Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen15,Parte1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... called bart / born , the latter fleawort . Of these there are several diftin & fpecies , and fome varieties ; but as they are rare- ly cultivated in gardens , we fhall not enumerate them here , and fhall only mention fuch of them as ...
... called bart / born , the latter fleawort . Of these there are several diftin & fpecies , and fome varieties ; but as they are rare- ly cultivated in gardens , we fhall not enumerate them here , and fhall only mention fuch of them as ...
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... called Plata ; though this name is ufually bestowed only upon a part of Paraguay . , In the latter fenfe it comprehends all that country bounded on the east and fouth - eaft by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the fouth , by Terra Magellanica ...
... called Plata ; though this name is ufually bestowed only upon a part of Paraguay . , In the latter fenfe it comprehends all that country bounded on the east and fouth - eaft by the Atlantic Ocean ; on the fouth , by Terra Magellanica ...
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... called by the workmen filling up . When the hard folder is employed , the procefs is in many refpects different . Before the plate is fitted to the iron or other metal , it is rubbed over with a folu- tion of borax . Stripes of filver ...
... called by the workmen filling up . When the hard folder is employed , the procefs is in many refpects different . Before the plate is fitted to the iron or other metal , it is rubbed over with a folu- tion of borax . Stripes of filver ...
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... called him the Di- vine Plato ; and they feemed refolved that his defcent fhould be more than human . " There are ( fays Apu- leius ) who affert Plato to have fprung from a more fublime conception ; and that his mother Perictione , who ...
... called him the Di- vine Plato ; and they feemed refolved that his defcent fhould be more than human . " There are ( fays Apu- leius ) who affert Plato to have fprung from a more fublime conception ; and that his mother Perictione , who ...
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... called ma e and re év , vs and y . The first he confidered as felf - existent , and elevated far above all mind and all knowledge ; calling him , by way of eminence , the being , The only attribute which he acknowledged in this perfon ...
... called ma e and re év , vs and y . The first he confidered as felf - existent , and elevated far above all mind and all knowledge ; calling him , by way of eminence , the being , The only attribute which he acknowledged in this perfon ...
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Página 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Página 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Página 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Página 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Página 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Página 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Página 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Página 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Página 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Página 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.