Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Հատոր 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... means the barren plains , where his army would certainly perish with hunger and fatigue , and by all means to approach Armenia , that they might join their forces against the common enemy . But all was to no purpose ; Crassus , instead ...
... means the barren plains , where his army would certainly perish with hunger and fatigue , and by all means to approach Armenia , that they might join their forces against the common enemy . But all was to no purpose ; Crassus , instead ...
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... means will let a person almost tread upon them ; though if the person stands still to eye them , they will rise immediately though they be at a considerable distance . Another method of discovering them is , by going to their haunts ...
... means will let a person almost tread upon them ; though if the person stands still to eye them , they will rise immediately though they be at a considerable distance . Another method of discovering them is , by going to their haunts ...
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... means of it , the valuable labours of erudition and hu- man genius will be effectually prevented from ever fall- ing into oblivion . See a Memoir on this subject in Ni- cholson's Journal , ii . 342. 4to . PASIPHAE , in fabulous bistory ...
... means of it , the valuable labours of erudition and hu- man genius will be effectually prevented from ever fall- ing into oblivion . See a Memoir on this subject in Ni- cholson's Journal , ii . 342. 4to . PASIPHAE , in fabulous bistory ...
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... means in order to something else . That only can properly be called an object of desire which is desired upon its own account ; and therefore I consider as bene- volent those affections only which desire the good of their object ...
... means in order to something else . That only can properly be called an object of desire which is desired upon its own account ; and therefore I consider as bene- volent those affections only which desire the good of their object ...
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... means of our connecting two other ideas together ; and that the association of these two remains after the link which originally united them has vanished . Of this fact the reader will find sufficient evidence in different articles of ...
... means of our connecting two other ideas together ; and that the association of these two remains after the link which originally united them has vanished . Of this fact the reader will find sufficient evidence in different articles of ...
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Էջ 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Էջ 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Էջ 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Էջ 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Էջ 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Էջ 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Էջ 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Էջ 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Էջ 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Էջ 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...