The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1,Volum 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... person's taste , they politely pass it over without notice , and commend other dishes , that they may not distress a kind bast . Translation CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION : 1. This work will be completed in about Forty Parts , or hall ...
... person's taste , they politely pass it over without notice , and commend other dishes , that they may not distress a kind bast . Translation CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION : 1. This work will be completed in about Forty Parts , or hall ...
Pàgina 2
... persons , all in- vested with supreme authority . We are informed but of few particulars of the reign of Constantius ... person of a cruel disposition , and a stedfast sup- porter of paganism ; Licinius , who was adopted by Galerius ...
... persons , all in- vested with supreme authority . We are informed but of few particulars of the reign of Constantius ... person of a cruel disposition , and a stedfast sup- porter of paganism ; Licinius , who was adopted by Galerius ...
Pàgina 3
... persons of distinction ; seized their estates ; and obliged the rest to contribute half of what they were worth towards the expense of the war . Having thus raised great sums , he assembled an army of Romans , Germans , Gauls , Franks ...
... persons of distinction ; seized their estates ; and obliged the rest to contribute half of what they were worth towards the expense of the war . Having thus raised great sums , he assembled an army of Romans , Germans , Gauls , Franks ...
Pàgina 5
... persons to their children and relations within the third degree . In the beginning of 357 the barbarians besieged Julian a whole month in Sens : Marcellus , the commander - in - chief , never once offering to assist him . Julian ...
... persons to their children and relations within the third degree . In the beginning of 357 the barbarians besieged Julian a whole month in Sens : Marcellus , the commander - in - chief , never once offering to assist him . Julian ...
Pàgina 6
... person to sue for peace ; which Julian granted on their promising to set at liberty the captives they had taken ; to supply a certain quantity of corn when required ; and to furnish wood , iron , and carriages , for re- pairing the ...
... person to sue for peace ; which Julian granted on their promising to set at liberty the captives they had taken ; to supply a certain quantity of corn when required ; and to furnish wood , iron , and carriages , for re- pairing the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 62 - 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.
Pàgina 75 - 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.
Pàgina 62 - 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.
Pàgina 194 - 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...
Pàgina 17 - 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.
Pàgina 349 - 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.
Pàgina 64 - 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 272 - 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.
Pàgina 17 - 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.
Pàgina 351 - 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.