The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte 1,Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... less , the Constantinopolitan empire conti- nued for near 1000 years after the western was totally dissolved . The weak administrations of Zeno , and Anastasius I. , who succeeded him , rapidly reduced the eastern empire ; and it might ...
... less , the Constantinopolitan empire conti- nued for near 1000 years after the western was totally dissolved . The weak administrations of Zeno , and Anastasius I. , who succeeded him , rapidly reduced the eastern empire ; and it might ...
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... less surprised than pleased at the success of this bold attempt ; and rewarded Daphnomelus with the government of Dyrrhachium , and all the rich moveables of his prisoner . After this , having accomplished the entire reduction of ...
... less surprised than pleased at the success of this bold attempt ; and rewarded Daphnomelus with the government of Dyrrhachium , and all the rich moveables of his prisoner . After this , having accomplished the entire reduction of ...
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... less than two miles , its breadth from a mile to a mile and a half . The most regular part of Modern Rome is that adjacent to the north gate , or Porta del Popolo , and the quarter of Borgo , on the right of the river . The points from ...
... less than two miles , its breadth from a mile to a mile and a half . The most regular part of Modern Rome is that adjacent to the north gate , or Porta del Popolo , and the quarter of Borgo , on the right of the river . The points from ...
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... less vast than the Vatican , and crowns the Quirinal hill , which commands a noble view of the city . Pope Pius VI . did much to adorn both the palace and the Piazza del Monte Cavallo on 6 which it stands . He removed the obelisk which ...
... less vast than the Vatican , and crowns the Quirinal hill , which commands a noble view of the city . Pope Pius VI . did much to adorn both the palace and the Piazza del Monte Cavallo on 6 which it stands . He removed the obelisk which ...
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Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington). are less remarkable for their architecture , than for their size and decorations : their spacious courts and porticos , their halls and lofty apart- ments , with the pillars , the marble ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington). are less remarkable for their architecture , than for their size and decorations : their spacious courts and porticos , their halls and lofty apart- ments , with the pillars , the marble ...
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Página 62 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Página 75 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Página 62 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Página 194 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Página 17 - Arras, Amiens, experienced the cruel oppression of the German yoke; and the consuming flames of war spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the Barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the spoils of their houses and altars.
Página 349 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Página 64 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Página 272 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our neelds created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mind», Had been incorporate.
Página 17 - This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man.
Página 351 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.