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, כרך 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 11
... fixed them promiscuously and irregularly in the walls of his barbarous structure . Three doors ( a type of the trinity , according to the rules established by the mystical Vitruvii of those ages ) , open into this façade . That in the ...
... fixed them promiscuously and irregularly in the walls of his barbarous structure . Three doors ( a type of the trinity , according to the rules established by the mystical Vitruvii of those ages ) , open into this façade . That in the ...
עמוד 19
... fix the prices , and compel the pea- sant on the return of sowing time to pay exorbi- tantly for his seed , and very often take ... fixed days , in an open plain , and marked by a flag , were anciently the only places at which commercial ...
... fix the prices , and compel the pea- sant on the return of sowing time to pay exorbi- tantly for his seed , and very often take ... fixed days , in an open plain , and marked by a flag , were anciently the only places at which commercial ...
עמוד 39
... fixed upon the latter university on account of the Bodleian library , to the con- sulting of the MSS . of which he applied with the closest attention . Being now of age he made over a small estate , which he derived from his family , to ...
... fixed upon the latter university on account of the Bodleian library , to the con- sulting of the MSS . of which he applied with the closest attention . Being now of age he made over a small estate , which he derived from his family , to ...
עמוד 49
... fixed her residence at Celbridge , a pleasant village in the neighbour- hood of Dublin , most probably with a view of often enjoying the company of Swift . But find- ing herself totally disappointed , upon discovering the dean's ...
... fixed her residence at Celbridge , a pleasant village in the neighbour- hood of Dublin , most probably with a view of often enjoying the company of Swift . But find- ing herself totally disappointed , upon discovering the dean's ...
עמוד 50
... fixed upon a scheme , which fortunately answered his purpose . Having often observed the elector going out to the chase , he took par- ticular notice of all the nobility in his train ; formed by cutting away the turf from the face of ...
... fixed upon a scheme , which fortunately answered his purpose . Having often observed the elector going out to the chase , he took par- ticular notice of all the nobility in his train ; formed by cutting away the turf from the face of ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 297 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
עמוד 373 - Mrs., or rather Miss Manley, for she was never married, is best known as the authoress of the ' New Atalantis,' a scandalous work, which she published at the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century.
עמוד 82 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
עמוד 254 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
עמוד 270 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
עמוד 184 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
עמוד 2 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
עמוד 244 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
עמוד 227 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
עמוד 280 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.