Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences, Literature, &c. Intended to Supersede the Use of Other Books of Reference, Volumen22John Brown, 1816 |
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... tide from PISCATAQUA harbour , in the centre of the township of Exeter . A fmall river falls into it , a little above Exeter . ( 1. ) SWAN , n . S. [ fwan , Sax . fuan , Danifh ; fan , Dutch ; egenus , Latin . The fwan is a large water ...
... tide from PISCATAQUA harbour , in the centre of the township of Exeter . A fmall river falls into it , a little above Exeter . ( 1. ) SWAN , n . S. [ fwan , Sax . fuan , Danifh ; fan , Dutch ; egenus , Latin . The fwan is a large water ...
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... Tides , and Flux and Reflux of the Sea . As he continued , under the new fovereign , to hold the office of affeffor to the Metallic College , he made a fecond jour- ney into foreign countries , to examine their mines , particularly ...
... Tides , and Flux and Reflux of the Sea . As he continued , under the new fovereign , to hold the office of affeffor to the Metallic College , he made a fecond jour- ney into foreign countries , to examine their mines , particularly ...
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... tide . Shak . ( 1. ) To SWELL . v . n . participle paff , swollen , savellan , Sax . swellen , Dutch . ] 1. To grow tur- gid ; to extend the parts .--- A gentle savelling and a peaceful flood . En . 2. To tumify by obftruction.- All ...
... tide . Shak . ( 1. ) To SWELL . v . n . participle paff , swollen , savellan , Sax . swellen , Dutch . ] 1. To grow tur- gid ; to extend the parts .--- A gentle savelling and a peaceful flood . En . 2. To tumify by obftruction.- All ...
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... , together with his Remarks on the Bishop of Sarum's Introduction to the third Volume of his Hiftory of the Reformation , certainly turned the tide of popular He opinion Ireland , where he lived in a house about 12 SWI S WI ( 59 )
... , together with his Remarks on the Bishop of Sarum's Introduction to the third Volume of his Hiftory of the Reformation , certainly turned the tide of popular He opinion Ireland , where he lived in a house about 12 SWI S WI ( 59 )
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... tide . Dryden . 4. To glide along with a fmooth or dizzy motion.- She with pretty and with swimming gait Following . Shak . A hovering mift came swimming o'er his fight , And feal'd his eyes in everlafting night . Dryd . Priefts ...
... tide . Dryden . 4. To glide along with a fmooth or dizzy motion.- She with pretty and with swimming gait Following . Shak . A hovering mift came swimming o'er his fight , And feal'd his eyes in everlafting night . Dryd . Priefts ...
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Página 279 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Página 286 - 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.
Página 63 - The body continuing suspended as before, and upright, if the head be leaned quite back, so that the face looks upwards, all the back part of the head being then under water, and its weight consequently in a great measure supported by it, the face...
Página 271 - Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read : no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate : for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Página 71 - He has no children. All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?
Página 124 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Página 63 - ... that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg. Thus you feel the power of the water to support you, and learn to confide in that power ; while your endeavours to overcome it, and...
Página 288 - God : but made himfelf of no reputation, and took upon him the form* of a fervant, and was made in the likenefs of men. And being found in fafhion as a man, he humbled himfelf, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the crofs.
Página 334 - And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Página 62 - ... taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain above, until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and nostrils are under water.