A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, المجلد 10Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... parallel to each other , the coal - gas from the Imperial Gas Works , the other from that at Bow . Being burned so as to afford the same intensity of light , the quantities were found by accurate metres to be ( taking the mean of seven ...
... parallel to each other , the coal - gas from the Imperial Gas Works , the other from that at Bow . Being burned so as to afford the same intensity of light , the quantities were found by accurate metres to be ( taking the mean of seven ...
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... parallel with Britain . For all the geographers of this period made Britain a tri- angular island , of which the southern point was but little distant from the northern coast of Spain . The Cassiterides were therefore evi- dently the ...
... parallel with Britain . For all the geographers of this period made Britain a tri- angular island , of which the southern point was but little distant from the northern coast of Spain . The Cassiterides were therefore evi- dently the ...
الصفحة 65
... parallel to the Atlantic ; and forms the Alleghany and Appalachian Mountains , at the back of the United States . North America is thus divided into two high , and three low land , districts . Of the latter the two which are between the ...
... parallel to the Atlantic ; and forms the Alleghany and Appalachian Mountains , at the back of the United States . North America is thus divided into two high , and three low land , districts . Of the latter the two which are between the ...
الصفحة 70
... parallels of Georgia and Boston one - sixth ; in France one - seventh , and in Germany one - eighth , of the total number of species which are endowed with a visible fructi- fication . In the whole temperate zone , the composite plants ...
... parallels of Georgia and Boston one - sixth ; in France one - seventh , and in Germany one - eighth , of the total number of species which are endowed with a visible fructi- fication . In the whole temperate zone , the composite plants ...
الصفحة 71
... parallels , climates , 7ones , & c . , with which those who have systematised the science have supposed its surface ... parallel to itself . It is by the parallelism of the axis , and the an- nual motion of the earth , that the changes ...
... parallels , climates , 7ones , & c . , with which those who have systematised the science have supposed its surface ... parallel to itself . It is by the parallelism of the axis , and the an- nual motion of the earth , that the changes ...
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الصفحة 344 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
الصفحة 359 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
الصفحة 34 - tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant nettles or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with one gender of herbs or distract it with many, either to have it sterile with idleness or manured with industry, why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
الصفحة 277 - scaped the wrangling crew, From Pyrrho's maze, and Epicurus' sty ; And held high converse with the godlike few, Who to the enraptured heart, and ear, and eye, Teach beauty, virtue, truth, and love, and melody.
الصفحة 164 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
الصفحة 392 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
الصفحة 271 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were...
الصفحة 317 - O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the falling tears each other sheds...
الصفحة 292 - But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
الصفحة 394 - I say, they will receive a terrible blow this parliament, and yet they shall not see who hurts them. This counsel is not to be contemned, because it may do you good, and can do you no harm : for the danger is past, as soon as you have burned the letter. And I hope God will give you the grace to make good use of it, unto whose holy protection I commend you*.