Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Том 10Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... feet is a suffi- cient proportion for the rise in the middle ; so that a walk of 20 feet wide should be four inches higher at the middle than at the edges , and so in proportion . As soon as the gravel is laid , it should be raked , and ...
... feet is a suffi- cient proportion for the rise in the middle ; so that a walk of 20 feet wide should be four inches higher at the middle than at the edges , and so in proportion . As soon as the gravel is laid , it should be raked , and ...
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... feet , but in large ones from 20 to 24 feet ; and the length of the windows should reach from about one foot and a half above the pavement , and within the same distance of the ceiling , which will admit of a corniche round the building ...
... feet , but in large ones from 20 to 24 feet ; and the length of the windows should reach from about one foot and a half above the pavement , and within the same distance of the ceiling , which will admit of a corniche round the building ...
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... feet , at another 15031 % feet . By a barometer constructed after De Luc's method , the height was found to be 1588 feet . On this occasion Capt . Phipps has the following remarks . " I cannot account for the great difference between ...
... feet , at another 15031 % feet . By a barometer constructed after De Luc's method , the height was found to be 1588 feet . On this occasion Capt . Phipps has the following remarks . " I cannot account for the great difference between ...
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... feet high , with a cascade of wa- ter issuing from it . The black mountains on each side , the white snow , and greenish - coloured ice , com- posed a very beautiful and romantic picture . Large pieces frequently broke off from the ...
... feet high , with a cascade of wa- ter issuing from it . The black mountains on each side , the white snow , and greenish - coloured ice , com- posed a very beautiful and romantic picture . Large pieces frequently broke off from the ...
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... feet in length , pointed like a spear ; they had likewise something shaped like a paddle , about four feet long . Their canoes were of different sizes , carrying from three to six or seven people , and some of them hoisted a sail ...
... feet in length , pointed like a spear ; they had likewise something shaped like a paddle , about four feet long . Their canoes were of different sizes , carrying from three to six or seven people , and some of them hoisted a sail ...
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Abencerrages action adjective adverbs afterwards ancient animal aorist appears arms ball barrel body BOTANY Index bullet called chord coast colour common considerable court death degree denote distance duke England English equal experiments expressed feet fire fluid French genus give Granada Greek Greenland Guinea gunpowder habeas corpus hair Handel harmattan Harmonica head heat hemp Henry honour horse inches Infusoria inhabitants iron island kind king language Latin length likewise Lord manner means ment miles motion mouth nature neral noun observed occasion Peloponnesus person piece polype pounds powder preposition present prince produce pronoun proportion quantity racter relative clause relative pronoun resistance river round Scotland sea-hare sentence ship shot side signifies slaves sometimes species substance supposed thing tion town velocity verb weight whence whole words worm
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Сторінка 74 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles: Halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head : The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon...
Сторінка 74 - Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene; and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Сторінка 78 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Сторінка 76 - Diluit; implentur fossae, et cava flumina crescunt Cum sonitu, fervetque fretis spirantibus aequor. Ipse Pater media nimborum in nocte corusca Fulmina molitur dextra, quo maxima motu Terra tremit, fugere ferae et mortalia corda 330 Per gentes humilis stravit pavor...
Сторінка 214 - ... the glory of the English law consists in clearly defining the times, the causes, and the extent, when, wherefore, and to what degree, the imprisonment of the subject may be lawful. This it is, which induces the absolute necessity of expressing upon every commitment the reason for which it is made : that the court upon a habeas corpus may examine into its validity ; and according to the circumstances of the case may discharge, admit to bail, or remand the prisoner.
Сторінка 351 - For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...
Сторінка 380 - But, where each science lifts its modern type, Hist'ry her pot, divinity her pipe, While proud philosophy repines to show, Dishonest sight ! his breeches rent below ; Embrowned with native bronze, lo ! Henley stands, Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung ! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Сторінка 73 - The cease of majesty Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it; it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Сторінка 74 - So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden, where delicious Paradise, Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green, As with a rural mound, the champaign head Of a steep wilderness...
Сторінка 213 - ... but also during the vacation, by a fiat from the chief justice or any other of the judges, and running into all parts of the king's dominions ; for the king is at all times entitled to have an account, why the liberty of any of his subjects is restrained, wherever that restraint may be inflicted.