The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volum 9Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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Pàgina 5
... never used plate at his table . A small salt cellar , the feet of which were of horn , was the only silver vessel which appeared in his house . This contempt of luxury he wished also to en- courage among the people ; and during his cen ...
... never used plate at his table . A small salt cellar , the feet of which were of horn , was the only silver vessel which appeared in his house . This contempt of luxury he wished also to en- courage among the people ; and during his cen ...
Pàgina 6
... never lost ; and you , says he to the fox , have the confidence to deny that which L'Estrange . you have stolen . Let any one , even below the skill of an astrologer , behold the turn of faces he meets as soon as he passes Cheapside ...
... never lost ; and you , says he to the fox , have the confidence to deny that which L'Estrange . you have stolen . Let any one , even below the skill of an astrologer , behold the turn of faces he meets as soon as he passes Cheapside ...
Pàgina 10
... never justify the factor for departing from orders , necessity sometimes will . If he be limited not to sell goods under a certain price , and the goods be perishable , and not in a situa- tion for being kept , he may sell them , to ...
... never justify the factor for departing from orders , necessity sometimes will . If he be limited not to sell goods under a certain price , and the goods be perishable , and not in a situa- tion for being kept , he may sell them , to ...
Pàgina 13
... never made use of money , but contracted debts , and when the accounts were brought him , he drew on the back of the bills , and bid the owners sell the drawings to con- noisseurs for the amount , by which they were generally great ...
... never made use of money , but contracted debts , and when the accounts were brought him , he drew on the back of the bills , and bid the owners sell the drawings to con- noisseurs for the amount , by which they were generally great ...
Pàgina 16
... never failed to cut it even , only requiring a steady hand . Swift . Books , like friends , should be few and well chosen . Like friends , too , we should return to them again and again - for , like true friends , they will never fail us— ...
... never failed to cut it even , only requiring a steady hand . Swift . Books , like friends , should be few and well chosen . Like friends , too , we should return to them again and again - for , like true friends , they will never fail us— ...
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Pàgina 261 - Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Pàgina 118 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Pàgina 204 - Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate 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.
Pàgina 395 - 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.
Pàgina 425 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Pàgina 334 - Ye toppling crags of ice ! Ye avalanches, whom a breath draws down In mountainous o'erwhelming, come and crush me ! I hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict ; but ye pass, And only fall on things that still would live ; On the young flourishing forest, or the hut And hamlet of the harmless villager.
Pàgina 396 - 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...
Pàgina 90 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Pàgina 368 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Pàgina 42 - Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right, To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours, And smear with dust their glittering golden towers...