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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390. oldal
... Lord Somerville , in his Address to the Board of Agriculture , gave an interesting account of the effects of a punish- ment which formerly existed in Holland . The ancient laws of the country ordained men to be kept on bread alone ...
... Lord Somerville , in his Address to the Board of Agriculture , gave an interesting account of the effects of a punish- ment which formerly existed in Holland . The ancient laws of the country ordained men to be kept on bread alone ...
396. oldal
... lord of high honour , That dare presume , or ones thinken it That his conseil shuld pass his lordes wit . Chaucer . The Marchantes Tale . But for as moche as som folk ben unmesurable , men oughten for to avoid and eschue fool - largesse ...
... lord of high honour , That dare presume , or ones thinken it That his conseil shuld pass his lordes wit . Chaucer . The Marchantes Tale . But for as moche as som folk ben unmesurable , men oughten for to avoid and eschue fool - largesse ...
399. oldal
... lords , to let this man This honest man , wait like a lowsy footboy At chamber - door ? Id . Henry VIII . Do that good ... lord approaches . Prior When suffocating mists obscure the morn , Let thy worst wig , long used to storms be worn ...
... lords , to let this man This honest man , wait like a lowsy footboy At chamber - door ? Id . Henry VIII . Do that good ... lord approaches . Prior When suffocating mists obscure the morn , Let thy worst wig , long used to storms be worn ...
401. oldal
... lord Mexborough , and Sir Francis Delaval , Mr. Foote broke his leg , by a fall from his horse ; in consequence of which he suffered an amputation . The duke on this occasion obtained for Mr. Foote a patent for life ; whereby he was ...
... lord Mexborough , and Sir Francis Delaval , Mr. Foote broke his leg , by a fall from his horse ; in consequence of which he suffered an amputation . The duke on this occasion obtained for Mr. Foote a patent for life ; whereby he was ...
409. oldal
... Lord , with what protection are you prepared to meet the united detestation of the people of England . Junius . All philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when nature seems to deny the means . Goldsmith . There the vast ...
... Lord , with what protection are you prepared to meet the united detestation of the people of England . Junius . All philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when nature seems to deny the means . Goldsmith . There the vast ...
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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.