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... vessels , in the same manner as water is drawn up by a pump . The vessel from which the air is thus exhausted is called the receiver , and the space thus left vacant in the vessel , after withdrawing the air , is called a vacuum . It is ...
... vessels , in the same manner as water is drawn up by a pump . The vessel from which the air is thus exhausted is called the receiver , and the space thus left vacant in the vessel , after withdrawing the air , is called a vacuum . It is ...
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... vessels , as soon as they are formed , and while they are yet hot , into a furnace or oven , not so hot as to remelt ... vessel will often resist the effect of a pistol - bullet dropped into it ; yet a grain of sand , falling into it ...
... vessels , as soon as they are formed , and while they are yet hot , into a furnace or oven , not so hot as to remelt ... vessel will often resist the effect of a pistol - bullet dropped into it ; yet a grain of sand , falling into it ...
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... vessels , therefore , which contain copper in their composition , should be used in cookery , & c . In cases where the poison of verdigris has been recently swallowed , emetics should first be given ; and afterwards cold Lemon juice , a ...
... vessels , therefore , which contain copper in their composition , should be used in cookery , & c . In cases where the poison of verdigris has been recently swallowed , emetics should first be given ; and afterwards cold Lemon juice , a ...
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... vessels , or poured out , in or upon the brain , from their rupture in some part , and in sufficient quantity to exert considerable pressure upon that organ . As the state of the whole body depends much upon the sound condition of the ...
... vessels , or poured out , in or upon the brain , from their rupture in some part , and in sufficient quantity to exert considerable pressure upon that organ . As the state of the whole body depends much upon the sound condition of the ...
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... vessels constructed for the occasion . To the most renowned nobility , and princes of Italy and Spain , who were am- bitious of being enrolled among the conquerors of England , were added many hundreds of Eng- lish desperadoes , under ...
... vessels constructed for the occasion . To the most renowned nobility , and princes of Italy and Spain , who were am- bitious of being enrolled among the conquerors of England , were added many hundreds of Eng- lish desperadoes , under ...
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Strona 78 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Strona 232 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Strona 89 - And they sat down to eat bread ; and they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Strona 82 - And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Strona 270 - And he answered and said unto them, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Strona 301 - The extraordinary noise caused by the horses' hoofs, makes the fish issue from the mud, and excites them to combat. These yellowish and livid eels, resembling large aquatic serpents, swim on the surface of the water, and crowd under the bellies of the horses and mules. A contest between animals of so different an organization, furnishes a very striking spectacle.
Strona 181 - The duties of children to their parents arise from a principle of natural justice and retribution. For to those who gave us existence we naturally owe subjection and obedience during our minority, and honour and reverence ever after: they who protected the weakness of our infancy are entitled to our protection in the infirmity of their age; they who by sustenance and education have enabled their offspring to prosper, ought in return to be supported by that offspring, in case they stand in need of...
Strona 117 - Reasons, to which if they consent not, the Difference to be compounded at the General Meeting, which is to be of the chief Persons of each Company, at the end of the work.
Strona 269 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country!
Strona 264 - Discretion has large and extended views, and like a well-formed eye, commands a whole horizon. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness, that discovers the minutest objects which are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance.