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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Página 389
... lower temperature and a greater time , or a species of infusion , are better adapted for most of them . This is notorious with substances in- tended to be stewed , which , even in cookery books , are directed to be boiled slowly ( that ...
... lower temperature and a greater time , or a species of infusion , are better adapted for most of them . This is notorious with substances in- tended to be stewed , which , even in cookery books , are directed to be boiled slowly ( that ...
Página 390
... lower classes are greatly infested with worms , a draught of salt and water is a popular and efficacious anthelmintic . Lord Somerville , in his Address to the Board of Agriculture , gave an interesting account of the effects of a ...
... lower classes are greatly infested with worms , a draught of salt and water is a popular and efficacious anthelmintic . Lord Somerville , in his Address to the Board of Agriculture , gave an interesting account of the effects of a ...
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... lower part ; the base ; that on or by which any body or thing is supported ; the lowest member of the human frame ; the end ; the lowest part . It is applied to the practice of walking ; and to the posture and action of those that walk ...
... lower part ; the base ; that on or by which any body or thing is supported ; the lowest member of the human frame ; the end ; the lowest part . It is applied to the practice of walking ; and to the posture and action of those that walk ...
Página 400
... lower part of the hoof . See FARRIERY . FOOT , SOLID or CUBIC , is the same measure in all the three dimensions , length , breadth , and depth or thickness , containing 1728 cubic inches . FOOT , SQUARE , is the same measure both in ...
... lower part of the hoof . See FARRIERY . FOOT , SOLID or CUBIC , is the same measure in all the three dimensions , length , breadth , and depth or thickness , containing 1728 cubic inches . FOOT , SQUARE , is the same measure both in ...
Página 406
... lower jaw . 3. Foramen lachry- male . 4. Foramen membranæ tympani . See ANATOMY . FORAMEN OVALE , an oval aperture or passage through the heart of a fœtus , which closes up after birth . It arises from the coronal vein , near the right ...
... lower jaw . 3. Foramen lachry- male . 4. Foramen membranæ tympani . See ANATOMY . FORAMEN OVALE , an oval aperture or passage through the heart of a fœtus , which closes up after birth . It arises from the coronal vein , near the right ...
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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.