Mental Improvement: Or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art. In a Series of Instructive ConversationsHarvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street, 1828 - 243 |
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... thing would swim , that dis- placed a body of the fluid equal to its own weight . It is probable that the inhabitants of countries bordering on the sea , at first only ventured close along the shore , on a few planks fastened together ...
... thing would swim , that dis- placed a body of the fluid equal to its own weight . It is probable that the inhabitants of countries bordering on the sea , at first only ventured close along the shore , on a few planks fastened together ...
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... things , I am dis- contented , because I cannot find a satisfactory reason why ignorance should excel know- ledge in any thing . MRS . HARCOURT . There are many causes why a savage should perform acts of skill and dexterity , in a ...
... things , I am dis- contented , because I cannot find a satisfactory reason why ignorance should excel know- ledge in any thing . MRS . HARCOURT . There are many causes why a savage should perform acts of skill and dexterity , in a ...
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... things being ready for the launch , the wedges and supporters are cut away , and the parts over which the vessel is to pass , are well daubed with grease and soap , to make her slide more easily . Every obstruction being removed , by ...
... things being ready for the launch , the wedges and supporters are cut away , and the parts over which the vessel is to pass , are well daubed with grease and soap , to make her slide more easily . Every obstruction being removed , by ...
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... things concerning ships , appear wonderful to me . In the first place , I cannot imagine how they contrive to store up provisions for so many people for several months without spoiling . We are obliged to go to market almost every day ...
... things concerning ships , appear wonderful to me . In the first place , I cannot imagine how they contrive to store up provisions for so many people for several months without spoiling . We are obliged to go to market almost every day ...
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... we think so painful to undergo for a few hours . The consideration of these things will teach us to transfer a little of that solicitude for our own VOL . II . D personal enjoyment , to a tender care for the wants MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 25.
... we think so painful to undergo for a few hours . The consideration of these things will teach us to transfer a little of that solicitude for our own VOL . II . D personal enjoyment , to a tender care for the wants MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 25.
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Strona 136 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Strona 136 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Strona 37 - The tea leaves, being gathered, are cured in houses which contain from five to ten or twenty small furnaces, about three feet high, each having at the top a large, flat, iron pan. There is also a long, low table, covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it. The iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
Strona 156 - He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird, and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond.
Strona 133 - They have besides a small line fastened to the body of the adventurer, by which he gives signals that they may lower or raise him, or shift him from place to place. The last operation is attended with great danger, by the...
Strona 80 - Has roll'da mighty world, or shin'da sun : Stupendous thought ! how sinks all human race ! A point, an atom in the field of space ! Yet ev'n to us, O LORD, thy care extends, Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends ; Yet...
Strona 38 - ... of their hands in one direction, while others are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer.
Strona 38 - ... are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely preserved.
Strona 181 - ... in that identical spot, whether it be in* a tree or in the crevice of a rock, or, as is most commonly the case, in the earth.