The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Bände 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... Institutions . Some account of the Lectures of the two first Institutions , a statement of the pro- gress of the British Gallery , and minutes of the proceedings of these and of the other learned bodies above mentioned , will form a ...
... Institutions . Some account of the Lectures of the two first Institutions , a statement of the pro- gress of the British Gallery , and minutes of the proceedings of these and of the other learned bodies above mentioned , will form a ...
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... Institution , Jan. 17 . THE Lectures commenced on the 19th of November , with Mr. DAVY's intro- ductory lecture On vegetable and animal analysis , and on the experimental history of heat , light and electricity , ' the subject of his ...
... Institution , Jan. 17 . THE Lectures commenced on the 19th of November , with Mr. DAVY's intro- ductory lecture On vegetable and animal analysis , and on the experimental history of heat , light and electricity , ' the subject of his ...
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... Institution . The Managers are at present occupied in arranging the library belonging to this establishment , which already con- tains a numerous and well - selected col- lection of scarce and valuable classical , historical , and ...
... Institution . The Managers are at present occupied in arranging the library belonging to this establishment , which already con- tains a numerous and well - selected col- lection of scarce and valuable classical , historical , and ...
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... institution which embraces the delivery of lectures on scientific and philosophical subjects . British Gallery . THE loan of pictures from different col- lections , has been attended with more be- neficial effects , than the most ...
... institution which embraces the delivery of lectures on scientific and philosophical subjects . British Gallery . THE loan of pictures from different col- lections , has been attended with more be- neficial effects , than the most ...
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... was una- nimously elected to that office . On the same evening the first part of a paper by Dr. Herschel , on the colours of thin plates was read . Royal Institution THE LIBRARY of this Institution , of which 46 THE DIRECTOR :
... was una- nimously elected to that office . On the same evening the first part of a paper by Dr. Herschel , on the colours of thin plates was read . Royal Institution THE LIBRARY of this Institution , of which 46 THE DIRECTOR :
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Seite 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Seite 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Seite 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Seite 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Seite 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Seite 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Seite 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.