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 61
... upper part of this frame is divided into a certain number of equal parts , and to each of these parts a thread is fixed with a piece of lead at the end of it . Thefe threads , which hang freely , fhow what parts of the statue are most ...
... upper part of this frame is divided into a certain number of equal parts , and to each of these parts a thread is fixed with a piece of lead at the end of it . Thefe threads , which hang freely , fhow what parts of the statue are most ...
Page 72
... upper part of the boiler . The tube is afterwards to be kept con- ftantly wet , by paffing a mop or fwab , dipped in fea water , along its upper furface . The wafte water run- ning from the mop may be carried off by means of a board ...
... upper part of the boiler . The tube is afterwards to be kept con- ftantly wet , by paffing a mop or fwab , dipped in fea water , along its upper furface . The wafte water run- ning from the mop may be carried off by means of a board ...
Page 109
... upper and outer part of the oppofite thigh , and the arm foon became easier . This was much more grievous than the former , as it quickly difabled him from walking , and kept him in almost continual torment , except when he was in a ...
... upper and outer part of the oppofite thigh , and the arm foon became easier . This was much more grievous than the former , as it quickly difabled him from walking , and kept him in almost continual torment , except when he was in a ...
Page 153
... upper furfaces together , and in part over each other , like fcales or tiles , fo as to expofe expofe as little as poffible of the upper furface to the air . The oppofite fides of the leaves ( foliola ) do not come close together in the ...
... upper furfaces together , and in part over each other , like fcales or tiles , fo as to expofe expofe as little as poffible of the upper furface to the air . The oppofite fides of the leaves ( foliola ) do not come close together in the ...
Page 155
... upper fide , and half through in the middle point between the two fections , fo that the ends of the fibres were feparated from the ftalk . Notwithstanding thefe feveral cuttings on the neck , the poppy raised its head , and affumed a ...
... upper fide , and half through in the middle point between the two fections , fo that the ends of the fibres were feparated from the ftalk . Notwithstanding thefe feveral cuttings on the neck , the poppy raised its head , and affumed a ...
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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.