The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Część 2,Tom 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Strona 385
... side ; your horse cannot then spring on his hind - legs to one side , because your leg prevents him ; nor to the other , because his head looks that way , and a horse does not start and spring to the side on which he looks . Hence the ...
... side ; your horse cannot then spring on his hind - legs to one side , because your leg prevents him ; nor to the other , because his head looks that way , and a horse does not start and spring to the side on which he looks . Hence the ...
Strona 390
... side of a hill , upon which the house stands , but not very steep . The length of the house , where the best rooms and upon those of most use or pleasure are , lies breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens into the middle of a ...
... side of a hill , upon which the house stands , but not very steep . The length of the house , where the best rooms and upon those of most use or pleasure are , lies breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens into the middle of a ...
Strona 392
... side of a hill , especially if the slope be easy ; if a good deal of level ground be near the house ; and if it ... sides of the lawn there are trees planted irregularly , by way of open groves , the regularity of the lawn will be broken ...
... side of a hill , especially if the slope be easy ; if a good deal of level ground be near the house ; and if it ... sides of the lawn there are trees planted irregularly , by way of open groves , the regularity of the lawn will be broken ...
Strona 393
... side of the walk there should be allowed a border three or four feet wide between it and the espalier . In these borders may be sown small sallads , or any other herbs that do not take deep root or continue long ; but they should not be ...
... side of the walk there should be allowed a border three or four feet wide between it and the espalier . In these borders may be sown small sallads , or any other herbs that do not take deep root or continue long ; but they should not be ...
Strona 398
... side of the walk three or four feet wide , at six inches asun- der , and sticks of eight or nine feet long placed to them , or sticks of five feet long will do with some osiers to form the arch at the top . Lark- spurs must now be ...
... side of the walk three or four feet wide , at six inches asun- der , and sticks of eight or nine feet long placed to them , or sticks of five feet long will do with some osiers to form the arch at the top . Lark- spurs must now be ...
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Strona 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Strona 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Strona 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Strona 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Strona 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Strona 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Strona 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Strona 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Strona 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Strona 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.