The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 18Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... Latin . Lon- don 1567 , 8vo . RAT , n . s . Sax . næt ; Fr. rat ; Belg . ratte ; Swed . and Span . ratta ; raton . An animal of the mouse kind that infests houses and ships : to smell a rat ' is to suspect ; be on the watch . Our ...
... Latin . Lon- don 1567 , 8vo . RAT , n . s . Sax . næt ; Fr. rat ; Belg . ratte ; Swed . and Span . ratta ; raton . An animal of the mouse kind that infests houses and ships : to smell a rat ' is to suspect ; be on the watch . Our ...
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... Latin rationalis . Having reason ; agree- able to reason ; wise : to ratiocinate ( not used ) means , to reason or argue , ratiocination follows the senses of rational . He often used this comparison : the empirical philosophers are ...
... Latin rationalis . Having reason ; agree- able to reason ; wise : to ratiocinate ( not used ) means , to reason or argue , ratiocination follows the senses of rational . He often used this comparison : the empirical philosophers are ...
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... Latin poets , without which a man fancies that he understands a critick , when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning . Id . Realgar or sandaracha is red arsenick . Harris . Imaginary distempers are attended with real and ...
... Latin poets , without which a man fancies that he understands a critick , when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning . Id . Realgar or sandaracha is red arsenick . Harris . Imaginary distempers are attended with real and ...
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... Latin receptus . Possibi- lity of receiving : receptory is the thing received ( obsolete ) : reception , the act or manner of re- ceiving ; admission ; and , in an obsolete sense , recovering : receptive is having the quality of ...
... Latin receptus . Possibi- lity of receiving : receptory is the thing received ( obsolete ) : reception , the act or manner of re- ceiving ; admission ; and , in an obsolete sense , recovering : receptive is having the quality of ...
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... Latin . In this writ the demandant , Golding , alleges that the defendant , Edwards ( here called the tenant ) , has no legal title to the land ; but that he came into possession of it after one Hugh Hunt had turned the demandant out of ...
... Latin . In this writ the demandant , Golding , alleges that the defendant , Edwards ( here called the tenant ) , has no legal title to the land ; but that he came into possession of it after one Hugh Hunt had turned the demandant out of ...
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Page 436 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 526 - I should (said he) Bestow this jewel also on my creature, He would adore my gifts instead of me, And rest in Nature, not the God of Nature : So both should losers be. Yet let him keep the rest, But keep them with repining restlessness : Let him be rich and weary, that at least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast.
Page 437 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 384 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 392 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 521 - Let others fear, to me more dear Than all the pride of May : The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, My griefs it seems to join ; The leafless trees my fancy please, Their fate resembles mine ! Thou Power Supreme whose mighty scheme These woes of mine fulfil, Here, firm I rest ; they must be best. Because they are Thy will...
Page 399 - Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.
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Page 579 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.
Page 510 - This is memory, which is as it were the store-house of our ideas. For the narrow mind of man not being capable of having many ideas under view and consideration at once, it was necessary to have a repository to lay up those ideas, which at another time it might have use of.