The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Nide 12Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) 1839 |
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Sivu 225
... Belisarius , notwithstanding the defection of his treacherous allies . This celebrated general was vested with supreme military command , and an absolute civil authority . His instructions were , to pretend a voyage to Carthage , but to ...
... Belisarius , notwithstanding the defection of his treacherous allies . This celebrated general was vested with supreme military command , and an absolute civil authority . His instructions were , to pretend a voyage to Carthage , but to ...
Sivu 226
... Belisarius ; or lay siege to the city . Ap- prehending , however , that the Franks might fall upon him , he sent ambassadors to them , with offers of all the Gothic possessions in Gaul , and a considerable sum of money , provided they ...
... Belisarius ; or lay siege to the city . Ap- prehending , however , that the Franks might fall upon him , he sent ambassadors to them , with offers of all the Gothic possessions in Gaul , and a considerable sum of money , provided they ...
Sivu 227
... Belisarius . Vitiges , who had expected great advantages from the disagreement of the two generals , was much disappointed by the recal of Narses ; and dreading the vigor of Belisarius , at the head of a formidable army , thought of ...
... Belisarius . Vitiges , who had expected great advantages from the disagreement of the two generals , was much disappointed by the recal of Narses ; and dreading the vigor of Belisarius , at the head of a formidable army , thought of ...
Sivu 228
... Belisarius from Persia . To save Rome , however , was now impossible . As soon as Belisarius arrived in Italy , finding himself unable either to relieve the towns which were besieged , or to stop the progress of the Goths , he ...
... Belisarius from Persia . To save Rome , however , was now impossible . As soon as Belisarius arrived in Italy , finding himself unable either to relieve the towns which were besieged , or to stop the progress of the Goths , he ...
Sivu 229
... Belisarius , who had full power to negociate . Upon this Totila resolved to destroy the city ; and had actually thrown down a third part of the wall , when he received a letter from Belisa- rius , dissuading him from his intention ...
... Belisarius , who had full power to negociate . Upon this Totila resolved to destroy the city ; and had actually thrown down a third part of the wall , when he received a letter from Belisa- rius , dissuading him from his intention ...
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Sivu 93 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
Sivu 275 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Sivu 11 - Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world...
Sivu 72 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Sivu 70 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Sivu 38 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please...
Sivu 397 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Sivu 285 - A gown made of the finest wool, Which from our pretty lambs we pull, Fair lined slippers for the cold, With buckles of the purest gold. A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Sivu 62 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Sivu 10 - Eternal God, on what are thine enemies intent! What are those enterprises of guilt and horror, that, for the safety of their performers, require to be enveloped in a darkness which the eye of heaven must not pierce ! Miserable men ! Proud of being the offspring of chance ; in love with universal disorder ; whose happiness is involved in the belief of there being no witness to their designs, and who are at ease only because they suppose themselves inhabitants of a forsaken and fatherless world...