The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte2,Volumen18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Página 392
... marched one army from Thebes , after having overturned the temples , ravaged the country , and deluged it with blood , to subdue Ethiopia this army almost perished by famine , insomuch that they repeatedly slew every tenth man to supply ...
... marched one army from Thebes , after having overturned the temples , ravaged the country , and deluged it with blood , to subdue Ethiopia this army almost perished by famine , insomuch that they repeatedly slew every tenth man to supply ...
Página 402
... marches after the main body . The old grand guards of the camp always form the rear guard of the army , and are to see that every thing ar- rives safe at the new camp . REAR MOUSE , n . s . Sax . preɲe mur . The leather - winged bat ...
... marches after the main body . The old grand guards of the camp always form the rear guard of the army , and are to see that every thing ar- rives safe at the new camp . REAR MOUSE , n . s . Sax . preɲe mur . The leather - winged bat ...
Página 580
... marched towards that city himself , took it by assault , and reduced a great many others ; so that the confederates would , in all probability , have had little reason to beast of their success , had not the Romans come to their ...
... marched towards that city himself , took it by assault , and reduced a great many others ; so that the confederates would , in all probability , have had little reason to beast of their success , had not the Romans come to their ...
Página 588
... marched the bard and blockhead side by side , Who rhymed for hire , and patronized for pride . Pope . What wise means to gain it hast thou chose ? Know , fame and fortune both are made of prose . Is thy ambition sweating for a rhyme ...
... marched the bard and blockhead side by side , Who rhymed for hire , and patronized for pride . Pope . What wise means to gain it hast thou chose ? Know , fame and fortune both are made of prose . Is thy ambition sweating for a rhyme ...
Página 684
... marched against them with all his forces ; but finding them , as he drew near , well armed , and regu- larly drawn up , he thought it advisable to for- bear engaging troops that appeared so well disci- plined , and to desire a parley ...
... marched against them with all his forces ; but finding them , as he drew near , well armed , and regu- larly drawn up , he thought it advisable to for- bear engaging troops that appeared so well disci- plined , and to desire a parley ...
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Página 436 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Página 526 - I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Página 437 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 384 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Página 392 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 521 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best. Because they are Thy will...
Página 399 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.
Página 615 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Página 579 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Página 510 - This is memory, which is as it were the store-house of our ideas. For the narrow mind of man not being capable of having many ideas under view and consideration at once, it was necessary to have a repository to lay up those ideas, which at another time it might have use of.