Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, المجلد 16،العدد 136 -المجلد 18،العدد 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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الصفحة 14
... became again heated up to 212 degrees . These two defects — the imperfection of the vacuum created in the cylinder when hot , and the loss of steam in rushing into the cylinder when cold - were sources of great expense . Both defects ...
... became again heated up to 212 degrees . These two defects — the imperfection of the vacuum created in the cylinder when hot , and the loss of steam in rushing into the cylinder when cold - were sources of great expense . Both defects ...
الصفحة 18
... became so great , that Mr Watt was employed to make a survey of the Caledonian Canal , and to report on the practicability of connecting that remarkable chain of lakes and valleys . These surveys he made , and reported so favourably of ...
... became so great , that Mr Watt was employed to make a survey of the Caledonian Canal , and to report on the practicability of connecting that remarkable chain of lakes and valleys . These surveys he made , and reported so favourably of ...
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... became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London ; in 1787 he was chosen a Corresponding Member of the Batavian Society ; in 1808 the university of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of LL.D .; and , shortly before his death , he was ...
... became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London ; in 1787 he was chosen a Corresponding Member of the Batavian Society ; in 1808 the university of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of LL.D .; and , shortly before his death , he was ...
الصفحة 4
... became anxious to take possession of Derry , a fortified town in Ulster , and prepared to invest it with an army . Derry , inhabited chiefly by descendants of Scotch , who were favourable to the revolution settlement , greatly to the ...
... became anxious to take possession of Derry , a fortified town in Ulster , and prepared to invest it with an army . Derry , inhabited chiefly by descendants of Scotch , who were favourable to the revolution settlement , greatly to the ...
الصفحة 6
... became expert in fortification and mining , by imitating the arts which were employed against them . The women attended every service , animating the men by their cries , and often assisting them with their own hands . About the middle ...
... became expert in fortification and mining , by imitating the arts which were employed against them . The women attended every service , animating the men by their cries , and often assisting them with their own hands . About the middle ...
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الصفحة 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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?
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...