The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 2. rész,9. kötetThomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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389. oldal
... five - sixths of their ordinary size ; the stomach and intestines were also much diminished in volume , and strongly contracted . The gall and urinary bladders were distended by their proper fluids , which M. Chevreul was called upon to ...
... five - sixths of their ordinary size ; the stomach and intestines were also much diminished in volume , and strongly contracted . The gall and urinary bladders were distended by their proper fluids , which M. Chevreul was called upon to ...
392. oldal
... five grains in a pint of water will constitute hardness , unfit for washing with scap , and for many other purposes of domestic use . Animals appear to be more sensible of the im- purities of water than man . Horses , by an in ...
... five grains in a pint of water will constitute hardness , unfit for washing with scap , and for many other purposes of domestic use . Animals appear to be more sensible of the im- purities of water than man . Horses , by an in ...
393. oldal
... five minutes , stirring it all the time , to revent the oatmeal from burning at the bottom of the stewpan ; then strain through a hair sieve , to separate the undissolved parts of the meal from the gruel . If a more substantial repast ...
... five minutes , stirring it all the time , to revent the oatmeal from burning at the bottom of the stewpan ; then strain through a hair sieve , to separate the undissolved parts of the meal from the gruel . If a more substantial repast ...
394. oldal
... five years in feeding the poor at Munich , during which time every experiment was made that could be devised , not only with regard to the choice of the articles used as food , but also in respect to their different combina- tions and ...
... five years in feeding the poor at Munich , during which time every experiment was made that could be devised , not only with regard to the choice of the articles used as food , but also in respect to their different combina- tions and ...
398. oldal
... five steps , you arrive to a broad place , where you make two or three paces before you ascend another step , thereby to ease the legs in ascending the rest of the stairs ; a pace no faster than a slow walk . FOOT - PAD , n . s . Foot ...
... five steps , you arrive to a broad place , where you make two or three paces before you ascend another step , thereby to ease the legs in ascending the rest of the stairs ; a pace no faster than a slow walk . FOOT - PAD , n . s . Foot ...
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431. oldal - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand : For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
401. oldal - The first time I was in company with Foote was at Fitzherbert's. Having no good opinion of the fellow, I was resolved not to be pleased — and it is very difficult to please a man against his will. I went on eating my dinner pretty sullenly, affecting not to mind him. But the dog was so very comical, that I was obliged to lay down my knife and fork, throw myself back upon my chair, and fairly laugh it out. No, sir, he was irresistible.
402. oldal - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
698. oldal - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
753. oldal - ... as it were suspended in the air, a visible representation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross, surrounded on all sides with a glory; and was impressed as if a voice, or something equivalent to a voice, had come to him, to this effect (for he was not confident as to the words), "Oh, sinner! did I suffer this for thee, and are these thy returns?
586. oldal - Franchise and liberty are used as synonymous terms, and their definition is a royal privilege or branch of the king's prerogative, subsisting in the hands of a subject.
430. oldal - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
668. oldal - To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
481. oldal - No, there is a necessity in Fate, Why still the brave bold man is fortunate; He keeps his object ever full in sight, And that assurance holds him firm and right, True, 'tis a narrow way that leads to bliss, \ But right before there is no precipice; ) Fear makes men look aside, and so their footing miss.
417. oldal - Person, as I take it, is the name for this self. Wherever a man finds what he calls himself there, I think, another may say is the same person. It is a forensic term, appropriating actions and their merit; and so belongs only to intelligent agents capable of a law, and happiness, and misery.