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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... hand , in carrots , it is almoft one - half of the femidiameter of the root ; and , in dandelion , it is nearly twice as thick as the woody part . The bark is compofed of two fubitances ; the paren- chyma or pulp , which is the ...
... hand , in carrots , it is almoft one - half of the femidiameter of the root ; and , in dandelion , it is nearly twice as thick as the woody part . The bark is compofed of two fubitances ; the paren- chyma or pulp , which is the ...
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... hand , nothing is more favourable to vegetables than thofe excrementitious effluvia of animals ; and according- ly they greedily abforb them from the earth , or from the air . With refpect to the excrementitious parts of living ...
... hand , nothing is more favourable to vegetables than thofe excrementitious effluvia of animals ; and according- ly they greedily abforb them from the earth , or from the air . With refpect to the excrementitious parts of living ...
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... hand . If you confine one of them between the stock- ing and the foot , it creeps out either at the fleeve or neck - band , travelling over the whole body . If the bearded oat , after harveft , be left with other grain in the barn , it ...
... hand . If you confine one of them between the stock- ing and the foot , it creeps out either at the fleeve or neck - band , travelling over the whole body . If the bearded oat , after harveft , be left with other grain in the barn , it ...
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... hand inner page of a fheet of large ftrong writing paper . It requires fome dexterity to glue the plant neatly down , fo that none of the gum or paste may appear to defile the paper . Prefs it gently again for a day or two , with a half ...
... hand inner page of a fheet of large ftrong writing paper . It requires fome dexterity to glue the plant neatly down , fo that none of the gum or paste may appear to defile the paper . Prefs it gently again for a day or two , with a half ...
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... hand - labour or hoe - plough- ing . The next beft foil for producing good fugar is a mould upon clay , which if fhallow requires much cul- ture and good labour , or its produce will be fmall in quantity , though of a strong grain and ...
... hand - labour or hoe - plough- ing . The next beft foil for producing good fugar is a mould upon clay , which if fhallow requires much cul- ture and good labour , or its produce will be fmall in quantity , though of a strong grain and ...
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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.