A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... ancient fortress in the south of the isthmus which joins the peninsula of the Crimea to the continent . It is the ancient Taph- ræ . In the neighbourhood are lakes , on the surface of which a great quantity of salt crystal- lises ...
... ancient fortress in the south of the isthmus which joins the peninsula of the Crimea to the continent . It is the ancient Taph- ræ . In the neighbourhood are lakes , on the surface of which a great quantity of salt crystal- lises ...
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... ancient temple of Esculapius ( Tacitus ) . The ornament of Pergamum was the royal library , vying with that of Alexandria in Egypt ; the kings of Pergamum and Egypt rivalling each other in this respect ( Pliny ) . Strabo ascribes this ...
... ancient temple of Esculapius ( Tacitus ) . The ornament of Pergamum was the royal library , vying with that of Alexandria in Egypt ; the kings of Pergamum and Egypt rivalling each other in this respect ( Pliny ) . Strabo ascribes this ...
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... ancient and pretty city , the chief place of the department of Dordogne , France , having an inferior court of justice , under the royal court of Bourdeaux , a chamber of commerce , and an agricultural so- ciety . It is a bishopric ...
... ancient and pretty city , the chief place of the department of Dordogne , France , having an inferior court of justice , under the royal court of Bourdeaux , a chamber of commerce , and an agricultural so- ciety . It is a bishopric ...
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... ancient times it was in some places punished with death ; in others it made the false swearer liable to the punishment due to the crime he had charged the innocent person with ; in others a pecuniary mulct was imposed . PERIWIG , n . s ...
... ancient times it was in some places punished with death ; in others it made the false swearer liable to the punishment due to the crime he had charged the innocent person with ; in others a pecuniary mulct was imposed . PERIWIG , n . s ...
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... ancient character , the meaning of which no one hitherto has been able to decipher . At a small distance from these portals you as- cend another flight of steps , which lead to the grand hall of columns . The sides of this staircase are ...
... ancient character , the meaning of which no one hitherto has been able to decipher . At a small distance from these portals you as- cend another flight of steps , which lead to the grand hall of columns . The sides of this staircase are ...
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Стр. 15 - Coke(/) to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question.
Стр. 392 - Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Стр. 190 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm resolve Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain.
Стр. 68 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Стр. 403 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
Стр. 417 - That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity...
Стр. 15 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Стр. 96 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. " Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins...
Стр. 11 - Tis chastity, my brother, chastity : She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds ; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Стр. 42 - In prose compositions, this figure requires to be used with still greater moderation and delicacy. The same liberty is not allowed to the imagination there, as in poetry.