Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Том 16,Випуск 136 – Том 18,Випуск 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... metal statues for which ancient art is so famous , a drop of water or other liquid would be left enclosed in the plaster or clay moulds when the molten metal was poured in ; and the consequence would be an explosion , and , in many ...
... metal statues for which ancient art is so famous , a drop of water or other liquid would be left enclosed in the plaster or clay moulds when the molten metal was poured in ; and the consequence would be an explosion , and , in many ...
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... metal . It was Watt also who first had recourse to mer- curial manometers for measuring the elasticity of the steam in the boiler and the condenser ; who conceived the idea of a simple and permanent gauge , by whose assistance might ...
... metal . It was Watt also who first had recourse to mer- curial manometers for measuring the elasticity of the steam in the boiler and the condenser ; who conceived the idea of a simple and permanent gauge , by whose assistance might ...
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... metal ; so also could his brother John ; but where they learned any of these arts I never heard . Peter was very handy about all sorts of carpenter work , and occasionally amused himself , when the fancy seized him , in executing some ...
... metal ; so also could his brother John ; but where they learned any of these arts I never heard . Peter was very handy about all sorts of carpenter work , and occasionally amused himself , when the fancy seized him , in executing some ...
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... metal in grains , as it came from the mines , in transparent tubes , so that they could be reckoned ; and the gold was valued at so many mantles , or so many xiquipils of cocoa , according to the size of the quills . The entire square ...
... metal in grains , as it came from the mines , in transparent tubes , so that they could be reckoned ; and the gold was valued at so many mantles , or so many xiquipils of cocoa , according to the size of the quills . The entire square ...
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... metal be his mind , In base revenge there is no honour won . Who would a worthy courage overthrow , And who would wrestle with a worthless foe ? We say our hearts are great , and cannot yield ; Because they cannot yield , it proves them ...
... metal be his mind , In base revenge there is no honour won . Who would a worthy courage overthrow , And who would wrestle with a worthless foe ? We say our hearts are great , and cannot yield ; Because they cannot yield , it proves them ...
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Сторінка 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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?
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...