Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Zväzok 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 |
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Strana 33
... stone , which naturalists have ranked among the semi - transparent precious stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their AGA $ 3.
... stone , which naturalists have ranked among the semi - transparent precious stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their AGA $ 3.
Strana 34
... stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their degrees of transparency , into two kinds , and called ... stones , such as the chalcedonix and the sardonix , than to recognize it among stones entirely opaque . Owing to this ...
... stones . Agates are distinguished , with reference to their degrees of transparency , into two kinds , and called ... stones , such as the chalcedonix and the sardonix , than to recognize it among stones entirely opaque . Owing to this ...
Strana 40
... much larger than it ; and if the pipe be a long one , that it should be wider the farther it is from the ajutage . ALABASTER , a stone whose basis is calcareous + earth . Its fineness and transparency renders it in some 40 ALA.
... much larger than it ; and if the pipe be a long one , that it should be wider the farther it is from the ajutage . ALABASTER , a stone whose basis is calcareous + earth . Its fineness and transparency renders it in some 40 ALA.
Strana 42
... stone , by which all metals might be transmuted into gold ; and , 2. A potation , called the elixir of life , with which youth might always be renewed . : ALCOHOL , an Arabian word , signifying any thing reduced into extremely thin ...
... stone , by which all metals might be transmuted into gold ; and , 2. A potation , called the elixir of life , with which youth might always be renewed . : ALCOHOL , an Arabian word , signifying any thing reduced into extremely thin ...
Strana 54
... stone . The following exam- ples will explain what is called alliteration , and show , so far as they go , its influence on the expres- sion : " Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green . " " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ...
... stone . The following exam- ples will explain what is called alliteration , and show , so far as they go , its influence on the expres- sion : " Fields ever fresh , and groves for ever green . " " Ruin seize thee , ruthless king ...
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acid alkali ammonia ancient angle animal appears astronomy benefit of clergy birds body Bohemia called calyx carbonic acid centre chemistry Christian church chyle circle colour common commonly consists contains copper court degree denominated denotes diameter distance divided dominical letter ducat earth Egypt electric England English epact equal feet figure fire fish flowers fluid genus given glass gold guelders heat heraldry inches insects iron kind king land larvæ letter liquor manner matter means ment meridian metal motion natural neral nitric acid observed officer oxygen person pieces pistils plane plants plate principal produced quantity racter round salt ship side signifies silver solid sometimes species stamens stone stuivers substance sulphur supposed surface tain term thing tion tree tube usually vegetable vessel weight whole wood word
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Strana 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Strana 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Strana 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Strana 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Strana 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Strana 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Strana 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Strana 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Strana 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Strana 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.