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Página 230
... less in weight , is required , a from the timbers , the timbers part from each ship
or vessel built upon my plan will draw less other , and the whole becomes a
wreck . Here , water , and sail faster , and moreover there is less however , I think
it ...
... less in weight , is required , a from the timbers , the timbers part from each ship
or vessel built upon my plan will draw less other , and the whole becomes a
wreck . Here , water , and sail faster , and moreover there is less however , I think
it ...
Página 262
It dwells not in shops or workhouses ; nor till the least possess some portion of
truth , yet nothing late age was it ever known that any one served seven is so
glaringly absurd , or less founded in rational years to a smith or a taylor , that he ...
It dwells not in shops or workhouses ; nor till the least possess some portion of
truth , yet nothing late age was it ever known that any one served seven is so
glaringly absurd , or less founded in rational years to a smith or a taylor , that he ...
Página 355
... leaf were March following they cut them over about seven found to be more
healthy and vigorous , and less inches from the ground , which makes them come
subject to diseases of any kind , than those that on briskly the year following .
... leaf were March following they cut them over about seven found to be more
healthy and vigorous , and less inches from the ground , which makes them come
subject to diseases of any kind , than those that on briskly the year following .
Página 465
Men of active minds , One of the latest theories that has appeared whose
attention is engaged in a series of interest- upon this subject has been offered to
the world ing employments , sleep much less than the list- by the late Dr. Mason
Good in ...
Men of active minds , One of the latest theories that has appeared whose
attention is engaged in a series of interest- upon this subject has been offered to
the world ing employments , sleep much less than the list- by the late Dr. Mason
Good in ...
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... containing less than 450 lbs . or packed When any vessel or boat belonging in
the separately in any manner within any ... vessels whatsoever capable of con in
the British or Irish channels , or elsewhere taining liquids , of less size or content
...
... containing less than 450 lbs . or packed When any vessel or boat belonging in
the separately in any manner within any ... vessels whatsoever capable of con in
the British or Irish channels , or elsewhere taining liquids , of less size or content
...
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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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