Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... tion which had been subject to them for the space of 475 years . For an account of the manners , customs , & c . of the ancient Parthians , see the article PERSIA . PARTI , PARTIE , Party , or Parted , in Heraldry , is applied to a ...
... tion which had been subject to them for the space of 475 years . For an account of the manners , customs , & c . of the ancient Parthians , see the article PERSIA . PARTI , PARTIE , Party , or Parted , in Heraldry , is applied to a ...
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... tion by which gold and silver are separated from each other . See CHEMISTRY , and ORES , Reduction of . PARTISAN , in the art of war , a person dexterous in commanding a party ; who , knowing the country well , is employed in getting ...
... tion by which gold and silver are separated from each other . See CHEMISTRY , and ORES , Reduction of . PARTISAN , in the art of war , a person dexterous in commanding a party ; who , knowing the country well , is employed in getting ...
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... tion . It is a noted observation , that the deepest tragedies are the most crowded ; which in an overly view will be thought an unaccountable bias in human nature . Love of novelty , desire of occupation , beauty of action , make us ...
... tion . It is a noted observation , that the deepest tragedies are the most crowded ; which in an overly view will be thought an unaccountable bias in human nature . Love of novelty , desire of occupation , beauty of action , make us ...
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Passion . tion for them , which never fails to advance them in our esteem . By such means , strong connections of affec- tion are often formed among individuals , upon the slight foundation now mentioned . Envy is a passion , which ...
Passion . tion for them , which never fails to advance them in our esteem . By such means , strong connections of affec- tion are often formed among individuals , upon the slight foundation now mentioned . Envy is a passion , which ...
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... tion of his being rational : Groom . O , how it yearn'd my heart , when I beheld In London streets , that coronation - day , When Bolingbroke rode on Roan Barbary , That horse that thou so often hast bestrid , That horse that I so ...
... tion of his being rational : Groom . O , how it yearn'd my heart , when I beheld In London streets , that coronation - day , When Bolingbroke rode on Roan Barbary , That horse that thou so often hast bestrid , That horse that I so ...
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Seite 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Seite 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Seite 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Seite 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Seite 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Seite 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...