A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, المجلد 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... considered as a very great delicacy . Quails are easily caught by a call . PERDUE ' , adv . From the French perdue or forlorn hope : as perdue or advanced sentinel . Close ; in ambush . Hudibras . Few minutes he had lain perdue , To ...
... considered as a very great delicacy . Quails are easily caught by a call . PERDUE ' , adv . From the French perdue or forlorn hope : as perdue or advanced sentinel . Close ; in ambush . Hudibras . Few minutes he had lain perdue , To ...
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... considered superior to any other in Asia ; that produced on the sides of the Caucasian mountains is also highly esteemed . Cotton , indigo , and tobacco , are also raised in various parts . Among the common vegetables are peas , beans ...
... considered superior to any other in Asia ; that produced on the sides of the Caucasian mountains is also highly esteemed . Cotton , indigo , and tobacco , are also raised in various parts . Among the common vegetables are peas , beans ...
الصفحة 38
... hibited the inflexions of the auxiliary verbs , and an analysis of all the tenses of a Persian verb , showing in what manner they are deduced from the infinitive , which is properly considered by the oriental 38 PERSIAN LANGUAGE .
... hibited the inflexions of the auxiliary verbs , and an analysis of all the tenses of a Persian verb , showing in what manner they are deduced from the infinitive , which is properly considered by the oriental 38 PERSIAN LANGUAGE .
الصفحة 39
... considered by the oriental grammarians as the spring and foun- tain of all the moods and tenses , and which , therefore , in Arabic is called the masdar , or the source . The Persians are very fond of the par- ticiple preterite ; and it ...
... considered by the oriental grammarians as the spring and foun- tain of all the moods and tenses , and which , therefore , in Arabic is called the masdar , or the source . The Persians are very fond of the par- ticiple preterite ; and it ...
الصفحة 42
... considered abstractedly , it would appear to be a figure of the utmost boldness , and to border on the extrava- gant and ridiculous . For what can seem more remote from the tract of reasonable thought than to speak of stones and trees ...
... considered abstractedly , it would appear to be a figure of the utmost boldness , and to border on the extrava- gant and ridiculous . For what can seem more remote from the tract of reasonable thought than to speak of stones and trees ...
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الصفحة 15 - Coke(/) to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question.
الصفحة 392 - Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
الصفحة 190 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm resolve Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain.
الصفحة 68 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
الصفحة 403 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
الصفحة 417 - That dogs bark at me as I halt by them: Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity...
الصفحة 15 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
الصفحة 96 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. " Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins...
الصفحة 11 - Tis chastity, my brother, chastity : She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds ; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
الصفحة 42 - In prose compositions, this figure requires to be used with still greater moderation and delicacy. The same liberty is not allowed to the imagination there, as in poetry.