The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 第 1 篇﹔第 1945-1947 篇Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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第 13 頁
... plant sows itself about that time , and vegetates with early moisture at the approach of the rains , during the continuance of which it ripens , and drops its seed as before . Wheat and barley are sown at the commencement of the cold ...
... plant sows itself about that time , and vegetates with early moisture at the approach of the rains , during the continuance of which it ripens , and drops its seed as before . Wheat and barley are sown at the commencement of the cold ...
第 14 頁
... plant , that it completes its greatest height within a single year ; and in the year suc- ceeding the wood acquires all that ... plants is a circum- stance commonly complained of by Europeans . The staple productions of Bengal are sugar ...
... plant , that it completes its greatest height within a single year ; and in the year suc- ceeding the wood acquires all that ... plants is a circum- stance commonly complained of by Europeans . The staple productions of Bengal are sugar ...
第 15 頁
... plants besides the mulberry . 15 then quit their retreats in the jungles . Apes and monkeys swarm in the woods , and , being sacred animals , are often fed by pious Hindoos . The brahminy , or sacred ox , rambles about the vil- lages ...
... plants besides the mulberry . 15 then quit their retreats in the jungles . Apes and monkeys swarm in the woods , and , being sacred animals , are often fed by pious Hindoos . The brahminy , or sacred ox , rambles about the vil- lages ...
第 22 頁
... plants a grove , digs a tank , & c . regardless whether the trees afford a covering for tigers , or whether the tank be a public nuisance . The districts into which Bengal is at present subdivided are Backergunge , Birbhoom , Buid- wan ...
... plants a grove , digs a tank , & c . regardless whether the trees afford a covering for tigers , or whether the tank be a public nuisance . The districts into which Bengal is at present subdivided are Backergunge , Birbhoom , Buid- wan ...
第 28 頁
... plants of an extraordi- nary size . East of the Brahmapootra and Chon- cosh , is a considerable extent of hilly country , surrounded on all sides by low lands . The heat is more moderate than in the western regions of the province ; and ...
... plants of an extraordi- nary size . East of the Brahmapootra and Chon- cosh , is a considerable extent of hilly country , surrounded on all sides by low lands . The heat is more moderate than in the western regions of the province ; and ...
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第 76 頁 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
第 264 頁 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown : Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew ; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.)
第 296 頁 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
第 274 頁 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.
第 299 頁 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and everduring dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
第 189 頁 - She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
第 221 頁 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
第 65 頁 - Enow of such as for their bellies' sake, Creep and intrude, and climb into the fold? Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!
第 239 頁 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.