Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Band 11John Brown, 1816 |
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... himself as a fine fpeaker . He became a commiffioner of the royal navy , which place he quitted in 1712. He publifhed A Mifcellany of poems by the moft eminent hands ; in which he himself had a confiderable fhare . He wrote the life of ...
... himself as a fine fpeaker . He became a commiffioner of the royal navy , which place he quitted in 1712. He publifhed A Mifcellany of poems by the moft eminent hands ; in which he himself had a confiderable fhare . He wrote the life of ...
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... himself with mufical in- ftruments , and made confiderable progrefs before he was 7 years of age , without inftruction . His propenfity for mufic at laft became fo strong , that his father , who defigned him for the law , forbade him to ...
... himself with mufical in- ftruments , and made confiderable progrefs before he was 7 years of age , without inftruction . His propenfity for mufic at laft became fo strong , that his father , who defigned him for the law , forbade him to ...
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... himself ? but though his mufical abilities were fuperior to thofe of his antagonists , the aftonishing powers of the voice of Farinelli , whom the oppofite party had engaged , determined the victory againft him . At laft Handel , having ...
... himself ? but though his mufical abilities were fuperior to thofe of his antagonists , the aftonishing powers of the voice of Farinelli , whom the oppofite party had engaged , determined the victory againft him . At laft Handel , having ...
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... himself as a partner in Mr Ding- the hanfe , or union , and be no farther concerned ley's houfe in St Petersburgh ; where he arrived therein . This immediately separated all the cities on the 10th of June 1743. The trade of the Eng . of ...
... himself as a partner in Mr Ding- the hanfe , or union , and be no farther concerned ley's houfe in St Petersburgh ; where he arrived therein . This immediately separated all the cities on the 10th of June 1743. The trade of the Eng . of ...
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... himself in various other - plans for relieving the diftreffes of different claffes of the community , and particularly thofe of young chimney - sweepers . Befides thofe dif- ftreffes which are open to general observation , fuch as a ...
... himself in various other - plans for relieving the diftreffes of different claffes of the community , and particularly thofe of young chimney - sweepers . Befides thofe dif- ftreffes which are open to general observation , fuch as a ...
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Seite 238 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Seite 182 - Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Seite 411 - His pursuers soon lost sight of him, for he had, unperceived, thrown himself over a garden wall. The owner, a Moor, happening to be in his garden, was addressed by the Spaniard on his knees, who acquainted him with his case, and implored concealment. " Eat this," said the Moor, giving him half a peach ; " you now know that you may confide in my protection.
Seite 411 - Cudjoe stopped them at the door, and demanded what they wanted. " The white men," said they, " have carried away our brothers and sons, and we will kill all white men. Give us the white man you have in your house, for we will kill him.
Seite 229 - ... is alleged to be unduly made, the only tribunal to which the complainants can appeal is that of the God of battles, the only process by which the appeal can be carried on is that of a civil and intestine war.
Seite 261 - To bid me not to love, Is to forbid my pulse to move, My beard to grow, my ears to prick up, Or (when I'm in a fit) to hickup.
Seite 402 - I make no doubt but the forcibly attempting a crime of a still more detestable nature may be equally resisted by the death of the unnatural aggressor. For the one uniform principle that runs through our own and all other laws seems to be this, — that where a crime in itself capital , is endeavored to be committed by force, it is lawful to repel that force by the death of the party attempting.
Seite 222 - At supper one of them drank a health to the Lord Steward ; upon which another of them said, that he believed his Lord was at that time very merry, for he had now outlived the day which his tutor Sandford had prognosticated upon his nativity he would not outlive ; but he had done it now, for that was his birthday, which had completed his age to fifty years. The next morning, by the time they came to Colebrook, they met with the news of his death.