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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... covered with impenetrable forests . The south - east side of the ridge is also uneven and rugged in many parts . In 1808 the population amounted to 3200 , and between 300 and 400 fishermen . New Carlisle is the princi- pal town . GASPE ...
... covered with impenetrable forests . The south - east side of the ridge is also uneven and rugged in many parts . In 1808 the population amounted to 3200 , and between 300 and 400 fishermen . New Carlisle is the princi- pal town . GASPE ...
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... covered with one or two good coats of oil - paint . The expense of this preparation is but trifling , while the benefit is very great . According to Parker , the substance of a gate- post should be from eight to ten inches square , or ...
... covered with one or two good coats of oil - paint . The expense of this preparation is but trifling , while the benefit is very great . According to Parker , the substance of a gate- post should be from eight to ten inches square , or ...
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... covered with a good ravelin , that they may not be seen or enfiladed by the enemy . These gates , belonging to a fortified place , are passages through the rampart , which may be shut and opened by means of doors and a port- cullis ...
... covered with a good ravelin , that they may not be seen or enfiladed by the enemy . These gates , belonging to a fortified place , are passages through the rampart , which may be shut and opened by means of doors and a port- cullis ...
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... covered with grass , and used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries , in fortification . GAZY POOR , a town and district of the pro- vince of Ailahabad , Hindostan , in the collectorship of Benares . It is bounded on the north ...
... covered with grass , and used to line parapets and the traverses of galleries , in fortification . GAZY POOR , a town and district of the pro- vince of Ailahabad , Hindostan , in the collectorship of Benares . It is bounded on the north ...
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... covered with a thick clammy juice , which is sometimes resinous and odoriferous , as in the tacahamac tree . This juice serves not only to defend the more tender parts of the embryo plant from cold , the assaults of insects , and other ...
... covered with a thick clammy juice , which is sometimes resinous and odoriferous , as in the tacahamac tree . This juice serves not only to defend the more tender parts of the embryo plant from cold , the assaults of insects , and other ...
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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.