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 15
... caused solely by the pres- sure of the atmosphere on its upper surface . Hence the name of Atmospheric Engine , which was always applied to Newcomen's machine , the real moving power being not the steam , which served no purpose except ...
... caused solely by the pres- sure of the atmosphere on its upper surface . Hence the name of Atmospheric Engine , which was always applied to Newcomen's machine , the real moving power being not the steam , which served no purpose except ...
الصفحة 4
... caused many to leave the town , and only about 7500 militia remained to offer a defence , while the whole of the guns which could be brought to bear on the enemy was only twenty in number . Deserted by their proper commander , the ...
... caused many to leave the town , and only about 7500 militia remained to offer a defence , while the whole of the guns which could be brought to bear on the enemy was only twenty in number . Deserted by their proper commander , the ...
الصفحة 9
... cause of the revo- lution , the Lyonese endeavoured to defend their city against an army of 60,000 troops , sent to bring them under subjection . The walls were manned by 30,000 citizens , who resolved to die rather than yield up the ...
... cause of the revo- lution , the Lyonese endeavoured to defend their city against an army of 60,000 troops , sent to bring them under subjection . The walls were manned by 30,000 citizens , who resolved to die rather than yield up the ...
الصفحة 20
... cause of an unnecessary battle , and so of hurrying a few thousand men out of the world , who might have remained in it with perfect con- venience even to the general himself ! A few days after the battle of Albuera , Badajoz was rein ...
... cause of an unnecessary battle , and so of hurrying a few thousand men out of the world , who might have remained in it with perfect con- venience even to the general himself ! A few days after the battle of Albuera , Badajoz was rein ...
الصفحة 30
... caused by its own arro- gant assumption of authority than by any aggression on its rights . Scotland , Holland , and ... cause of quarrel to a mean jealousy of the Dutch commercial prosperity . Two English ships had been taken by the ...
... caused by its own arro- gant assumption of authority than by any aggression on its rights . Scotland , Holland , and ... cause of quarrel to a mean jealousy of the Dutch commercial prosperity . Two English ships had been taken by the ...
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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...