Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of eminence, 12. kötet1813 |
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81. oldal
... queen of laughter , the mistress of the graces and of pleasures , and the patroness of courtezans . Some mythologists speak of more than one Venus . Of these , however , the Venus sprung from the froth of the sea , af ter the mutilated ...
... queen of laughter , the mistress of the graces and of pleasures , and the patroness of courtezans . Some mythologists speak of more than one Venus . Of these , however , the Venus sprung from the froth of the sea , af ter the mutilated ...
107. oldal
... queen ; for she is more implicitly obeyed than the best of monarchs , by the most loyal of his lieges . The female wasp , as her station is more laborious , so her genius seems more enterprising . Unaided by any of her kind , she lays ...
... queen ; for she is more implicitly obeyed than the best of monarchs , by the most loyal of his lieges . The female wasp , as her station is more laborious , so her genius seems more enterprising . Unaided by any of her kind , she lays ...
. oldal
... Queen's college , * 3 . Air vessels . Tracheæ . Spiral canals , Cambridge , in oue night , a hundred and eighty , usually of a larger bore , for receiving and disfive ; the second nighi , sixty - three ; the third tributing the air ...
... Queen's college , * 3 . Air vessels . Tracheæ . Spiral canals , Cambridge , in oue night , a hundred and eighty , usually of a larger bore , for receiving and disfive ; the second nighi , sixty - three ; the third tributing the air ...
117. oldal
... Queen's college , Cambridge , in one night , a hundred and eighty- five ; the second night , sixty - three ; the third night , two . Each that was measured had fif- teen inches extent of wings . 16. V. serotinus . Serotine . Tailed ...
... Queen's college , Cambridge , in one night , a hundred and eighty- five ; the second night , sixty - three ; the third night , two . Each that was measured had fif- teen inches extent of wings . 16. V. serotinus . Serotine . Tailed ...
127. oldal
... Queen of the meadows . This beautiful and fragrant plant is the spiræ ulmaria of Linnéus . The leaves are recommended as mild adstrin- gents . The flowers have a strong smell resem- bling that of may : they are supposed to possess ...
... Queen of the meadows . This beautiful and fragrant plant is the spiræ ulmaria of Linnéus . The leaves are recommended as mild adstrin- gents . The flowers have a strong smell resem- bling that of may : they are supposed to possess ...
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51. oldal - ... expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection : sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense: sometimes a scenical representation of persons or things, a counterfeit speech, a mimical...
51. oldal - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound.
51. oldal - It raiseth admiration, as signifying a nimble sagacity of apprehension, a special felicity of invention, a vivacity of spirit, and reach of wit more than vulgar : it...
51. oldal - ... from a lucky hitting upon what is strange, sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose; often it consisteth in one knows not what and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.
127. oldal - ... equal at least to four inches, producing a most brilliant ascending arch of light, broad, and conical in form in the middle.* When any substance was introduced into this arch, it instantly became ignited ; platina melted as readily in it as wax in the flame of a common candle ; quartz, the sapphire, magnesia, lime, all entered into fusion...
127. oldal - ... from the benefits that are procured by the death, sufferings, and Gospel of Christ : " That, however, none can be made a partaker of the blessings of the Gospel, and of eternal salvation, unless he believe in Jesus Christ : " That, such, indeed, is the immense and universal goodness of the Supreme Being, that He refuses to none the power of believing ; though He does not grant unto all His assistance and succour, that they may wisely improve this power to the attainment of everlasting salvation...
127. oldal - For the children of villeins were also in the same state of bondage with their parents; whence they were called in Latin nativi, which gave rise to the female appellation of a villein, who was called a neife (m).
127. oldal - ... may clearly be created. A right of way may also arise by act and operation of law : for, if a man grants me a piece of ground in the middle of his field, he at the same time tacitly and impliedly gives me a way to come at it ; and I may cross his land for that purpose without trespass°. For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for enjoying the same P.
127. oldal - On the arrival of the Normans here, it seems not improbable that they, who were strangers to any other than a féodal state, might give some sparks of enfranchisement to such wretched persons as fell to their share, by admitting them, as well as others, to the oath of fealty, which conferred a right of protection, and raised the tenant to a kind of estate superior to downright slavery, but inferior to every other condition.