The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 1. rész,19. kötetThomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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3. oldal
... cause . Constans being informed of what had passed , and finding himself unable to resist the usurper , fled towards Spain . He was overtaken , how- ever , by Gaiso , whom Magnentius had sent after him with a body of troops , and ...
... cause . Constans being informed of what had passed , and finding himself unable to resist the usurper , fled towards Spain . He was overtaken , how- ever , by Gaiso , whom Magnentius had sent after him with a body of troops , and ...
5. oldal
... caused himself to be proclaimed emperor . In the mean time , Dynames having forged another letter , the fraud was discovered , and an enquiry set on foot , which brought to light the whole matter . Sylvanus was declared innocent , and ...
... caused himself to be proclaimed emperor . In the mean time , Dynames having forged another letter , the fraud was discovered , and an enquiry set on foot , which brought to light the whole matter . Sylvanus was declared innocent , and ...
6. oldal
... caused his troops to surround them insensibly while he was speaking . The Limi- gantes then displeased with the conditions he offered them , laid their hands on their swords : on which they were attacked by the soldiers ; and , finding ...
... caused his troops to surround them insensibly while he was speaking . The Limi- gantes then displeased with the conditions he offered them , laid their hands on their swords : on which they were attacked by the soldiers ; and , finding ...
7. oldal
... causing his troops to take an oath of alle- giance to himself , with surprising expedition made himself master of ... caused the temples of the gods to be re- opened . When the messengers arrived at Naissus in Illyricum , to acquaint him ...
... causing his troops to take an oath of alle- giance to himself , with surprising expedition made himself master of ... caused the temples of the gods to be re- opened . When the messengers arrived at Naissus in Illyricum , to acquaint him ...
8. oldal
... caused magazines to be erected on both roads ; and , after having viewed his army , set out on the 25th of March . He passed the Abora , which separated the Ro- man and Persian dominions , near its conflux with the Euphrates ; after ...
... caused magazines to be erected on both roads ; and , after having viewed his army , set out on the 25th of March . He passed the Abora , which separated the Ro- man and Persian dominions , near its conflux with the Euphrates ; after ...
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62. oldal - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
75. oldal - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
62. oldal - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
194. oldal - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
17. oldal - Arras, Amiens, experienced the cruel oppression of the German yoke; and the consuming flames of war spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the Barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the spoils of their houses and altars.
349. oldal - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
64. oldal - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
272. oldal - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our neelds created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mind», Had been incorporate.
17. oldal - This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man.
351. oldal - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.