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Página 248
But flat shoes , by inaking them , the crust of this part of the foot grows thinner
when heated , a little narrower than the foot , will , and weaker ; and when the
nails are fixed too by means of hammering , become wider , and acfar back ,
especially ...
But flat shoes , by inaking them , the crust of this part of the foot grows thinner
when heated , a little narrower than the foot , will , and weaker ; and when the
nails are fixed too by means of hammering , become wider , and acfar back ,
especially ...
Página 465
Increase or prolongate their occupied us , and sets at work again all the in- action
, and their power will be still farther obternal machinery which has hardly yet
become tunded , till at length , like an over - wearied limb , quiet ; the sleep ,
under ...
Increase or prolongate their occupied us , and sets at work again all the in- action
, and their power will be still farther obternal machinery which has hardly yet
become tunded , till at length , like an over - wearied limb , quiet ; the sleep ,
under ...
Página 466
If the same abrupt and violent becomes a prey to corruption and ruin . cause be
sufficiently powerful to act upon the • IV . ... af- sleep in total darkness are awoke
by the return fected , and of course become equally exhausted , of day - light .
If the same abrupt and violent becomes a prey to corruption and ruin . cause be
sufficiently powerful to act upon the • IV . ... af- sleep in total darkness are awoke
by the return fected , and of course become equally exhausted , of day - light .
Página 542
... become suffidupois of Spanish - brown diffused ihrough water ciently hard ,
they remove it from the mould , are added ... where they are allowed to of each of
which is attached a board about ten remain till they become perfectly firm and dry
...
... become suffidupois of Spanish - brown diffused ihrough water ciently hard ,
they remove it from the mould , are added ... where they are allowed to of each of
which is attached a board about ten remain till they become perfectly firm and dry
...
Página 545
When fused it is trans- though he were relating a truth not generally parent , and
becomes somewhat yellow if the heat known : Verum omnis sapo potest omnem
is increased . sordem de corpore abstergere , vel de pannis . ' 8. Soap of silver ...
When fused it is trans- though he were relating a truth not generally parent , and
becomes somewhat yellow if the heat known : Verum omnis sapo potest omnem
is increased . sordem de corpore abstergere , vel de pannis . ' 8. Soap of silver ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 167 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Página 136 - But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Página 135 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, — at least above all modern writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Página 135 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow, by his ears, but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscall it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it.
Página 409 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 416 - The endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour, which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, And make us heirs of all eternity. Therefore, brave conquerors ! — for so you are, That -war against your own affections, And the huge army of the world's desires...
Página 58 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...
Página 426 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise!
Página 136 - ... field, and sometimes among the manufactures of the shop. There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader, nor was our language then so indigent of books, but that he might very liberally indulge his curiosity without excursion into foreign literature. Many of the Roman authors were...
Página 58 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The 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, Volumen20 The 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, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 12 Oct. 2007 |
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