Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp, Volumen10 |
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... moft eminert and efficient ftation . No antagonist of Godolphia or Harley , of Walpole or Pelham fills to large a space in the eye of the hiftorian , as thefe long established difpenfers of profit and preferment : and even of the great ...
... moft eminert and efficient ftation . No antagonist of Godolphia or Harley , of Walpole or Pelham fills to large a space in the eye of the hiftorian , as thefe long established difpenfers of profit and preferment : and even of the great ...
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... moft glorious effort of human wisdom , for the promotion of human happiness ; " and Mr Burke , if not more wife , was certainly more wary in fay . ing , " I do not rejoice to hear that men may do what they pleafe , unless I know what it ...
... moft glorious effort of human wisdom , for the promotion of human happiness ; " and Mr Burke , if not more wife , was certainly more wary in fay . ing , " I do not rejoice to hear that men may do what they pleafe , unless I know what it ...
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... moft dif- tinguished membars of either party embraced the opportunity of pronouncing his eulogiam : and we fully ... moft remarkable degree , the feemingly repugnant characters of the mildest of men , and the moft vehement of orators ...
... moft dif- tinguished membars of either party embraced the opportunity of pronouncing his eulogiam : and we fully ... moft remarkable degree , the feemingly repugnant characters of the mildest of men , and the moft vehement of orators ...
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... moft Demofthenean fpeaker fince Demofthenes . " I knew him , " fays Mr Burke , in a pamphlet writ- ten after their unhappy difference , when he was Pete ; fince which time he has rifen by flow es , to be the moft brilliant and ...
... moft Demofthenean fpeaker fince Demofthenes . " I knew him , " fays Mr Burke , in a pamphlet writ- ten after their unhappy difference , when he was Pete ; fince which time he has rifen by flow es , to be the moft brilliant and ...
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... moft of their actions ; but let an injury or even a suspicion of one roufe them from this phelgmatic state , and they become fu- ross and inflexible , taking the moft violent re- age without any regard to the confequences . The leaft ...
... moft of their actions ; but let an injury or even a suspicion of one roufe them from this phelgmatic state , and they become fu- ross and inflexible , taking the moft violent re- age without any regard to the confequences . The leaft ...
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Página 150 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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 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 283 - Betray'd, captiv'd, and both my eyes put out, Made of my enemies the scorn and gaze...
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 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 239 - The passing through the gloom from the grotto to the opening day, the retiring and again assembling shades, the dusky groves, the larger lawn, and the solemnity of the termination at the cypresses that lead up to his mother's tomb, are managed with exquisite judgment ; and though Lord Peterborough assisted him " To form his quincunx, and to rank his vines...
Página 22 - Early at business, and at hazard late; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate; Drunk at a borough, civil at a ball; Friendly at Hackney, faithless at Whitehall.
Página 237 - ... if there want sense in proportion to money, or if nature be not followed ; which I take to be the great rule in this, and perhaps in every thing else, as far as the conduct not only of our lives, but our governments.
Página 198 - ... the hole G. For if we then hold it up to the wind as before, a quantity of water will be blown out ; and if both legs of the instrument are of the same bore, the height of the column sustained will be equal to double the column of water in either leg, or the sum of what is wanting in both legs. But if the legs are of unequal bores, neither of these will give the true height of the column of water which the wind sustained.