Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen10John Brown, 1816 |
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... feet of the other half ; and if the heads and feet lie exactly upon each other , and neither drive out nor get in , the two fides of the thickness are parallel . The mould thus jufti- fied , the next butinefs is to prepare the matrices ...
... feet of the other half ; and if the heads and feet lie exactly upon each other , and neither drive out nor get in , the two fides of the thickness are parallel . The mould thus jufti- fied , the next butinefs is to prepare the matrices ...
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... FEET ISLAND , an ifland on the coaft of Kent , near Margate Road . FOURFOLD . adj . [ four and fold . ] Four times told . He fhall reftore the lamb fourfold , because he had no pity . 2 Sam . xii . 6 . * FOURFOOTED . adj . [ four and ...
... FEET ISLAND , an ifland on the coaft of Kent , near Margate Road . FOURFOLD . adj . [ four and fold . ] Four times told . He fhall reftore the lamb fourfold , because he had no pity . 2 Sam . xii . 6 . * FOURFOOTED . adj . [ four and ...
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... feet high , and 8 thick ; and have 13 towers , 14 feet each a- bove the walls . Two of thefe are watch - towers . To this caftle , Mary Tudor , afterwards Q. Mary I. retired , when the unfortunate Lady Jane Gray was proclaimed queen ...
... feet high , and 8 thick ; and have 13 towers , 14 feet each a- bove the walls . Two of thefe are watch - towers . To this caftle , Mary Tudor , afterwards Q. Mary I. retired , when the unfortunate Lady Jane Gray was proclaimed queen ...
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... feet , the head being cut off , and carried to the queen mother , who caufed it to be embalmed and fent to Rome . The king himself went to fee the bo- dy hang upon the jibbet ; where a fire being kin- died under it , part was burnt . In ...
... feet , the head being cut off , and carried to the queen mother , who caufed it to be embalmed and fent to Rome . The king himself went to fee the bo- dy hang upon the jibbet ; where a fire being kin- died under it , part was burnt . In ...
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... feet water within the harbour , and 20 feet immediately without at spring tides ; without is a tolerable road for fhipping , in a bay nearly a league in length and half a league in depth , with good anchorage in a fandy bottom . Vessels ...
... feet water within the harbour , and 20 feet immediately without at spring tides ; without is a tolerable road for fhipping , in a bay nearly a league in length and half a league in depth , with good anchorage in a fandy bottom . Vessels ...
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Página 150 - For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Página 352 - If two triangles have two angles of the one equal to two angles of the other, each to each, and one side equal to one side, viz.
Página 127 - That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide : And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream, Now are frolic ; not a mouse Shall disturb this hallow'd house : I am sent with broom before, To sweep the dust behind the door.
Página 184 - Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?
Página 349 - The Measure of an angle, is an arc of any circle contained between the two lines which form that angle, the angular point being the centre ; and it is estimated by the number of degrees contained in that arc.
Página 372 - ... and kingdoms from whence they came. There is so little uniformity, that it is difficult to trace any governing principles among them. An aversion to labour is too predominant, owing in part to the relaxing heat of the climate, and partly to the want of the necessity to excite industry.
Página 237 - Though an avenue crossing a park or separating a lawn, and intercepting views from the seat to which it leads, are capital faults, yet a great avenue cut through woods, perhaps before entering a park, has a noble air, and Like footmen running before coaches To tell the inn what Lord approaches, announces the habitation of some man of distinction.
Página 218 - ... that these animals are bona vacantia, and, having no other owner, belong to the king by his prerogative. As therefore the former reason was held to...
Página 87 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 348 - A plane rectilineal angle is the inclination of two straight lines to one another, which meet together, but are not in the same straight line.