The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volumen10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... mountains , which run north- cast . The tract on the northern declivity of these mountains to the St. Lawrence is rough and bar- ren ; being almost covered with impenetrable forests . The south - east side of the ridge is also uneven ...
... mountains , which run north- cast . The tract on the northern declivity of these mountains to the St. Lawrence is rough and bar- ren ; being almost covered with impenetrable forests . The south - east side of the ridge is also uneven ...
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... mountains . Its extent is above 9000 square miles , but its population only about 90,000 . It is mountainous on the side of Nor- way , and is , in general , covered with wood . Here are also a number of productive iron mines . The ...
... mountains . Its extent is above 9000 square miles , but its population only about 90,000 . It is mountainous on the side of Nor- way , and is , in general , covered with wood . Here are also a number of productive iron mines . The ...
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... mountains ; but from Geneva to the environs of Lausanne it slopes to the margin of the lake , and is very rich and fertile . The banks rise considerably in the neighbourhood of Lau- sanne , and form a most beautiful terrace , with a ...
... mountains ; but from Geneva to the environs of Lausanne it slopes to the margin of the lake , and is very rich and fertile . The banks rise considerably in the neighbourhood of Lau- sanne , and form a most beautiful terrace , with a ...
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... mountainous , but cultivated with great and well - rewarded care . It belonged to France from 1793 to 1815 , forming a part of the department of Mont Blanc . Population 70,000 . GENEVRE , MONT , a celebrated mountain of the Alps , the ...
... mountainous , but cultivated with great and well - rewarded care . It belonged to France from 1793 to 1815 , forming a part of the department of Mont Blanc . Population 70,000 . GENEVRE , MONT , a celebrated mountain of the Alps , the ...
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... mountains of Darien , and gave it the absurd name of the South Sea ; and two years afterwards the coast of South America had been explored to the southern tropic . Between 1510 and 1515 the Portuguese had visited all the islands of the ...
... mountains of Darien , and gave it the absurd name of the South Sea ; and two years afterwards the coast of South America had been explored to the southern tropic . Between 1510 and 1515 the Portuguese had visited all the islands of the ...
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Página 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.
Página 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 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.
Página 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Página 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.
Página 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*.
Página 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.
Página 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Página 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.
Página 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.