Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volumen12 |
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Página 7
... idea has been enter- tained that the fuperior advantages of the life - boat are to be afcribed folely to the quantity of cork affixed ; but this is a very erroneous opinion , and I trust has been amply refuted by the preceding ...
... idea has been enter- tained that the fuperior advantages of the life - boat are to be afcribed folely to the quantity of cork affixed ; but this is a very erroneous opinion , and I trust has been amply refuted by the preceding ...
Página 39
... idea of fhutting them up together did not occur till the fifth century . The life of these religious ladies is lefs gloomy than that which those un- der the fame vows lead in other countries . They wear . clothes of particular colours ...
... idea of fhutting them up together did not occur till the fifth century . The life of these religious ladies is lefs gloomy than that which those un- der the fame vows lead in other countries . They wear . clothes of particular colours ...
Página 41
... idea which the Liparefe entertain , that fulphur infects the air fo as to injure the fertility of the vines . The fame prejudice prevails in Sicily , but it seems to be ill founded . There are courts of juftice in Lipari of the fame ...
... idea which the Liparefe entertain , that fulphur infects the air fo as to injure the fertility of the vines . The fame prejudice prevails in Sicily , but it seems to be ill founded . There are courts of juftice in Lipari of the fame ...
Página 42
... ideas and taste peculiar to the Flemings . His fubjects ufually were hiftories taken from the facred writings , or the repre- fentations of rural fports , marriages , balls , and villagers dancing , dreffed in Venetian habits ; all ...
... ideas and taste peculiar to the Flemings . His fubjects ufually were hiftories taken from the facred writings , or the repre- fentations of rural fports , marriages , balls , and villagers dancing , dreffed in Venetian habits ; all ...
Página 43
... idea of applying it to every part of the earth , by means of a globe mounted and pre- pared for that purpose . Such aftronomers as he made acquainted with his project , conceived it to be imprac- ticable ; but when the machine was ...
... idea of applying it to every part of the earth , by means of a globe mounted and pre- pared for that purpose . Such aftronomers as he made acquainted with his project , conceived it to be imprac- ticable ; but when the machine was ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 233 - A body of nobility is also more peculiarly necessary in our mixed and compounded constitution, in order to support the rights of both the crown and the people, by forming a barrier to withstand the encroachments of both.
Página 269 - I am lawfully called," said he, " to appear in that city, and thither will I go in the name of the Lord, though as many devils as there are tiles on the houses were there combined against me.
Página 290 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove ; Her eloquence was sweeter than her song, Soft as her heart, and as her...
Página 233 - ... to be precarious. The nobility, therefore, are the pillars, which are reared from among the people, more immediately to support the throne; and, if that falls, they must also be buried under its ruins.
Página 152 - ... as there are a great many other ways by which heat might have been communicated to it. And if we cannot argue from the removal of the antecedent to the removal of the consequent, no more can we from the admission of the consequent to the admis.
Página 72 - The logarithm of the root of a number is found by dividing the logarithm of the number by the index of the root.
Página 327 - These being of different standing and proficiency, he was obliged to divide them into four or five classes, in each of which he employed a full hour every day, from the first of Nov. to the first of June. In the first class he taught the first six books of " Euclid's Elements," plain trigonometry, practical geometry, the elements of fortification, and an introduction to algebra.
Página 14 - ... it, for fome minutes, globules of light as large as the heads of pins. When he prefled thefe globules, they appeared to his touch like a foft and thin pulp ; and fome days after the fea was covered near the coafts with whole banks of thefe little iifh.
Página 191 - The Golden Orb or Globe, put into the king's right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, with the sceptre in his right, upon his return into Westminster-hall after he is crowned.
Página 410 - I could walk with, till this soul, like a ray of light, entered into me, and my tongue began to speak, my eye to see, and my foot to walk ; therefore punish it eternally, but deliver me.