Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volumen10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... greater distinctness with particular , regard to these rules , grammarians have usually divided this subject into four distinct heads , viz . ORTHOGRA- PHY , or the art of combining letters into syllables , and syllables into words ...
... greater distinctness with particular , regard to these rules , grammarians have usually divided this subject into four distinct heads , viz . ORTHOGRA- PHY , or the art of combining letters into syllables , and syllables into words ...
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... greater than that of the English would be without articles ; because the oblique cases of the Latin nouns , and the inflexion of its verbs , will almost always enable the reader to deter- mine whether an appellative represents a whole ...
... greater than that of the English would be without articles ; because the oblique cases of the Latin nouns , and the inflexion of its verbs , will almost always enable the reader to deter- mine whether an appellative represents a whole ...
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... greater sertion only , is essential to the verb , yet the greater part part of of that species of words which grammarians call verbs verbs de- are used to denote an attribute as well as an assertion ; tribute or , in the language of ...
... greater sertion only , is essential to the verb , yet the greater part part of of that species of words which grammarians call verbs verbs de- are used to denote an attribute as well as an assertion ; tribute or , in the language of ...
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... greater excess than the comparative ? No : for though Socrates was the most wise of the Athenians , yet is Solomon af- firmed to have been more wise than he ; so that here a higher superiority is denoted by the comparative more than by ...
... greater excess than the comparative ? No : for though Socrates was the most wise of the Athenians , yet is Solomon af- firmed to have been more wise than he ; so that here a higher superiority is denoted by the comparative more than by ...
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... greater ; whence the ana- basis in the Greek language , when one travels from Greece to Persia . We discover the same way of speak- ing in the language even of Japan ; and its universali- ty proves it the offspring of a natural feeling ...
... greater ; whence the ana- basis in the Greek language , when one travels from Greece to Persia . We discover the same way of speak- ing in the language even of Japan ; and its universali- ty proves it the offspring of a natural feeling ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable court death degree denote distance duke England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Henry honour horse inches Infusoria inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion Peloponnesus person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm
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Página 74 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Página 74 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Página 78 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 76 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Página 214 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made : that the court upon a habeas corpus may examine into its validity ; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Página 351 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Página 380 - But, where each science lifts its modern type, Hist'ry her pot, divinity her pipe, While proud philosophy repines to show, Dishonest sight ! his breeches rent below ; Embrowned with native bronze, lo ! Henley stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. 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.
Página 73 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Página 74 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Página 213 - ... but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.