Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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... given to this letter on account of its simplicity , and the ease with which it is pronounced ; the first sound uttered by human creatures in their most infantile state , being that by which this letter is expressed . In the English ...
... given to this letter on account of its simplicity , and the ease with which it is pronounced ; the first sound uttered by human creatures in their most infantile state , being that by which this letter is expressed . In the English ...
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... given to a certain people in Italy , who inhabited the ancient Latium , or country now called Campayna di Roma . Whence this people came by the appella- tion is much disputed . The name is now given to the primitive inhabitants of a ...
... given to a certain people in Italy , who inhabited the ancient Latium , or country now called Campayna di Roma . Whence this people came by the appella- tion is much disputed . The name is now given to the primitive inhabitants of a ...
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... given by the wind to the strings , a soft , murmuring , and pleasing combination of sounds , which is beautifully de- scribed by Thomson in his Castle of Indolence . Fig.3 . ETIOLATION , a term denoting the state of vege- tables which ...
... given by the wind to the strings , a soft , murmuring , and pleasing combination of sounds , which is beautifully de- scribed by Thomson in his Castle of Indolence . Fig.3 . ETIOLATION , a term denoting the state of vege- tables which ...
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... given of the phænomena which have accompanied its eruptions , by sir Wil- liam Hamilton and Mr. Brydone , are exceedingly interesting . According to the observations of the last mentioned traveller , the height of Ætna is about 12,000 ...
... given of the phænomena which have accompanied its eruptions , by sir Wil- liam Hamilton and Mr. Brydone , are exceedingly interesting . According to the observations of the last mentioned traveller , the height of Ætna is about 12,000 ...
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... given to all measured music , to distinguish it from the recitative ; and , generally , to every piece of music , whether vocal or instrumental , which has its beginning and end . If the subject is divided into two parts , it is called ...
... given to all measured music , to distinguish it from the recitative ; and , generally , to every piece of music , whether vocal or instrumental , which has its beginning and end . If the subject is divided into two parts , it is called ...
Términos y frases comunes
acid alkali ammonia ancient angle animal appears astronomy benefit of clergy birds body Bohemia called calyx carbonic acid centre chemistry Christian church chyle circle colour common commonly consists contains copper court degree denominated denotes diameter distance divided dominical letter ducat earth Egypt electric England English epact equal feet figure fire fish flowers fluid genus given glass gold guelders heat heraldry inches insects iron kind king land larvæ letter liquor manner matter means ment meridian metal motion natural neral nitric acid observed officer oxygen person pieces pistils plane plants plate principal produced quantity racter round salt ship side signifies silver solid sometimes species stamens stone stuivers substance sulphur supposed surface tain term thing tion tree tube usually vegetable vessel weight whole wood word
Pasajes populares
Página 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Página 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Página 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Página 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Página 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Página 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Página 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Página 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Página 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.