Encyclopędia 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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... proper explanations , seems moft probable , The opinion of Grotius , that only the epiftles were in- fpired , may be eafily refuted . & The proof of the authenticity of the New Testament depends on human teftimony : The proof of its ...
... proper explanations , seems moft probable , The opinion of Grotius , that only the epiftles were in- fpired , may be eafily refuted . & The proof of the authenticity of the New Testament depends on human teftimony : The proof of its ...
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... proper recompenfe , and the righteous be delivered out of all their afflictions , He affures them of his conflant prayers for their farther im- provement , in order to attain the felicity that was pro- mifed , ( chap . i . ) . From ...
... proper recompenfe , and the righteous be delivered out of all their afflictions , He affures them of his conflant prayers for their farther im- provement , in order to attain the felicity that was pro- mifed , ( chap . i . ) . From ...
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... proper diftances , and lined with plated lead , in order to carry the water off from the deck into the fea . The fcuppers of the lower deck of a fhip of war are ufually furnished with a leathern pipe , called the fcupper - hofe , which ...
... proper diftances , and lined with plated lead , in order to carry the water off from the deck into the fea . The fcuppers of the lower deck of a fhip of war are ufually furnished with a leathern pipe , called the fcupper - hofe , which ...
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... proper allowance be made for these circumstances , we fhall acquit the an- cients of any exaggeration , notwithstanding the very dreadful colours in which they have painted this paffage . It is formed by a low peninfula , called Cape ...
... proper allowance be made for these circumstances , we fhall acquit the an- cients of any exaggeration , notwithstanding the very dreadful colours in which they have painted this paffage . It is formed by a low peninfula , called Cape ...
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... proper fize to be made . It was firft tried on corn , and afterwards on millet ; and notwithstanding the first was far from be- ing made with accuracy , and although fuch an inftru ment had never before been made use of by the reaper ...
... proper fize to be made . It was firft tried on corn , and afterwards on millet ; and notwithstanding the first was far from be- ing made with accuracy , and although fuch an inftru ment had never before been made use of by the reaper ...
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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.