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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... head are black , edged with rusty brown ; the breast is of a pale yellowish red , spotted with black ; the feathers ... heads of doctrine , peregrinations . Hammond . That we do not contend to have the earth pass for a paradise , we ...
... head are black , edged with rusty brown ; the breast is of a pale yellowish red , spotted with black ; the feathers ... heads of doctrine , peregrinations . Hammond . That we do not contend to have the earth pass for a paradise , we ...
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... head cutchery , whence the accounts and cash are transmitted to the general cutchery of the province . PERHAPS , adv . Per and hap . Perad- venture ; it may be ; mayhap . Perhaps the good old man that kissed his son , And left a ...
... head cutchery , whence the accounts and cash are transmitted to the general cutchery of the province . PERHAPS , adv . Per and hap . Perad- venture ; it may be ; mayhap . Perhaps the good old man that kissed his son , And left a ...
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... head Megara takes A periwig of twisted snakes . Near the door an entrance gapes , Crowded round with antick shapes , Discord periwig'd with snakes , See the dreadful strides she takes . Swift . Id . Miscellanies . PER'IWINKLE , n . s ...
... head Megara takes A periwig of twisted snakes . Near the door an entrance gapes , Crowded round with antick shapes , Discord periwig'd with snakes , See the dreadful strides she takes . Swift . Id . Miscellanies . PER'IWINKLE , n . s ...
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... head of the staircase is another basso - relievo , representing a lion seizing a bull ; and close to this are other ... heads . At the south - west en- trance of this apartment are two large pillars of stone , upon which are carved four ...
... head of the staircase is another basso - relievo , representing a lion seizing a bull ; and close to this are other ... heads . At the south - west en- trance of this apartment are two large pillars of stone , upon which are carved four ...
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... head ; gave birth to Pegasus and Chrysaor from her blood ; turn- ed the giant Atlas into a mountain by a sight of her head ; killed the sea monster that was going to devour Andromeda ; married that princess ; changed her uncle Phineus ...
... head ; gave birth to Pegasus and Chrysaor from her blood ; turn- ed the giant Atlas into a mountain by a sight of her head ; killed the sea monster that was going to devour Andromeda ; married that princess ; changed her uncle Phineus ...
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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.