Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 16, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1796 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... fection with the following ob fervation , which relates to speaking as well as reading . When words fall in our way , whofe " founds feem an echo to the sense , ” as squirr , buzz , hum , rattle , hifs , jar , & c . we ought not to ...
... fection with the following ob fervation , which relates to speaking as well as reading . When words fall in our way , whofe " founds feem an echo to the sense , ” as squirr , buzz , hum , rattle , hifs , jar , & c . we ought not to ...
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... fection on Modu- lat on ; which , as is there obferved , befides the orna- mental variety it affords , appears from thefe remarks to be a very neceffary and ferviceable article in perfpi- cuous delivery . As this cadence naturally ...
... fection on Modu- lat on ; which , as is there obferved , befides the orna- mental variety it affords , appears from thefe remarks to be a very neceffary and ferviceable article in perfpi- cuous delivery . As this cadence naturally ...
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... fection ; taught them inftantaneously the laws of reafon- ing ; and , in one word , ftored their minds with every branch of useful knowledge ? This is indeed our own This opi- opinion ; and it is perfectly agreeable to what we are nion ...
... fection ; taught them inftantaneously the laws of reafon- ing ; and , in one word , ftored their minds with every branch of useful knowledge ? This is indeed our own This opi- opinion ; and it is perfectly agreeable to what we are nion ...
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... fection to which they attained , efpecially among the Greeks , to the fplendid and fanciful fyftem of mytholo gy which was received among that ingenious people . But Religion . Sabbath . The obfervance of the Sabbath , REL REL [ 69 ]
... fection to which they attained , efpecially among the Greeks , to the fplendid and fanciful fyftem of mytholo gy which was received among that ingenious people . But Religion . Sabbath . The obfervance of the Sabbath , REL REL [ 69 ]
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... fection ; and our pain is not lefs fenfible when we are difappointed . Hence our uneafinefs when an interest- ing ftory is broke off in the middle , when a piece of mu- fic ends without a clofe , or when a building or gar- den is left ...
... fection ; and our pain is not lefs fenfible when we are difappointed . Hence our uneafinefs when an interest- ing ftory is broke off in the middle , when a piece of mu- fic ends without a clofe , or when a building or gar- den is left ...
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Page 135 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Page 126 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 128 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 84 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose and took't away again; Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff...
Page 84 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 141 - ... also of forcibly impressing the carriages and horses of the subject, to do the king's business on the public roads, in the conveyance of timber, baggage, and the like, however inconvenient to the proprietor, upon paying him a settled price...
Page 46 - Doctor coming up to his. chamber, suspecting nothing of what had been done, put up the box as formerly. The next day, going to the...
Page 25 - ... to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the like. It is in most respects like another bond : the difference being chiefly this : that the bond is the creation of a fresh debt or obligation de novo, the recognizance is an acknowledgment of a former debt upon record ; the form whereof is, "that AB doth acknowledge to owe to our lord the king, to the plaintiff, to CD, or the like, the sum of ten pounds...
Page 197 - Every opportunity, therefore, should be taken to discountenance that false and vulgar opinion, that rules are the fetters of genius ; they are fetters only to men of no genius ; as that armour, which upon the strong is an ornament and a defence, upon the weak and mis-shapen becomes a load, and cripples the body which it was made to protect.
Page 229 - ... excelled his original in the moral effect of the fiction. Lothario, with gaiety which cannot be hated, and bravery which cannot be despised, retains too much of the spectator's kindness. It was in the power of Richardson alone to teach us at once esteem and detestation, to make virtuous resentment overpower all the benevolence which wit, and elegance, and courage, naturally excite; and to lose at last the hero in the villain.