Scientific Tracts and Family Lyceum: Designed for Instruction and Entertainment, and Adapted to Schools, Lyceums and Families, Band 1Allen & Ticknor, 1834 |
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... Works in England , 375 Luminous Appearance of the Sea , 377 Letters from the Canary Islands , Latin Works , 29 Locusts , 288 293 312 320 · 322 Discovery , 163 Letter from Batavia , 365 Light , Malay , · 386 Royal Colleges , 195.
... Works in England , 375 Luminous Appearance of the Sea , 377 Letters from the Canary Islands , Latin Works , 29 Locusts , 288 293 312 320 · 322 Discovery , 163 Letter from Batavia , 365 Light , Malay , · 386 Royal Colleges , 195.
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... discovered in Opium , 289 Swimming Child , 356 New Metal , 290 Subjects of Inquiry , . 376 New Species of Chameleon ... Discovery , 226 356 Water Power , 54 Whippoorwill , 179 35 White Elephants , 190 58 Wheat Insect , 220 127 Whispering ...
... discovered in Opium , 289 Swimming Child , 356 New Metal , 290 Subjects of Inquiry , . 376 New Species of Chameleon ... Discovery , 226 356 Water Power , 54 Whippoorwill , 179 35 White Elephants , 190 58 Wheat Insect , 220 127 Whispering ...
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... discovered , the rat was evidently too weak to offer resistance to its lillipu- tian foe ; but feeling , probably , after repeated trials , that discretion was the better part of valor , endeavored to get out of the reach of its violent ...
... discovered , the rat was evidently too weak to offer resistance to its lillipu- tian foe ; but feeling , probably , after repeated trials , that discretion was the better part of valor , endeavored to get out of the reach of its violent ...
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... discovery of that continent . Daines Barrington , who has taken the oppo- site side of the question , asserts that this fine bird boasts an eastern origin . According to a distich in Baker's Chronicle , turkeys were introduced into ...
... discovery of that continent . Daines Barrington , who has taken the oppo- site side of the question , asserts that this fine bird boasts an eastern origin . According to a distich in Baker's Chronicle , turkeys were introduced into ...
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... discovered by himself ; but as he does not yet explain to the public the process , I entertain the opin- ion , that ... discovery , and its application in solving some of the intricacies of the laws of nature . These remarks and ...
... discovered by himself ; but as he does not yet explain to the public the process , I entertain the opin- ion , that ... discovery , and its application in solving some of the intricacies of the laws of nature . These remarks and ...
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Seite 334 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 102 - Since this work was printed off, I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of a black-lead pencil.
Seite 292 - There with its waving blade of green. The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter: There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral Sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms.
Seite 296 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Seite 90 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 362 - Dec. 16, 1714; educated at Oxford University; ordained 1736. In a ministry of thirty-four years, he crossed the Atlantic thirteen times, and preached more than 18,000 sermons...
Seite 89 - Here is the finest air to live upon in the universe ; and if our trees and birds could speak, and our assemblymen be silent, the finest conversation too.
Seite 148 - ... of our northern manufactures and this city. And why may we not look forward to the time when there shall be such a communication between this city and New York, Philadelphia, and Washington ? I dare not presume to predict such an event for some time to come ; and yet when we daily witness the extraordinary resources of this growing country — when we observe the wonderful results of an active and intelligent population incessantly occupied in developing their powers and resources — and stimulated,...
Seite 306 - Turnips and carrots are thought indigenous roots of France. Our cauliflowers came from Cyprus ; our artichokes from Sicily ; lettuce from Cos, a name corrupted into gause, shallots, or eschallots from Ascalon.
Seite 228 - In this engagement three men and a boy were killed, one boy was taken prisoner, and Miss Allen was wounded in the head and left for dead, but not scalped. In endeavoring to make her escape she was pursued by an Indian with an uplifted tomahawk and a gun. She was extremely active, and would have outran him, had he not fired upon her. The ball missed her, but she supposed that it had struck her, and in her fright, she fell.