Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Band 10John Brown, 1816 |
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... angles equal . The temple of Bel was invironed with a wall car- rid fursquare , of great height and beauty ; and on each fquare certain brazen gates curioully en- graven . Raligh's Hift . FOURTEEN . adj . [ feowertyn , Sax ] Four and ...
... angles equal . The temple of Bel was invironed with a wall car- rid fursquare , of great height and beauty ; and on each fquare certain brazen gates curioully en- graven . Raligh's Hift . FOURTEEN . adj . [ feowertyn , Sax ] Four and ...
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... Angles . Its walls , which are ftill to be seen , are 44 feet high , and 8 thick ; and have 13 towers , 14 feet each a- bove the walls . Two of thefe are watch - towers . To this caftle , Mary Tudor , afterwards Q. Mary I. retired ...
... Angles . Its walls , which are ftill to be seen , are 44 feet high , and 8 thick ; and have 13 towers , 14 feet each a- bove the walls . Two of thefe are watch - towers . To this caftle , Mary Tudor , afterwards Q. Mary I. retired ...
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... angle at the brook , The freckled trout to take With filken worms . Drayton's Cynthia . Now thy face charms ev'ry thepherd , Spotted over like a leopard ; And , thy freckled neck difplay'd , Envy breeds in ev'ry maid . Swift . FRECKLY ...
... angle at the brook , The freckled trout to take With filken worms . Drayton's Cynthia . Now thy face charms ev'ry thepherd , Spotted over like a leopard ; And , thy freckled neck difplay'd , Envy breeds in ev'ry maid . Swift . FRECKLY ...
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... angles , between which the intervening parts of the current are parallel to each other . On all fides the defcent to the town is extremely fleep : in one place the ftreets even país over the roofs of the houfes . Many of the edifices ...
... angles , between which the intervening parts of the current are parallel to each other . On all fides the defcent to the town is extremely fleep : in one place the ftreets even país over the roofs of the houfes . Many of the edifices ...
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... angle it re- ceive the rifing rays of the Winter fun , and de- cline a little from the Winter fetting thereof . Brown . One fees the front of a palace covered with painted pillars of different orders . Addison on Italy . 7. The most ...
... angle it re- ceive the rifing rays of the Winter fun , and de- cline a little from the Winter fetting thereof . Brown . One fees the front of a palace covered with painted pillars of different orders . Addison on Italy . 7. The most ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 150 - For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Seite 352 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Seite 127 - That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide : And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolic ; not a mouse Shall disturb this hallow'd house : I am sent with broom before, To sweep the dust behind the door.
Seite 184 - Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?
Seite 349 - The Measure of an angle, is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Seite 372 - ... and kingdoms from whence they came. There is so little uniformity, that it is difficult to trace any governing principles among them. An aversion to labour is too predominant, owing in part to the relaxing heat of the climate, and partly to the want of the necessity to excite industry.
Seite 237 - Though an avenue crossing a park or separating a lawn, and intercepting views from the seat to which it leads, are capital faults, yet a great avenue cut through woods, perhaps before entering a park, has a noble air, and Like footmen running before coaches To tell the inn what Lord approaches, announces the habitation of some man of distinction.
Seite 218 - ... that these animals are bona vacantia, and, having no other owner, belong to the king by his prerogative. As therefore the former reason was held to...
Seite 87 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 348 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.