The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Том 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... born at Chantersier in Provence , in 1592. His parents sent him to school at Digne , where he soon made such extraordinary progress in learning , that some persons , who had seen specimens of his genius , removed him to Aix , to study ...
... born at Chantersier in Provence , in 1592. His parents sent him to school at Digne , where he soon made such extraordinary progress in learning , that some persons , who had seen specimens of his genius , removed him to Aix , to study ...
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... born in 1662 , appointed preacher to the society of Lincoln's Inn in 1694 , and made bishop of Chester in 1714. He preached a course of ser- mons for Boyle's lectures ; engaged in the Tri- nitarian controversy with Mr. Collins and Dr ...
... born in 1662 , appointed preacher to the society of Lincoln's Inn in 1694 , and made bishop of Chester in 1714. He preached a course of ser- mons for Boyle's lectures ; engaged in the Tri- nitarian controversy with Mr. Collins and Dr ...
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... born at Caillac in 1708. He was sent a missionary to China , and acted as interpreter at the court of Pekin . He published a history of Jengis Khan , and a translation of the Chou King . He died in 1759 . GAUBIUS ( Hieronymus David ) ...
... born at Caillac in 1708. He was sent a missionary to China , and acted as interpreter at the court of Pekin . He published a history of Jengis Khan , and a translation of the Chou King . He died in 1759 . GAUBIUS ( Hieronymus David ) ...
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... born from the press ; Like the last gazette , or the last address . Pope . Id . Satire is no more : I feel it die ; No gazetteer more innocent than I. He ( Brookes ) was also the author of a most ex- cellent gazetteer . Thuring . And ...
... born from the press ; Like the last gazette , or the last address . Pope . Id . Satire is no more : I feel it die ; No gazetteer more innocent than I. He ( Brookes ) was also the author of a most ex- cellent gazetteer . Thuring . And ...
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... born in Ruthven , in 1737 . He very early discovered a taste for learning , and was accordingly sent to a school in the Highlands where those designed for the Catholic priesthood received their early education ; and here Geddes laid the ...
... born in Ruthven , in 1737 . He very early discovered a taste for learning , and was accordingly sent to a school in the Highlands where those designed for the Catholic priesthood received their early education ; and here Geddes laid the ...
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Стр. 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.
Стр. 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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*.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Стр. 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.
Стр. 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.