A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Том 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... verb amongst thein , which means to elevate or make gentle , is quite obsolete . Fayre was this yonge wif ; and , therwithal , As any wesel hire body gent and smal . Chaucer . The Milleres Tale . -And he that wol han pris of his ...
... verb amongst thein , which means to elevate or make gentle , is quite obsolete . Fayre was this yonge wif ; and , therwithal , As any wesel hire body gent and smal . Chaucer . The Milleres Tale . -And he that wol han pris of his ...
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... verbs , and in Latin ends in di , do , and dum . GERYON , or GERYONES , in fabulous history , a king of Gades , in Iberia , who had three bodies , and fed his cattle with human flesh . This monster was slain by Hercules , who carried ...
... verbs , and in Latin ends in di , do , and dum . GERYON , or GERYONES , in fabulous history , a king of Gades , in Iberia , who had three bodies , and fed his cattle with human flesh . This monster was slain by Hercules , who carried ...
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... verb be- twixt them to keep the peace . Id . A goldfinch there I saw , with gaudy pride Of painted plumes that hopped from side to side . Id . We readily say this is gold , and that a silver goblet , only by the different figures and ...
... verb be- twixt them to keep the peace . Id . A goldfinch there I saw , with gaudy pride Of painted plumes that hopped from side to side . Id . We readily say this is gold , and that a silver goblet , only by the different figures and ...
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... verb signifies to stab , or pierce , especially , as cattle , with a horn . The adjective , used figuratively also as bloody , mur- derous , fatal , is now obsolete . That all the ground with purple bloud was spent ; And all their ...
... verb signifies to stab , or pierce , especially , as cattle , with a horn . The adjective , used figuratively also as bloody , mur- derous , fatal , is now obsolete . That all the ground with purple bloud was spent ; And all their ...
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... verbs , pronouns , adverbs , and other particles of speech which compose it , then it is said to be analysed grammatically . Watts . As grammar teacheth us to speak properly , so it is the part of rhetorick to instruct how to do it ...
... verbs , pronouns , adverbs , and other particles of speech which compose it , then it is said to be analysed grammatically . Watts . As grammar teacheth us to speak properly , so it is the part of rhetorick to instruct how to do it ...
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Страница 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Страница 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Страница 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Страница 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
Страница 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Страница 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Страница 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
Страница 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
Страница 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
Страница 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.