Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Band 16,Ausgabe 136 -Band 18,Ausgabe 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... a flour - mill . " To describe all the other inventions of a minor kind connected * Chambers's Information for the People- " Steam - Engine . " with the steam - engine which came from the prolific 22 LIFE OF JAMES WATT .
... a flour - mill . " To describe all the other inventions of a minor kind connected * Chambers's Information for the People- " Steam - Engine . " with the steam - engine which came from the prolific 22 LIFE OF JAMES WATT .
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... kind of natural filter , which abundantly supplied water of a very superior quality . To remove the works was now inexpedient ; but a question arose as to the practicability of drawing the water from wells on the left bank , by means of ...
... kind of natural filter , which abundantly supplied water of a very superior quality . To remove the works was now inexpedient ; but a question arose as to the practicability of drawing the water from wells on the left bank , by means of ...
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... kind of intellectual alchemy , all that was worthy of attention , and to have reduced it for his own use to its true value , and to its simplest form . And thus it often happened that a great deal more was learned from his brief and ...
... kind of intellectual alchemy , all that was worthy of attention , and to have reduced it for his own use to its true value , and to its simplest form . And thus it often happened that a great deal more was learned from his brief and ...
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... kind , benevolent old man , had his attention at every one's question , his information at every one's command . His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject . One gentleman was a deep philologist - he talked with him on the origin ...
... kind , benevolent old man , had his attention at every one's question , his information at every one's command . His talents and fancy overflowed on every subject . One gentleman was a deep philologist - he talked with him on the origin ...
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... kind of weapons unknown to the Macedonians . Among the rest , they made use of a three - forked hook , fastened to the end of a rope , the other end of which they held themselves , and threw the hook against the targets of the besiegers ...
... kind of weapons unknown to the Macedonians . Among the rest , they made use of a three - forked hook , fastened to the end of a rope , the other end of which they held themselves , and threw the hook against the targets of the besiegers ...
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Africa afterwards Albert Durer Alexander Selkirk animal animalcules appeared artist Badajoz beautiful birds British called captain Celts Cinque Ports coast colour Corregio Cortes cylinder death delight doth Dupleix England English eyes father favour Florence French Gabri gave gipsies give gold Grandville Grinton hand heard heart Highlands honour India iron island Jews John Faa kind king Kirk Yetholm labour land learned leave lived look Lord Love-Truth master means ment metal Mexican mind Montezuma mother native nature never Niger night painted passed persons poor possessed present prince received sail Scotland Scott Selkirk ship slaves soon Spaniards specific gravity steam subahdar sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion Titian took town truth vessel Villa Rica Watt whole young youth
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Seite 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Seite 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Seite 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Seite 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Seite 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Seite 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Seite 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Seite 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...