Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen16,Parte1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 |
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Página 36
... suppose the figure ABCDE ( no 2. ) required to be di- minifhed in the proportion of the line AB to ab ( n ° 3. ) , draw the indefinite line GH ( n ° 4 . ) , and from G to H fet off the line AB . On G defcribe the arch HI . Set off the ...
... suppose the figure ABCDE ( no 2. ) required to be di- minifhed in the proportion of the line AB to ab ( n ° 3. ) , draw the indefinite line GH ( n ° 4 . ) , and from G to H fet off the line AB . On G defcribe the arch HI . Set off the ...
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... suppose these books to have xviii . 19 . ject , by proving , that the author of those books was been forged , they could not possibly be received as auindeed inspired by God . This we shall endeavour to thentic ; because no copy of them ...
... suppose these books to have xviii . 19 . ject , by proving , that the author of those books was been forged , they could not possibly be received as auindeed inspired by God . This we shall endeavour to thentic ; because no copy of them ...
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... suppose them elaftic or unclaftic . The motion communicated to the collection of elastic particles muft be double of what the fame body , moving in the fame manner , would communicate to the particles of an un- elaftic fluid . The ...
... suppose them elaftic or unclaftic . The motion communicated to the collection of elastic particles muft be double of what the fame body , moving in the fame manner , would communicate to the particles of an un- elaftic fluid . The ...
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... suppose these were taken from the earlieft paintings of the Lord of Life and even now our modern painters copy from them , and represent the crown as compofed of thefe thorns . Thefe plants , therefore , should principally have a fhare ...
... suppose these were taken from the earlieft paintings of the Lord of Life and even now our modern painters copy from them , and represent the crown as compofed of thefe thorns . Thefe plants , therefore , should principally have a fhare ...
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... suppose that they would fhelter themselves under the plaits of the skin . Mr Bruce had an opportunity of examining the fkin of a rhinoceros before his muddy covering had been fcraped off , and faw under it feveral very large worms , but ...
... suppose that they would fhelter themselves under the plaits of the skin . Mr Bruce had an opportunity of examining the fkin of a rhinoceros before his muddy covering had been fcraped off , and faw under it feveral very large worms , but ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 135 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Página 126 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Página 128 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Página 84 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Página 84 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Página 141 - ... also of forcibly impressing the carriages and horses of the subject, to do the king's business on the public roads, in the conveyance of timber, baggage, and the like, however inconvenient to the proprietor, upon paying him a settled price...
Página 46 - Doctor coming up to his. chamber, suspecting nothing of what had been done, put up the box as formerly. The next day, going to the...
Página 25 - ... to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like. It is in most respects like another bond : the difference being chiefly this : that the bond is the creation of a fresh debt or obligation de novo, the recognizance is an acknowledgment of a former debt upon record ; the form whereof is, "that AB doth acknowledge to owe to our lord the king, to the plaintiff, to CD, or the like, the sum of ten pounds...
Página 197 - Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and mis-shapen becomes a load, and cripples the body which it was made to protect.
Página 229 - ... excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.