Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volum 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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Pàgina 3
... hand to hand , stood their ground with great resolution and intre- pidity ; but when they observed that there were a great many camels in their rear loaded with arrows , and that those who emptied their quivers wheeled about to fill A 2 ...
... hand to hand , stood their ground with great resolution and intre- pidity ; but when they observed that there were a great many camels in their rear loaded with arrows , and that those who emptied their quivers wheeled about to fill A 2 ...
Pàgina 9
... hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of 400,000 men under his command ... hands but Volo- geses himself had the good luck to make his escape ; which was a great disappointment to Severus , who im ...
... hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of 400,000 men under his command ... hands but Volo- geses himself had the good luck to make his escape ; which was a great disappointment to Severus , who im ...
Pàgina 10
... hand , and descends athwart to the opposite lower corner . PARTI per bend sinister , is when the cut , coming from the upper left corner , descends across to the oppo- site lower one . All these partitions , according to M. de la Colom ...
... hand , and descends athwart to the opposite lower corner . PARTI per bend sinister , is when the cut , coming from the upper left corner , descends across to the oppo- site lower one . All these partitions , according to M. de la Colom ...
Pàgina 16
... hand , I should one day the bishop of Meaux what work he would covet have then taken notice of it . ” His indifference in this most to be the author of , supposing his own perform respect was so great , that though his taste was not ...
... hand , I should one day the bishop of Meaux what work he would covet have then taken notice of it . ” His indifference in this most to be the author of , supposing his own perform respect was so great , that though his taste was not ...
Pàgina 27
... hand . This band bath made him proud with clapping him . Would he not stumble ? would be not fall down , ( Since pride must have a fall ) , and break the neck Of that proud man that did usurp his back ? Richard II . act v . sc . II ...
... hand . This band bath made him proud with clapping him . Would he not stumble ? would be not fall down , ( Since pride must have a fall ) , and break the neck Of that proud man that did usurp his back ? Richard II . act v . sc . II ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pàgina 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Pàgina 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pàgina 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Pàgina 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Pàgina 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Pàgina 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Pàgina 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Pàgina 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Pàgina 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...