Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, المجلد 15،الجزء 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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الصفحة 1
... earth , and divides into a great number of smaller branches or filaments ; but the plume afcends into the open air , and unfolds itself into all the beautiful va- riety of ftem , branches , leaves , flowers , fruit , & c . The plume in ...
... earth , and divides into a great number of smaller branches or filaments ; but the plume afcends into the open air , and unfolds itself into all the beautiful va- riety of ftem , branches , leaves , flowers , fruit , & c . The plume in ...
الصفحة 2
... earth , derive their nourishment from the feminal root ; but , afterwards , when the radicle begins to shoot out its filaments , and to absorb fome moisture , not , however , in a fufficient quantity to fupply the ex- igencies of the ...
... earth , derive their nourishment from the feminal root ; but , afterwards , when the radicle begins to shoot out its filaments , and to absorb fome moisture , not , however , in a fufficient quantity to fupply the ex- igencies of the ...
الصفحة 7
... earth therefore be difpofed so first food it draws by its root when it begins to ger- as that the root of the little plant be turned downwards , and the item upwards , and even perpendiculary up-- wards , it is eafy to conceive that the ...
... earth therefore be difpofed so first food it draws by its root when it begins to ger- as that the root of the little plant be turned downwards , and the item upwards , and even perpendiculary up-- wards , it is eafy to conceive that the ...
الصفحة 8
... earth , and , infinuating through the pores thereof , muft get underneath the bulb , & c . By inverting this reafoning we difcover how the stalk comes to get uppermoft . We fuppofe then that the earth attracts the root to itself , and ...
... earth , and , infinuating through the pores thereof , muft get underneath the bulb , & c . By inverting this reafoning we difcover how the stalk comes to get uppermoft . We fuppofe then that the earth attracts the root to itself , and ...
الصفحة 9
... earth , or from the air . With refpect to the excrementitious parts of living vegetables , the cafe is reverfed . The pureft air is the common effluvium which paffes off from vege- tables ; and this , however favourable to animal life ...
... earth , or from the air . With refpect to the excrementitious parts of living vegetables , the cafe is reverfed . The pureft air is the common effluvium which paffes off from vege- tables ; and this , however favourable to animal life ...
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الصفحة 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
الصفحة 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
الصفحة 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
الصفحة 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
الصفحة 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
الصفحة 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
الصفحة 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
الصفحة 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
الصفحة 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
الصفحة 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.