Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen7John Brown, 1816 |
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... matter . All that revelation makes known , all that human reafon can conjecture , concerning the existence of various orders of fpi- ritual beings , good and bad , is perfectly confift- ent with , and even favourable to , the doctrine ...
... matter . All that revelation makes known , all that human reafon can conjecture , concerning the existence of various orders of fpi- ritual beings , good and bad , is perfectly confift- ent with , and even favourable to , the doctrine ...
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... matter proceed- ing from the rancid matters with which the lea- ther is greased . ( 23 ) because it renews itself in a very short time ; and , unlefs there is a very conflant circulation of air , it will be dangerous to enter the place ...
... matter proceed- ing from the rancid matters with which the lea- ther is greased . ( 23 ) because it renews itself in a very short time ; and , unlefs there is a very conflant circulation of air , it will be dangerous to enter the place ...
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... matter of a pantomime dance , fuch as a lover courting his mistress ; a procurefs bringing a let ter , and endeavouring to feduce a woman from one gallant in favour of another ; a girl timorous and afraid of being caught in an intrigue ...
... matter of a pantomime dance , fuch as a lover courting his mistress ; a procurefs bringing a let ter , and endeavouring to feduce a woman from one gallant in favour of another ; a girl timorous and afraid of being caught in an intrigue ...
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... matter of faith . Locke . The tow'ring bard had fung in nobler lays , How the laft trumpet wakes the lazy dead . Smith . ( 3 . ) * DEAD . n . f . Time in which there is re- markable ftillness or gloom ; as at midwinter and midnight ...
... matter of faith . Locke . The tow'ring bard had fung in nobler lays , How the laft trumpet wakes the lazy dead . Smith . ( 3 . ) * DEAD . n . f . Time in which there is re- markable ftillness or gloom ; as at midwinter and midnight ...
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... matters . Addifon . - True logick is not that noify thing that deals all in difpute . to which the former ages had ... matter of my own trifles . Pope 8. To DEAL with . To contend with . - If the hated me , I should know what paffion ...
... matters . Addifon . - True logick is not that noify thing that deals all in difpute . to which the former ages had ... matter of my own trifles . Pope 8. To DEAL with . To contend with . - If the hated me , I should know what paffion ...
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Página 197 - 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...
Página 398 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Página 388 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother- wit, and arts unknown before.
Página 221 - Italian band, a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Página 111 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether tighter than vanity.
Página 221 - ... peace. He had a particular reverence for the person of the king, and the more extraordinary devotion for that of the prince, as he had had the honour to be trusted with his education as his governor ; for which office, as he excelled in some, so he wanted other qualifications.
Página 337 - The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society. A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which, for want of sight,...
Página 273 - Talk not of life, or ransom (he replies): Patroclus dead, whoever meets me, dies: In vain a single Trojan sues for grace; But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
Página 226 - Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till Fancy had her fill. But ere a close The wonted roar was up amidst the woods...
Página 104 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...