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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Page 399
... council was held at Reading , at which the king and his barons were reconciled by John of Gaunt . Parliaments were held here in 1440 and 1451 ; in the former of which the order of viscounts was first established ; and in the year ...
... council was held at Reading , at which the king and his barons were reconciled by John of Gaunt . Parliaments were held here in 1440 and 1451 ; in the former of which the order of viscounts was first established ; and in the year ...
Page 401
... council to them Of every realm that did debate this business . Shakspeare . A son whose worthy deeds Raise him to be the second in that realm . Milton . 2 D Pope . Learn each sinall people's genius , policies , REA REA 401.
... council to them Of every realm that did debate this business . Shakspeare . A son whose worthy deeds Raise him to be the second in that realm . Milton . 2 D Pope . Learn each sinall people's genius , policies , REA REA 401.
Page 418
... council of Trent commends the making recourse , not only to the prayers of the samts , but to their aid Stillingmeet . and assistance . All other means have failed to wound her licart , Our last recourse is therefore to our art . Dryden ...
... council of Trent commends the making recourse , not only to the prayers of the samts , but to their aid Stillingmeet . and assistance . All other means have failed to wound her licart , Our last recourse is therefore to our art . Dryden ...
Page 423
... council of Trent commends the making recourse , not only to the prayers of the saints , but to their aid and assistance . Stillingfleet . All other means have failed to wound her heart , Our last recourse is therefore to our art ...
... council of Trent commends the making recourse , not only to the prayers of the saints , but to their aid and assistance . Stillingfleet . All other means have failed to wound her heart , Our last recourse is therefore to our art ...
Page 436
... council of Trent , there have ever been those who exhibited ' the faith and patience of the saints : ' and to these persons , who amid persecution , and contempt , and neglect , were indeed the salt of the earth , we are indebted ...
... council of Trent , there have ever been those who exhibited ' the faith and patience of the saints : ' and to these persons , who amid persecution , and contempt , and neglect , were indeed the salt of the earth , we are indebted ...
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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.
Page 615 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
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.