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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Pàgina 22
... present . But this relief was of short duration . In 1424 , in the reign of John V. , the son of Manuel , the city was be- sieged by Amurath II . The inhabitants defended themselves with great bravery ; but must in the end have ...
... present . But this relief was of short duration . In 1424 , in the reign of John V. , the son of Manuel , the city was be- sieged by Amurath II . The inhabitants defended themselves with great bravery ; but must in the end have ...
Pàgina 25
... present state and history of the latter see our article AMPHITHEATRE . At a short distance from it , near the Viminal and Quirinal hills , stands a portion of the baths of Dioclesian , converted into a convent . The principal hall forms ...
... present state and history of the latter see our article AMPHITHEATRE . At a short distance from it , near the Viminal and Quirinal hills , stands a portion of the baths of Dioclesian , converted into a convent . The principal hall forms ...
Pàgina 26
... present to the images of poverty and disgust which have preceded it . Nothing that art or judgment can dictate , or criticism or pretension utter , on this great object of universal wonder , has been left unsaid or un- illustrated . The ...
... present to the images of poverty and disgust which have preceded it . Nothing that art or judgment can dictate , or criticism or pretension utter , on this great object of universal wonder , has been left unsaid or un- illustrated . The ...
Pàgina 27
... present the emperor Henry IV . at the feet of pope Gregory VII . , where Matilda had assisted to place him . The abject , prostrate , half - naked emperor , surrounded by Italian princes and ec- clesiastical barons , the witnesses of ...
... present the emperor Henry IV . at the feet of pope Gregory VII . , where Matilda had assisted to place him . The abject , prostrate , half - naked emperor , surrounded by Italian princes and ec- clesiastical barons , the witnesses of ...
Pàgina 28
... present pope , was but of bare walls ' when Evelyn visited it in 1643 ; and he observes that , as he passed through it on his way to the vatican library , it was full of poor people , to the number of 1500 or 2000 , to each of whom , in ...
... present pope , was but of bare walls ' when Evelyn visited it in 1643 ; and he observes that , as he passed through it on his way to the vatican library , it was full of poor people , to the number of 1500 or 2000 , to each of whom , in ...
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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.