Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volume 19 |
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Page 95
... set the mizen - stay fail as soon as they will take the wind the right way . We must now check the great rapidity with which the fhip comes to the wind on the other tack , by righting the helm before we bring the wind on the beam ; and ...
... set the mizen - stay fail as soon as they will take the wind the right way . We must now check the great rapidity with which the fhip comes to the wind on the other tack , by righting the helm before we bring the wind on the beam ; and ...
Page 196
... SET , or SETS , a term used by the farmers and gar- deners to exprefs the young plants of the white thorn and other fhrubs , with which they use to raise their quick or quick - fet hedges . The white thorn is the best of all trees for ...
... SET , or SETS , a term used by the farmers and gar- deners to exprefs the young plants of the white thorn and other fhrubs , with which they use to raise their quick or quick - fet hedges . The white thorn is the best of all trees for ...
Page 239
... set them on the table in two rows , fix in a row , and put frankincenfe upon them to preferve them from moulding . They were changed every Sabbath , and the old ones belonged to the priest upon duty . Of this bread none but the priests ...
... set them on the table in two rows , fix in a row , and put frankincenfe upon them to preferve them from moulding . They were changed every Sabbath , and the old ones belonged to the priest upon duty . Of this bread none but the priests ...
Page 245
... set ahead : if the wind is far aft , king and blows fresh , the utmost care and attention is necef- beer . fary , as fhips riding in this fituation often break their fheer , and come to windward of their anchors again . It should be ...
... set ahead : if the wind is far aft , king and blows fresh , the utmost care and attention is necef- beer . fary , as fhips riding in this fituation often break their fheer , and come to windward of their anchors again . It should be ...
Page 256
... Set off QV ( fig . 3. ) for the rake of the poft draw VX perpendicular to the keel , and equal to the height of the wing tranfom , join QX , and it will reprefent the aft fide of the post . PROE . IV . To defcribe the half breadth line ...
... Set off QV ( fig . 3. ) for the rake of the poft draw VX perpendicular to the keel , and equal to the height of the wing tranfom , join QX , and it will reprefent the aft fide of the post . PROE . IV . To defcribe the half breadth line ...
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abaft aft fide againſt alfo alſo ancient anfwer beam becauſe body plan cafe called caufe centre of gravity Chriftian confequence confiderable confifts courfe deck defcribed diſtance epiftle equal exprefs faid fails falt fame fays fecond feems feet fenfe fent feries ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhip fhould fignals filk fimilar fince firft firſt fituation fize flaves fmall fome fometimes foon fore fquare frame ftate ftem ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furface gofpel half breadth height himſelf impulfe inches interfection Irenæus Jews keel king laft lefs likewife maft manner meaſure moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffage paffed perfon perpendicular poffible pofition poft prefent preferved purpoſe rabbet raiſed reafon refpect reprefent rifing Sejanus ſhip Sicily ſmall ſtate Teftament thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe timber tion tranfom trapezium ufual upper uſed veffel water line weft whofe wind
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Page 209 - Other dramatists can only gain attention by hyperbolical or aggravated characters, by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity, as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf; and he that should form his expectations of human affairs from the play or from the tale would be equally deceived.
Page 159 - Poets lays, Due to his merit, and brave thirst of praise Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying, fears herself may die.
Page 209 - ... trials to which it cannot be exposed. This, therefore, is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him may here be cured of his delirious...
Page 5 - I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 210 - Rowe seems to have thought very little on correction or explanation ; but that our author's works might appear like those of his fraternity, with the appendages of a life and recommendatory preface. Rowe has been clamorously blamed for not performing what he did not undertake ; and it is time that...
Page 3 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 4 - God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise, and his brightness was as the light. He had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Page 356 - The silk-worm, when at its full size, is from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in length, and about half an inch in circumference.
Page 131 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 131 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.