By evaporation it is reduced to a dry mass , which gives out in destructive distillation ammo- nia and empyreumatic oil , leaving carbonaceous matter ...
... called chyle . After death this sol- vent power even acts upon the stomach itself . By evaporation it is reduced to a dry mass , which gives out in destructive distillation ammo- nia and empyreumatic oil , leaving carbonaceous matter ...
Strana 29
... called Lindii , from the colonists of Lindus , a city of Rhodes , who settled there first . This city , after having stood 408 years , was destroyed by Phin- tias , tyrant of Agrigentum ; and the inhabitants were removed to a new city ...
... called Lindii , from the colonists of Lindus , a city of Rhodes , who settled there first . This city , after having stood 408 years , was destroyed by Phin- tias , tyrant of Agrigentum ; and the inhabitants were removed to a new city ...
Strana 31
... called it Noctes Atticæ , because composed in the nights of a winter he spent at Athens . The chief value of it is for preserving many facts and monuments of antiquity not to be found elsewhere . GELT , n . s . Corrupted from gilt ...
... called it Noctes Atticæ , because composed in the nights of a winter he spent at Athens . The chief value of it is for preserving many facts and monuments of antiquity not to be found elsewhere . GELT , n . s . Corrupted from gilt ...
Strana 39
... called its axis , or axis of circumvolution : the motion or revolution of that semicircle is the genesis of the sphere , & c . In the genesis of figures , & c . , the line or surface that moves is called the describent ; and the line ...
... called its axis , or axis of circumvolution : the motion or revolution of that semicircle is the genesis of the sphere , & c . In the genesis of figures , & c . , the line or surface that moves is called the describent ; and the line ...
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Strana 156 - 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.
Strana 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Strana 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Strana 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Strana 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Strana 376 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.
Strana 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Strana 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Strana 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Strana 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.