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 22Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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الصفحة 74
... half ; but on the south side , from Sorel to Deschaillors , not more than fifty miles and a half . It contains the county of St. Maurice , and the greater part of Buckingham , forty seigniories and fiefs , thirty - two whole town- ships ...
... half ; but on the south side , from Sorel to Deschaillors , not more than fifty miles and a half . It contains the county of St. Maurice , and the greater part of Buckingham , forty seigniories and fiefs , thirty - two whole town- ships ...
الصفحة 96
... half moon ; or , to be more accurate , the spring tide always happens when the moon has got a certain number of degrees east of the line of conjunction and opposition , and the neap tide happens when she is a certain number of degrees ...
... half moon ; or , to be more accurate , the spring tide always happens when the moon has got a certain number of degrees east of the line of conjunction and opposition , and the neap tide happens when she is a certain number of degrees ...
الصفحة 100
... half way between the places of high and low water . The shallower we suppose the ocean the greater must this horizontal motion be . The resistance of the bottom ( though perfectly smooth and even ) will greatly retard all the way to the ...
... half way between the places of high and low water . The shallower we suppose the ocean the greater must this horizontal motion be . The resistance of the bottom ( though perfectly smooth and even ) will greatly retard all the way to the ...
الصفحة 102
... half an hour before , and wait after high water till the rod comes again to that height : take the middle be- tween them . The water rises sensibly half an hour before the top of the tide , and quickly changes the height of the rod , so ...
... half an hour before , and wait after high water till the rod comes again to that height : take the middle be- tween them . The water rises sensibly half an hour before the top of the tide , and quickly changes the height of the rod , so ...
الصفحة 105
... half to one , and the tides corresponding to the greatest and least declinations of the moon may differ nearly as much . But the difference of superior and inferior tides , as they occur in the list of Observations at Rochefort , is not ...
... half to one , and the tides corresponding to the greatest and least declinations of the moon may differ nearly as much . But the difference of superior and inferior tides , as they occur in the list of Observations at Rochefort , is not ...
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الصفحة 32 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
الصفحة 345 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
الصفحة 78 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
الصفحة 21 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
الصفحة 419 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 78 - ... we make guilty of our disasters the sun the moon and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves thieves and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards liars and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence, and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on...
الصفحة 188 - When a Man doth compass or imagine the Death of our Lord the King, or of our Lady his Queen, or of their eldest Son and Heir: Or if a Man do violate the King's Companion, or the King's eldest Daughter unmarried, or the Wife of the King's eldest Son and Heir...
الصفحة 39 - For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
الصفحة 29 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
الصفحة 58 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...