A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volumen16Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... shadows of the mountains which bordered the horizon were reflected on it with the greatest precision , and the delusion of its being a sheet of water was thus rendered still more perfect . I had often seen the mirage in Syria and Egypt ...
... shadows of the mountains which bordered the horizon were reflected on it with the greatest precision , and the delusion of its being a sheet of water was thus rendered still more perfect . I had often seen the mirage in Syria and Egypt ...
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... them the most difficult , not only to construct of such a magni- tude , but to secure in the position for so long a period , and affords a striking instance of the for , by the shadow of the gnomon thrown on OBSERVATORY . 87.
... them the most difficult , not only to construct of such a magni- tude , but to secure in the position for so long a period , and affords a striking instance of the for , by the shadow of the gnomon thrown on OBSERVATORY . 87.
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... shadow of the gnomon thrown on the quadrants , they do not appear to have altered in the least from their original position ; and so true is the line of the gnomon that by applying the eye to a small iron ring , of an inch diameter , at ...
... shadow of the gnomon thrown on the quadrants , they do not appear to have altered in the least from their original position ; and so true is the line of the gnomon that by applying the eye to a small iron ring , of an inch diameter , at ...
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... shadow of the sun , in heraldry , is when the sun is borne in armory , so as that the eyes , nose , and mouth , which at other times are represented , do not appear ; and the coloring is thin , so that the field can appear through it ...
... shadow of the sun , in heraldry , is when the sun is borne in armory , so as that the eyes , nose , and mouth , which at other times are represented , do not appear ; and the coloring is thin , so that the field can appear through it ...
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... Shadow from body opaque can fall . Can any thing escape eyes in whose opticks there is no opacity ? Had there not been any night , shadow , or opacity , we should never have had any determinate conceit of darkness . Glanville . How much ...
... Shadow from body opaque can fall . Can any thing escape eyes in whose opticks there is no opacity ? Had there not been any night , shadow , or opacity , we should never have had any determinate conceit of darkness . Glanville . How much ...
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Página 430 - But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Página 407 - 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.
Página 188 - Heaven reserv'd in pity to the poor, No pathless waste or undiscovered shore ? No secret island in the boundless main ? No peaceful desert yet unclaimed by Spain ? Quick let us rise, the happy seats explore And bear oppression's insolence no more.
Página 377 - Tower-hill, where he is said to have died of want; or, as it is related by one of his biographers, by swallowing, after a long fast, a piece of bread which charity had supplied. He went out, as is reported, almost naked, in the rage of hunger, and, finding a gentleman in a neighbouring coffee-house, asked him for a shilling. The gentleman gave him a guinea; and Otway going away, bought a roll, and was choked with the first mouthful.
Página 430 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband : else were your children unclean ; but now are they holy.
Página 72 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Página 166 - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this is he which received seed by the way side.
Página 75 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these...
Página 181 - I think we may as rationally hope to see with other men's eyes, as to know by other men's understandings. So much as we ourselves consider and comprehend of truth and reason, so much we possess of real and true knowledge. The floating of other men's opinions in our brains makes us not one jot the more knowing, though they happen to be true.
Página 99 - twas a pleasing fear; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane, — as I do here.