The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 1, Volume 19Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... length discovered the treachery , and excited a univer- sal uproar . In the midst of this tumult , Dio- clesian , one of the most noted commanders of his time , was chosen emperor , and with his own hand slew Aper , having thus , as it ...
... length discovered the treachery , and excited a univer- sal uproar . In the midst of this tumult , Dio- clesian , one of the most noted commanders of his time , was chosen emperor , and with his own hand slew Aper , having thus , as it ...
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... length he was acknowledged by the city of Constantinople . On the news of this revolt , Valens despatched some troops against the usurper ; but these were gained over , and Procopius continued for some time to gain ground . It is ...
... length he was acknowledged by the city of Constantinople . On the news of this revolt , Valens despatched some troops against the usurper ; but these were gained over , and Procopius continued for some time to gain ground . It is ...
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... length Italy itself , with its proud metropolis , which for so many ages had given law to the rest of the world , was en- slaved by a contemptible barbarian , whose family , country , and nation , are not well known to this day . PART V ...
... length Italy itself , with its proud metropolis , which for so many ages had given law to the rest of the world , was en- slaved by a contemptible barbarian , whose family , country , and nation , are not well known to this day . PART V ...
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... troops to roam in large parties about the country . But Uranus , having at length found out a place where tho river was fordable , passed it in the night , fell The upon the Bulgarians , who lay for the most part 16 ROM E.
... troops to roam in large parties about the country . But Uranus , having at length found out a place where tho river was fordable , passed it in the night , fell The upon the Bulgarians , who lay for the most part 16 ROM E.
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... length inclined to the Romans , who nevertheless did not think proper to pursue the fugitives , as their general Liparites was taken prisoner . The emperor despatched ambassadors with rich presents , and a large sum of money to redeem ...
... length inclined to the Romans , who nevertheless did not think proper to pursue the fugitives , as their general Liparites was taken prisoner . The emperor despatched ambassadors with rich presents , and a large sum of money to redeem ...
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Page 62 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 75 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 62 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 194 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 17 - Arras, Amiens, experienced the cruel oppression of the German yoke; and the consuming flames of war spread from the banks of the Rhine over the greatest part of the seventeen provinces of Gaul. That rich and extensive country, as far as the ocean, the Alps, and the Pyrenees, was delivered to the Barbarians, who drove before them, in a promiscuous crowd, the bishop, the senator, and the virgin, laden with the spoils of their houses and altars.
Page 349 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Page 64 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which stretched his father on a bloody bier, And roused the vengeance blood alone could quell; He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell.
Page 272 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our neelds created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and mind», Had been incorporate.
Page 17 - This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man.
Page 351 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.