The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Teil 1;Teile 1945-1947Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 100
Seite 6
... taken pos- session of , by treaty with the natives , so far back as 1685 ; and in 1698 this settlement had al- ready cost the company £ 200,000 . It was at this time very unhealthy . The foundations of Fort Marlborough were laid in 1714 ...
... taken pos- session of , by treaty with the natives , so far back as 1685 ; and in 1698 this settlement had al- ready cost the company £ 200,000 . It was at this time very unhealthy . The foundations of Fort Marlborough were laid in 1714 ...
Seite 15
... taken place in the practice of the natives . preparation of vitriol and iron filings ; and are The total manufacture of indigo in Bengal , in peculiarly fond of trinkets . Rings of shell lac 1807 and 1808 , was not less than 120,000 fac ...
... taken place in the practice of the natives . preparation of vitriol and iron filings ; and are The total manufacture of indigo in Bengal , in peculiarly fond of trinkets . Rings of shell lac 1807 and 1808 , was not less than 120,000 fac ...
Seite 16
... taken a more accurate survey than any of the preceding ; the result of which has never been communicated to the pub- lic in any authentic form . The average upon the whole , in well - peopled districts , is about 200 to every square ...
... taken a more accurate survey than any of the preceding ; the result of which has never been communicated to the pub- lic in any authentic form . The average upon the whole , in well - peopled districts , is about 200 to every square ...
Seite 24
... taken in the forests by the natives , who engage to provide a certain number an- nually . The sea air and bathing on this coast are considered extremely beneficial , for which reason it is much resorted to by Europeans . About twenty ...
... taken in the forests by the natives , who engage to provide a certain number an- nually . The sea air and bathing on this coast are considered extremely beneficial , for which reason it is much resorted to by Europeans . About twenty ...
Seite 26
... taken in 1801 , amounted to 1,200,000 , in the proportion of nine Mahommedans to seven Hindoos . 7. Mymun Singh , situated principally between the 24th and 25th degrees of north latitude , is bounded on the north by the Garrow Mountains ...
... taken in 1801 , amounted to 1,200,000 , in the proportion of nine Mahommedans to seven Hindoos . 7. Mymun Singh , situated principally between the 24th and 25th degrees of north latitude , is bounded on the north by the Garrow Mountains ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acid afterwards ancient Ang.-Sax animals appears Bengal Bible Society bill birdlime birds bishop bismuth bleaching block blood blow boat body Bohemia boiling born boroughs botany called Canterbury Tales celebrated Chaucer church cloth coast color common considerable consists contains court cylinder death died district Dryden east England English entomology Faerie Queene feet formerly four French genus Greek hole Hudibras India inhabitants iron island Italy kind king land leaves length London lord market town ment miles Milton mountains muriatic muriatic acid native natural Pentateuch person plants Pope potash prince principal province quantity received reign river Russia salt says Scotland Scriptures Shakspeare sheave ship side species Spenser square miles substance sulphuric acid thick thorax thou tion town tree vegetable vessels vols whole wood
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 76 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Seite 264 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew ; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.)
Seite 296 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
Seite 274 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.
Seite 299 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Seite 189 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Seite 221 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Seite 65 - Enow of such as for their bellies' sake, Creep and intrude, and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!
Seite 239 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.