The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 10Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... hand screw ; and fig . 5 shows the mouth - piece drawn to a larger scale . E is the hand - screw , with its cross or bearing bar D , which passes through the projecting arms C , C. The lid of the mouth - piece has a conical edge , so ...
... hand screw ; and fig . 5 shows the mouth - piece drawn to a larger scale . E is the hand - screw , with its cross or bearing bar D , which passes through the projecting arms C , C. The lid of the mouth - piece has a conical edge , so ...
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... hand . May's Virgil . And if the night Have gathered aught of evil , or concealed , Disperse it , as now light dispels the dark . Returned Milton . By night , and listening where the hapless pair Sat in their sad discourse , and various ...
... hand . May's Virgil . And if the night Have gathered aught of evil , or concealed , Disperse it , as now light dispels the dark . Returned Milton . By night , and listening where the hapless pair Sat in their sad discourse , and various ...
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... hand . Shakspeare . Henry IV . Feel but the difference , soft and rough ; This a gauntlet , that a muff . Cleaveland ... hand rising ; and ends with the fall of the hand upon the dominant or mediant of the mode , but never upon the final ...
... hand . Shakspeare . Henry IV . Feel but the difference , soft and rough ; This a gauntlet , that a muff . Cleaveland ... hand rising ; and ends with the fall of the hand upon the dominant or mediant of the mode , but never upon the final ...
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... hand to the right , as is done by some . But every distinct generation should by all means be placed in a line , or space appropriated to itself ; otherwise our ideas will be greatly confused . The order of birth in the same generation ...
... hand to the right , as is done by some . But every distinct generation should by all means be placed in a line , or space appropriated to itself ; otherwise our ideas will be greatly confused . The order of birth in the same generation ...
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... hands ; for from Adam to Noah there was one man , viz . Methuselah , who lived so long as to see them both in like ... hand , the ex- cess of luxury is discouraged by sumptuary laws , and it is only since 1764 that the city has con ...
... hands ; for from Adam to Noah there was one man , viz . Methuselah , who lived so long as to see them both in like ... hand , the ex- cess of luxury is discouraged by sumptuary laws , and it is only since 1764 that the city has con ...
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Page 156 - 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.
Page 331 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 32 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 22 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
Page 341 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Page 376 - 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*.
Page 174 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Page 330 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.
Page 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.
Page 124 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.