Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 15,Teil 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... cause of that variety of texture or grain peculiar to every plant . The pulpy or parenchymatous part confifts of very minute fibres , wound up into fmall cells or bladders . Thefe cells are of various fizes in the fame leaf . All leaves ...
... cause of that variety of texture or grain peculiar to every plant . The pulpy or parenchymatous part confifts of very minute fibres , wound up into fmall cells or bladders . Thefe cells are of various fizes in the fame leaf . All leaves ...
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... cause of the fap's motion but the ftrong attraction of the capillary fap veffels , affifted by the brisk undulations ... caused by the great perspi ration of the leaves , except in the bleeding season ; but when at night that perfpiring ...
... cause of the fap's motion but the ftrong attraction of the capillary fap veffels , affifted by the brisk undulations ... caused by the great perspi ration of the leaves , except in the bleeding season ; but when at night that perfpiring ...
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... causes , in a certain ftructure of the fi- bres , both equally tend to straighten the part moft exposed by the fhortening they fucceffively occafion in it ; for moisture fhortens by fwelling and heat by diffipating . What that structure ...
... causes , in a certain ftructure of the fi- bres , both equally tend to straighten the part moft exposed by the fhortening they fucceffively occafion in it ; for moisture fhortens by fwelling and heat by diffipating . What that structure ...
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... cause of the lefs exquifite and difcernible motions of beings univerfally referred to the animal kingdom . " Plants . naturalifts , and celebrated by poets , both. ry of a very curious exotic , which has been delivered to Plants . us ...
... cause of the lefs exquifite and difcernible motions of beings univerfally referred to the animal kingdom . " Plants . naturalifts , and celebrated by poets , both. ry of a very curious exotic , which has been delivered to Plants . us ...
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... cause of their deftruction by the glanders . If the care of providing fhade for brute creatures is fo much the duty and intereft of their owners , how much more is it agreeable to the laws of humanity to provide fhade for human ...
... cause of their deftruction by the glanders . If the care of providing fhade for brute creatures is fo much the duty and intereft of their owners , how much more is it agreeable to the laws of humanity to provide fhade for human ...
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Æneid againſt alfo almoft alſo appears atmoſphere becauſe befides beft Boleflaus cafe Cappadocia caufe cauſe compreffed confequence confiderable confifts dæmons denfity diftance elafticity exprefs faid fame fatire fays fecond feems feen feet fenfe fenfible fent feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhow fide firft firſt fituation fmall fome fometimes foon force fpecies fpring fquare ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport fure furface fyllables height himſelf inches increaſe itſelf king laft lefs Lucullus manner meaſure mercury Mithridates moft moſt motion muft muſt nature neceffary obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions particles perfon philofophers pifton pipe plants Plato pleafing pleaſure poet poetry Poland Pompey Pontus prefent preffed preffure profe purpoſe raiſed rarefaction reafon refiftance refpect reft reprefented rife Romans Ruffians ſhall ſmall ſpace ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube ufually uſed valve veffel velocity verfe weft whofe
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Seite 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Seite 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Seite 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Seite 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Seite 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Seite 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Seite 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Seite 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Seite 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Seite 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.