The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Մաս 2,Հատոր 16Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... Roman knights ' at public spectacles to have the fourteen first rows after the seats of the senators . This was opposed with virulence by some , but Cicero ably defended it . OTHO ( M. Salvius ) , the eighth emperor of Rome , born A. D. ...
... Roman knights ' at public spectacles to have the fourteen first rows after the seats of the senators . This was opposed with virulence by some , but Cicero ably defended it . OTHO ( M. Salvius ) , the eighth emperor of Rome , born A. D. ...
Էջ 372
... Roman historians , but only by Ptolemy , it is uncertain whether they formed a distinct independent state , or were ... Roman government in this island , the country of the Otodini made a part of the Roman province called Valentia ...
... Roman historians , but only by Ptolemy , it is uncertain whether they formed a distinct independent state , or were ... Roman government in this island , the country of the Otodini made a part of the Roman province called Valentia ...
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... Roman villa of Octavianum . It contains three churches , and a castle on the top of an adjacent hill . A large proportion of the inhabitants , about 14,000 , sup- port themselves by cultivating gardens . OTTOMAN PORTE , a title given by ...
... Roman villa of Octavianum . It contains three churches , and a castle on the top of an adjacent hill . A large proportion of the inhabitants , about 14,000 , sup- port themselves by cultivating gardens . OTTOMAN PORTE , a title given by ...
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... Roman coins , we should have been over - stocked with medals of this Addison . nature . Since we are so bent upon enlarging our flocks , it may be worth enquiring what we shall do with our wool , in case Barnstaple should be ever over ...
... Roman coins , we should have been over - stocked with medals of this Addison . nature . Since we are so bent upon enlarging our flocks , it may be worth enquiring what we shall do with our wool , in case Barnstaple should be ever over ...
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... Roman knight , born at Sulmo , A. A. C. 43. He studied rhetoric under Aurelius Fuscus , and for some time fre- quented the bar . His progress in eloquence was great , but nothing could deter him from pursu- ing his natural inclination ...
... Roman knight , born at Sulmo , A. A. C. 43. He studied rhetoric under Aurelius Fuscus , and for some time fre- quented the bar . His progress in eloquence was great , but nothing could deter him from pursu- ing his natural inclination ...
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Էջ 397 - From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings; " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
Էջ 405 - Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.
Էջ 607 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Էջ 370 - never drew a more ludicrous distortion, both of attitude and physiognomy, than this effect occasioned: nor was there wanting beside it one of those beautiful female faces which the same Hogarth, in whom the satirist never extinguished that love of beauty which belonged to him as a poet...
Էջ 515 - Fortescue, in the name of his brethren, declared, " that they ought not to make answer to that question : for it hath not been used aforetime that the justices should in any wise determine the privileges of the high court of parliament. For it is so high and mighty in its nature, that it may make law : and that which is law, it may make no law: and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongs to the lords of parliament, and not to the justices.
Էջ 412 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Էջ 629 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry ' Hold, hold !
Էջ 515 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Էջ 440 - Now, my co-mates, and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp ? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court ? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons...
Էջ 509 - ... threw every thing they had in the canoe into the river, and kept firing ; but being overpowered by numbers and fatigue, and unable to keep up the canoe against the current, and no probability of escaping, Mr. Park took hold of one of the white men, and jumped into the water ; Martyn did the same, and they were drowned in the stream in attempting to escape.