The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 2,Volume 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... containing as much matter as any part of similar works published at one guinea . 2. A Part , containing 384 pages and seven en- gravings , will be published on the first day of every month , until the whole is completed . 3. The work is ...
... containing as much matter as any part of similar works published at one guinea . 2. A Part , containing 384 pages and seven en- gravings , will be published on the first day of every month , until the whole is completed . 3. The work is ...
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... containing a great variety of experiments , calculated to show that the poi- son of the viper acts by mixing with the ... contains an account of the hydatids which produce the symptoms of vertigo in sheep . Fontana entered also minutely ...
... containing a great variety of experiments , calculated to show that the poi- son of the viper acts by mixing with the ... contains an account of the hydatids which produce the symptoms of vertigo in sheep . Fontana entered also minutely ...
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... contain very little azote , whereas they usually furnish a con- siderable quantity . M. Majendie considered that such results re- quired to be verified by new experiments : he accordingly repeated them on other dogs , but always with ...
... contain very little azote , whereas they usually furnish a con- siderable quantity . M. Majendie considered that such results re- quired to be verified by new experiments : he accordingly repeated them on other dogs , but always with ...
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... contain more nutriment , yet it will be less digestible , on account of the density of its texture . This fact has been satisfactorily proved by the experiments of Spallanzani ; and Mr. Hunter observes , that ' boiled , and roasted ...
... contain more nutriment , yet it will be less digestible , on account of the density of its texture . This fact has been satisfactorily proved by the experiments of Spallanzani ; and Mr. Hunter observes , that ' boiled , and roasted ...
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... contain a notable quantity of that metal ; whereas , if , instead of heating a simple solution , the salt be ... contains a small portion of muriate of soda , and frequently other salts : but the larger springs are purer than the ...
... contain a notable quantity of that metal ; whereas , if , instead of heating a simple solution , the salt be ... contains a small portion of muriate of soda , and frequently other salts : but the larger springs are purer than the ...
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Página 431 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Página 401 - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
Página 402 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Página 698 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Página 753 - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
Página 586 - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
Página 430 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 668 - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Página 481 - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
Página 417 - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.