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, Volumen19 |
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Página 59
... breadth , and cir- cumference . This fuppofition alone can enable us to account for the great conformity which we meet with in ancient ftatues . Winkelman thinks that the foot was the measure which the ancients ufed in all their great ...
... breadth , and cir- cumference . This fuppofition alone can enable us to account for the great conformity which we meet with in ancient ftatues . Winkelman thinks that the foot was the measure which the ancients ufed in all their great ...
Página 62
... breadth of the ftraits . If proper allowance be made for these circumstances , we fhall acquit the an- cients of any exaggeration , notwithstanding the very dreadful colours in which they have painted this paffage . It is formed by a ...
... breadth of the ftraits . If proper allowance be made for these circumstances , we fhall acquit the an- cients of any exaggeration , notwithstanding the very dreadful colours in which they have painted this paffage . It is formed by a ...
Página 77
... breadth . She is fo fhaped , that a moderate force will pufh her through the water with the head or ftern foremost ; but it re- quires a very great force to push her fidewife with the fame velocity . A fine failing fhip of war will ...
... breadth . She is fo fhaped , that a moderate force will pufh her through the water with the head or ftern foremost ; but it re- quires a very great force to push her fidewife with the fame velocity . A fine failing fhip of war will ...
Página 92
... breadth before the middle point , and confequently the bows not fo acute as the ftern . This is fo contrary to what one would expect , that it attracted attention more forcibly ; and , being fomewhat myfteri- ous , it might prompt to ...
... breadth before the middle point , and confequently the bows not fo acute as the ftern . This is fo contrary to what one would expect , that it attracted attention more forcibly ; and , being fomewhat myfteri- ous , it might prompt to ...
Página 112
... breadth of the fector when open . The real inventor of this valuable inftrument is un- known ; yet of fo much merit has the invention appear- ed , that it was claimed by Galileo , and difputed by na- tions . The fector is founded on the ...
... breadth of the fector when open . The real inventor of this valuable inftrument is un- known ; yet of fo much merit has the invention appear- ed , that it was claimed by Galileo , and difputed by na- tions . The fector is founded on the ...
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abaft aft fide againſt alfo alſo ancient anfwer beam becauſe body plan cafe called caufe centre of gravity Chriftian confequence confiderable confifts courfe deck defcribed diſtance epiftle equal exprefs faid fails falt fame fays fecond feems feet fenfe fent feries ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fignals filk fimilar fince firft firſt fituation fize flaves fmall fome fometimes foon fore fquare frame ftate ftem ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furface gofpel half breadth height himſelf impulfe inches interfection Irenæus Jews keel king laft lefs likewife maft manner meaſure moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon perpendicular poffible pofition poft prefent preferved purpoſe rabbet raiſed reafon refpect reprefent rifing Sejanus ſhip Sicily ſmall ſtate Teftament thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe timber tion tranfom trapezium ufual upper uſed veffel water line weft whofe wind
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Página 209 - Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play or from the tale would be equally deceived.
Página 159 - Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die.
Página 209 - ... trials to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him may here be cured of his delirious...
Página 5 - I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 210 - Rowe seems to have thought very little on correction or explanation ; but that our author's works might appear like those of his fraternity, with the appendages of a life and recommendatory preface. Rowe has been clamorously blamed for not performing what he did not undertake ; and it is time that...
Página 3 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Página 4 - God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise, and his brightness was as the light. He had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Página 356 - The silk-worm, when at its full size, is from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in length, and about half an inch in circumference.
Página 131 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 131 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.