Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Svazek 5,Díl 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Strana 1
... thing that was curious , and especially the city of Sy- racule ; where he discovered the tomb of Archimedes to the magiftrates who were fhowing him the curiofi- ties of the place , but who , to his furprife , knew nothing of any fuch to ...
... thing that was curious , and especially the city of Sy- racule ; where he discovered the tomb of Archimedes to the magiftrates who were fhowing him the curiofi- ties of the place , but who , to his furprife , knew nothing of any fuch to ...
Strana 4
... thing that was below his dignity : for Cæfar no fooner faw him than he alighted , ran to embrace him ; and walked with him alone , converfing very familiarly , for feveral furlongs . Cicero was now in his 61ft year , and forced at laft ...
... thing that was below his dignity : for Cæfar no fooner faw him than he alighted , ran to embrace him ; and walked with him alone , converfing very familiarly , for feveral furlongs . Cicero was now in his 61ft year , and forced at laft ...
Strana 5
... thing that hu- man prudence could do for the recovery of the repub- lic for all that vigour with which it was making this lait effort for itself , was entirely owing to his counfels and authority . This appears from thofe memorable ...
... thing that hu- man prudence could do for the recovery of the repub- lic for all that vigour with which it was making this lait effort for itself , was entirely owing to his counfels and authority . This appears from thofe memorable ...
Strana 6
... thing appears in its proper place . He never tries to move till he has attempted to convince ; and in moving , particularly the fofter paffions , he is highly fuccefsful . No one ever knew the force of words better than Cice- ro . He ...
... thing appears in its proper place . He never tries to move till he has attempted to convince ; and in moving , particularly the fofter paffions , he is highly fuccefsful . No one ever knew the force of words better than Cice- ro . He ...
Strana 7
... thing , even his own death . " CID ( Roderigo Dias le ) , a Caftilian officer , who was very fuccefsful againft the Moors , under Ferdi- nand II . king of Caftile ; but whofe name would hard- ly have been remembered , if Corneille had ...
... thing , even his own death . " CID ( Roderigo Dias le ) , a Caftilian officer , who was very fuccefsful againft the Moors , under Ferdi- nand II . king of Caftile ; but whofe name would hard- ly have been remembered , if Corneille had ...
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Strana 51 - A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again, translated from a manuscript written by the Prefetto of Egypt, in company with some missionaries de propaganda fide, at Grand Cairo: To which are added, Remarks on the Origin of Hieroglyphics, and the Mythology of the ancient Heathens.
Strana 344 - The method of computing these degrees in the canon law which our law has adopted, is as follows : we begin at the common ancestor, and reckon downwards : and in whatsoever degree the two persons, or the most remote of them, is distant from the common ancestor, that is the degree in which they are related to each other.
Strana 127 - Instead, therefore, of placing the world upon the giant, the giant upon the tortoise, and the tortoise upon he could not tell what, he placed the world at once upon itself...
Strana 277 - On hills where flocks are fed, flies toward the springs Of Ganges or Hydaspes, Indian streams; But in his way lights on the barren plains Of Sericana, where Chineses -drive With sails and wind their cany waggons light.: So, on this windy sea of land, the Fiend Walk'd up and down alone, bent on his prey...
Strana 149 - And therefore the common law of England, as such, has no allowance or authority there; they being no part of the mother country, but distinct, though dependent dominions. They are subject, however, to the control of the parliament, though (like Ireland, Man, and the rest) not bound by any acts of parliament, unless particularly named.
Strana 38 - Some Reflections on that part of a Book called Amyntor, or a Defence of Milton's Life, written by Toland, which relates to the Writings of the Primitive Fathers and the Canon of the New Testament, in a Letter to a Friend.
Strana 126 - ... at different distances, that is, surrounded with various spheres of attraction and repulsion ; in the same manner as solid matter is generally supposed to be. Provided, therefore, that any body move with a sufficient degree of velocity, or have...
Strana 2 - Cicero's interest appeared to be superior to that of all the candidates: for the nobles themselves, though always envious, and desirous to depress him, yet, out of regard to the dangers which threatened the city from many quarters, and seemed ready to...
Strana 236 - because they had acted in a manner repugnant to the honour and policy of this nation, and thereby brought great calamities on India, and enormous expenses on the East India company*" Here was no attempt on the charter.
Strana 345 - ... rose from one post to another, till at length he was chosen chief magistrate. In this office he maintained a fair character, and continued to fill...