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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... extent and nature , however , of these changes , will greatly depend upon the manner in which heat has been applied to them ; and if we enquire into the culinary history of different countries , we shall trace its connexion with the ...
... extent and nature , however , of these changes , will greatly depend upon the manner in which heat has been applied to them ; and if we enquire into the culinary history of different countries , we shall trace its connexion with the ...
Página 390
... extent ; thus , potatoes are frequently boiled to the state of a dry , insipid powder , instead of being preserved in that state in which the parts of which they are composed are ren- dered soft and gelatinous , so as to retain their ...
... extent ; thus , potatoes are frequently boiled to the state of a dry , insipid powder , instead of being preserved in that state in which the parts of which they are composed are ren- dered soft and gelatinous , so as to retain their ...
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... extent , without a corresponding degree of exercise , they induce a plethoric state of the Lody , and all the dis- eases consequent upon such a condition . To those whose diet is not very nutritive , ale may be considered not only as an ...
... extent , without a corresponding degree of exercise , they induce a plethoric state of the Lody , and all the dis- eases consequent upon such a condition . To those whose diet is not very nutritive , ale may be considered not only as an ...
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... extent , the lead yielding a sixty - fourth part of silver . Shell marl is procured plentifully at the bottom Id . Though Phoebus had forewarned him of singing wars , yet the search of nature was free . Dryden's Virgil , Dedication ...
... extent , the lead yielding a sixty - fourth part of silver . Shell marl is procured plentifully at the bottom Id . Though Phoebus had forewarned him of singing wars , yet the search of nature was free . Dryden's Virgil , Dedication ...
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... extent , would be visionary . ' Indeed , the best and even the only method of gaining real information on this subject , is to learn at first the general principles of fortification , together with the use of the works most com- monly ...
... extent , would be visionary . ' Indeed , the best and even the only method of gaining real information on this subject , is to learn at first the general principles of fortification , together with the use of the works most com- monly ...
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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.