A 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, Tom 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... STONE , an ore of manganese , of a dark gray color , like the basaltes or trapp . It may be scraped with a knife , but is extremely difficult to be broken . It is found of no regular figure , is very compact , heavy , and as black as ...
... STONE , an ore of manganese , of a dark gray color , like the basaltes or trapp . It may be scraped with a knife , but is extremely difficult to be broken . It is found of no regular figure , is very compact , heavy , and as black as ...
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... stone or brass , which was filled with holy water , and with which all those were sprinkled who were ad- mitted by the ancients to their sacrifices . Beyond this vessel no profane person was allowed to pass . It was used both by Greeks ...
... stone or brass , which was filled with holy water , and with which all those were sprinkled who were ad- mitted by the ancients to their sacrifices . Beyond this vessel no profane person was allowed to pass . It was used both by Greeks ...
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... stone and wood lined with shops ; this renders it so nar- row that two carriages cannot pass abreast . The harbour of Recife , called the Mosqueiro , situated on the outward bank , is formed by a reef of rocks which runs parallel with ...
... stone and wood lined with shops ; this renders it so nar- row that two carriages cannot pass abreast . The harbour of Recife , called the Mosqueiro , situated on the outward bank , is formed by a reef of rocks which runs parallel with ...
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... stone containing 104 steps . The first objects that strike the beholder on his en- trance are two portals of stone , about fifty feet in height each ; the sides are embellished with two sphinxes of an immense size , dressed out with a ...
... stone containing 104 steps . The first objects that strike the beholder on his en- trance are two portals of stone , about fifty feet in height each ; the sides are embellished with two sphinxes of an immense size , dressed out with a ...
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... stone peculiar to Persia , is found in the mountains of Khorassan . Here also the king demands a choice of all that the mine produces ; but the merchants have found the secret of evading this monopoly , and of car- rying off the jewels ...
... stone peculiar to Persia , is found in the mountains of Khorassan . Here also the king demands a choice of all that the mine produces ; but the merchants have found the secret of evading this monopoly , and of car- rying off the jewels ...
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Strona 15 - Coke(/) to be a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered, in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely, and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question.
Strona 392 - Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
Strona 190 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Nor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best reason, reason; my best will Teach rectitude ; and fix my firm resolve Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain.
Strona 68 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Strona 403 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven...
Strona 417 - 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, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity...
Strona 15 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Strona 96 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. " Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins...
Strona 11 - Tis chastity, my brother, chastity : She that has that is clad in complete steel, And, like a quivered nymph with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharboured heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds ; Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity.
Strona 42 - In prose compositions, this figure requires to be used with still greater moderation and delicacy. The same liberty is not allowed to the imagination there, as in poetry.