Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... means he found himself in possession of a most desirable treasure . Those pic tures which Goudt himself painted were neatly and de- licately touched , in colour and pencil resembling El- sheimer , though they were in no degree equal to ...
... means he found himself in possession of a most desirable treasure . Those pic tures which Goudt himself painted were neatly and de- licately touched , in colour and pencil resembling El- sheimer , though they were in no degree equal to ...
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... means all mankind ; and appears to possess the powers of self - motion and sensation we therefore refer it to its ... means some one or other of the hu- man race indefinitely ; THE man means , definitely , that particular man who is ...
... means all mankind ; and appears to possess the powers of self - motion and sensation we therefore refer it to its ... means some one or other of the hu- man race indefinitely ; THE man means , definitely , that particular man who is ...
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... mean- ing of the words GOD and MAN , whilst he knows that of IS ; the uttering of the two propositions God is happy ... means to predicate something of the subject . " If he adds no specific predication , as B is ( 0 ) The truth of this ...
... mean- ing of the words GOD and MAN , whilst he knows that of IS ; the uttering of the two propositions God is happy ... means to predicate something of the subject . " If he adds no specific predication , as B is ( 0 ) The truth of this ...
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... means exclusively appli- cable to this tense . When the præter - imperfect is by the conjunction and joined in the same sentence with a plusquam perfect , the two tenses express two actions , both prior to the time of speaking ; but the ...
... means exclusively appli- cable to this tense . When the præter - imperfect is by the conjunction and joined in the same sentence with a plusquam perfect , the two tenses express two actions , both prior to the time of speaking ; but the ...
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... means of it , may be expressed in synonymous and convertible phrases , in different languages , by means of other parts or moods of the verb . " Of these synonymous and convertible phrases he gives several examples , of which the first ...
... means of it , may be expressed in synonymous and convertible phrases , in different languages , by means of other parts or moods of the verb . " Of these synonymous and convertible phrases he gives several examples , of which the first ...
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Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable court death degree denote distance duke England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Henry honour horse inches Infusoria inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion Peloponnesus person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm
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Сторінка 74 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Сторінка 74 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Сторінка 78 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Сторінка 76 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Сторінка 214 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made : that the court upon a habeas corpus may examine into its validity ; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Сторінка 351 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Сторінка 380 - But, where each science lifts its modern type, Hist'ry her pot, divinity her pipe, While proud philosophy repines to show, Dishonest sight ! his breeches rent below ; Embrowned with native bronze, lo ! Henley stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Сторінка 73 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Сторінка 74 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Сторінка 213 - ... but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.