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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... . there is only a tranfverfe partition of it at every joint . Many other varieties might be mentioned ; but these muit be left to the obfervation of the reader . A 2 Fig . Plant . Fig . 10. A transverse section of a PLA [ 3 PLA ]
... . there is only a tranfverfe partition of it at every joint . Many other varieties might be mentioned ; but these muit be left to the obfervation of the reader . A 2 Fig . Plant . Fig . 10. A transverse section of a PLA [ 3 PLA ]
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... reader is referred . There is one curious fact , however , which muft not be omitted , viz . That every flower is perfectly formed in its parts many months before it appears outwardly ; that is , the flowers which appear this year are ...
... reader is referred . There is one curious fact , however , which muft not be omitted , viz . That every flower is perfectly formed in its parts many months before it appears outwardly ; that is , the flowers which appear this year are ...
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... readers will alfo find memoirs of its author . Dr Currie in forms us , that Dr Hope , the late excellent profeffor of botany in Edinburgh , in his courfe of lectures , used to fpeak of Dr Bell with the highest elteem ; but did not ...
... readers will alfo find memoirs of its author . Dr Currie in forms us , that Dr Hope , the late excellent profeffor of botany in Edinburgh , in his courfe of lectures , used to fpeak of Dr Bell with the highest elteem ; but did not ...
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... readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) . Speculations of this kind , when carried on by fober men , will never be productive of bad confequences ; but by the fubtle fceptic , or the more unwary inquirer , they may be made the engine ...
... readers to determine for themfelves ( c ) . Speculations of this kind , when carried on by fober men , will never be productive of bad confequences ; but by the fubtle fceptic , or the more unwary inquirer , they may be made the engine ...
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... readers . " The beft kind is imported from hills in the vicinity of Paris : it is brought down the Seine , and exported from Havre de Grace . I am informed there are large beds of it in the Bay of Fundy , fome of which I have feen ...
... readers . " The beft kind is imported from hills in the vicinity of Paris : it is brought down the Seine , and exported from Havre de Grace . I am informed there are large beds of it in the Bay of Fundy , fome of which I have feen ...
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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.