Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 16. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... matter : the motion is quicker than the eye can follow ( a ) . " I always imagined that the root of its tongue was placed in the forepart of its under jaw , and the tip to- wards its threat , by which the motion must be a half circle ...
... matter : the motion is quicker than the eye can follow ( a ) . " I always imagined that the root of its tongue was placed in the forepart of its under jaw , and the tip to- wards its threat , by which the motion must be a half circle ...
Page 10
... matter under a large bulk . RASAY , one of the Hebrides Islands , is about 13 See the following article . miles long and 2 broad . It contains 700 inhabitants , RAREFACTION , in physics , the act whereby a has plenty of lime - ftone ...
... matter under a large bulk . RASAY , one of the Hebrides Islands , is about 13 See the following article . miles long and 2 broad . It contains 700 inhabitants , RAREFACTION , in physics , the act whereby a has plenty of lime - ftone ...
Page 11
... matter under a large bulk . See the following article . RAREFACTION , in phyfics , the act whereby a body is rendered rare ; that is , brought to poffefs more room , or appear under a larger bulk , without accef- fion of any new matter ...
... matter under a large bulk . See the following article . RAREFACTION , in phyfics , the act whereby a body is rendered rare ; that is , brought to poffefs more room , or appear under a larger bulk , without accef- fion of any new matter ...
Page 18
... matter communicated ; fince , comparatively fpeaking , it is only attainable by few perfons , and practifed only on particular occafions ; -on thefe accounts it muft be refused a place among the modes of useful delivery taught us by ...
... matter communicated ; fince , comparatively fpeaking , it is only attainable by few perfons , and practifed only on particular occafions ; -on thefe accounts it muft be refused a place among the modes of useful delivery taught us by ...
Page 19
... matter of the book , the reader is found to be exactly in the fituation of a repeater , fave that he takes what he delivers from the page before him inftead of his memo- ry . It follows then , in proof of our initial propofition , that ...
... matter of the book , the reader is found to be exactly in the fituation of a repeater , fave that he takes what he delivers from the page before him inftead of his memo- ry . It follows then , in proof of our initial propofition , that ...
Common terms and phrases
affembly againſt alfo almoft alſo anfwer army becauſe body Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe circumftances confequence confiderable confifts conftitution courfe defign defired diſcharge diſtance enemy eſtabliſhed fafe faid fame fays fecond fection feems feet fenate fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhips fhould fhow fide filaments fimilar fince firft firſt fituation flope fluid fmall foldiers fome foon force fpecies fquare French ftate ftill ftream fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofe fupport furface fyftem Gauls himſelf houſe impulfe inches increaſe itſelf Jacobin club king laft lefs means meaſure ment moft moſt motion muft muſt nations nature neceffary neral obferved occafion oppofite paffed perfon Pompey Pref prefent preffure propofed purpoſe Pyrrhus raiſed reafon refiftance refolved refpect reft religion Remphan reprefented Rhodians river Romans Rome ſhall ſmall ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion ufual uſed veffel velocity weft whofe whole
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.