Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 16,Deel 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 |
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Pagina 1
... second was , that the male was mounted on the back of the female , and exerted all his strength with his hinder feet in pulling out the eggs , whilst his forefeet embraced her breast . “ In order to apprehend the manner of his working ...
... second was , that the male was mounted on the back of the female , and exerted all his strength with his hinder feet in pulling out the eggs , whilst his forefeet embraced her breast . “ In order to apprehend the manner of his working ...
Pagina 13
... second two , lieutenants ; and both have two master's mates , fix mid- fhipmen , two furgeon's mates , fix quarter - masters and their mates , two boatfwain's mates and one yeoman , one gunner's mate and one yeoman , with 10 or 11 quar ...
... second two , lieutenants ; and both have two master's mates , fix mid- fhipmen , two furgeon's mates , fix quarter - masters and their mates , two boatfwain's mates and one yeoman , one gunner's mate and one yeoman , with 10 or 11 quar ...
Pagina 18
... second or third person ; and in these cafes , fince they were not ear and eye wit- neffes of him who first spoke them , their manner of de- livery would want the advantage neceffarily arifing from an immediate idea of the original one ...
... second or third person ; and in these cafes , fince they were not ear and eye wit- neffes of him who first spoke them , their manner of de- livery would want the advantage neceffarily arifing from an immediate idea of the original one ...
Pagina 60
... second hy- pothefis , which is much more plaufible , and will bear a stricter fcrutiny . That the existence and many of the attributes of the Nor from Deity are capable of rigid demonftration , is a truth reafoning ; which cannot be ...
... second hy- pothefis , which is much more plaufible , and will bear a stricter fcrutiny . That the existence and many of the attributes of the Nor from Deity are capable of rigid demonftration , is a truth reafoning ; which cannot be ...
Pagina 64
... second , and to inquire whether and how far religious fentiments have a tendency to injure or to pro- mote the welfare of fociety ? This is a fubject of the utmost importance ; and if we prove fuccessful in our inquiries , we fhall be ...
... second , and to inquire whether and how far religious fentiments have a tendency to injure or to pro- mote the welfare of fociety ? This is a fubject of the utmost importance ; and if we prove fuccessful in our inquiries , we fhall be ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.