Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700, Band 3 |
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... experiment under the inspection of several surgeons and physicians ; and retiring , contrived , by means best known to himself , to evacuate it , or prevent any visible ill effects from a dose that , Benskin says in his Domestic Intelli ...
... experiment under the inspection of several surgeons and physicians ; and retiring , contrived , by means best known to himself , to evacuate it , or prevent any visible ill effects from a dose that , Benskin says in his Domestic Intelli ...
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... experiments known in England ; accordingly Mr. Stringer drew up a class ( or number ) of experiments , viz . some in separating and refining of metals and minerals , some geometrical , some medicinal , others philosophical , to the ...
... experiments known in England ; accordingly Mr. Stringer drew up a class ( or number ) of experiments , viz . some in separating and refining of metals and minerals , some geometrical , some medicinal , others philosophical , to the ...
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... experiments . When they were drawn up , the Czar elected one to be done first , as if it were a probat of the artist's skill ; and it seems it was one of the most difficult operations , which shews that the Czar is skill'd in natural ...
... experiments . When they were drawn up , the Czar elected one to be done first , as if it were a probat of the artist's skill ; and it seems it was one of the most difficult operations , which shews that the Czar is skill'd in natural ...
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... Salisbury - court , for which some boys were hanged on this act , the city has not been troubled with them since . " Journey through England , 1724 . The The curious experiments detailed in the suc- ceeding extracts from 240.
... Salisbury - court , for which some boys were hanged on this act , the city has not been troubled with them since . " Journey through England , 1724 . The The curious experiments detailed in the suc- ceeding extracts from 240.
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... experiments detailed in the suc- ceeding extracts from the Whitehall Evening Post for 1724 are inserted with the hope that they may be made useful on some future occasion . " An account of the new Method of extin- guishing Fires by ...
... experiments detailed in the suc- ceeding extracts from the Whitehall Evening Post for 1724 are inserted with the hope that they may be made useful on some future occasion . " An account of the new Method of extin- guishing Fires by ...
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Seite 81 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Seite 162 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks ; Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the honey'd showers And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Seite 153 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Seite 192 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Seite 226 - Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Seite 189 - His banished gods restored to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line ; From whence the race of Alban fathers come And the long glories of majestic Rome.
Seite 153 - But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage Or influence, chide or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.
Seite 181 - IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me...
Seite 187 - Hell, Earth, Chaos, all; the argument Held me a while misdoubting his intent, That he would ruin (for I saw him strong) The sacred truths to fable and old song (So...
Seite 162 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.