The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Parte2,Volumen13Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Página 386
... cultivated to a great extent , and all the other vegetables and fruits of the tropics grow spon- taneously . Unfortunately , however , this smiling scene is generally more than counterbalanced by the extreme unhealthiness of the climate ...
... cultivated to a great extent , and all the other vegetables and fruits of the tropics grow spon- taneously . Unfortunately , however , this smiling scene is generally more than counterbalanced by the extreme unhealthiness of the climate ...
Página 388
... cultivated in vast quantities in Holland : what the Dutch send over for medicinal use is the root , which is only dried ; but the greatest quantity is used by the dyers , who have it sent in coarse powder . Hill . MADDER . See RUBIA ...
... cultivated in vast quantities in Holland : what the Dutch send over for medicinal use is the root , which is only dried ; but the greatest quantity is used by the dyers , who have it sent in coarse powder . Hill . MADDER . See RUBIA ...
Página 389
... cultivated in Smyrna , and some other countries of Turkey in Asia . It is more esteemed than the best Zealand madder ; and experiments have shown that it is superior to any other kind as a dyeing ingredient . The fine color of these ...
... cultivated in Smyrna , and some other countries of Turkey in Asia . It is more esteemed than the best Zealand madder ; and experiments have shown that it is superior to any other kind as a dyeing ingredient . The fine color of these ...
Página 391
... cultivated , but there is also a red grape which gives a white wine , called batardo , and another white grape which produces a reddish wine , called tinto , known in the English market by the name of London par- ticular . The quantity ...
... cultivated , but there is also a red grape which gives a white wine , called batardo , and another white grape which produces a reddish wine , called tinto , known in the English market by the name of London par- ticular . The quantity ...
Página 392
... cultivated in the West Indies , it ceased to be equally profitable with their wines , which have ever since fur- nished the basis of a flourishing commerce . In 1801 , when it was apprehended that France might attempt to seize upon it ...
... cultivated in the West Indies , it ceased to be equally profitable with their wines , which have ever since fur- nished the basis of a flourishing commerce . In 1801 , when it was apprehended that France might attempt to seize upon it ...
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Página 486 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Página 416 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Página 540 - There was a sound of revelry by night. And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men : A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again ; And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
Página 657 - All these things being considered, it seems probable to me that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties and in such proportion to space as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Página 491 - The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wished I long believed, And, disappointed still, was still deceived.
Página 385 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 636 - It is only the effect, which that figure produces upon a mind, whose particular fabric or structure renders it susceptible of such sentiments. In vain would you look for it in the circle, or seek it, either by your senses, or by- mathematical reasonings, in all the properties of that figure.
Página 544 - For the canon law, which the common law follows in this case, deems so highly and with such mysterious reverence of the nuptial tie, that it will not allow it to be unloosed for any cause whatsoever, that arises after the union is made.
Página 435 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Página 542 - Now these disabilities are of two sorts: first, such as are canonical, and therefore sufficient by the ecclesiastical laws to avoid the marriage in the spiritual court; but these in our law only make the marriage voidable, and not ipso facto void, until sentence of nullity be obtained.