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The distance was such that all the If the hail be a little fatted , the light transmitted
parts of the shadow were easily distinguishable , may grow so strong , at a little
less distance than that as the arms , the leg , and the head ; but what of twenty ...
The distance was such that all the If the hail be a little fatted , the light transmitted
parts of the shadow were easily distinguishable , may grow so strong , at a little
less distance than that as the arms , the leg , and the head ; but what of twenty ...
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This tion , but that the less and more variable appear- curious theory our author
informs us was conances depend upon the same cause with the firmed by an
observation which he made in 1692 . colors of thin plates . He concludes his expli
- ...
This tion , but that the less and more variable appear- curious theory our author
informs us was conances depend upon the same cause with the firmed by an
observation which he made in 1692 . colors of thin plates . He concludes his expli
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Ile found that the latent heat of steam 560 ° was assigned as the boiling point of
this is less when it is produced under a greater pres- volatile oil . Mr. Dalton's
must be excepted , sure , or in a more dense state ; and greater when for he says
...
Ile found that the latent heat of steam 560 ° was assigned as the boiling point of
this is less when it is produced under a greater pres- volatile oil . Mr. Dalton's
must be excepted , sure , or in a more dense state ; and greater when for he says
...
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From this time the Grecian states became more civilised, and their history less
obscure. The institution, or rather the revival ami continuance, of the Olympic
games, iu 776 B.C., also greatly facilitated not only the writing of their history, but
that ...
From this time the Grecian states became more civilised, and their history less
obscure. The institution, or rather the revival ami continuance, of the Olympic
games, iu 776 B.C., also greatly facilitated not only the writing of their history, but
that ...
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Passions of prouder name befriend us less . Hope for good success , according
to the efficacy of Joy has her tears ; and transport has her death ; the causes and
the instrument , and let the husband . Hope like a cordial , innocent though strong
...
Passions of prouder name befriend us less . Hope for good success , according
to the efficacy of Joy has her tears ; and transport has her death ; the causes and
the instrument , and let the husband . Hope like a cordial , innocent though strong
...
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Page 387 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise; which not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill and dale and plain...
Page 121 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 124 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 355 - Horribly beautiful ! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death.bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 24 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 33 - Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 187 - Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 122 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep.
Page 80 - Poured through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And, dashing soft from rocks around, Bubbling runnels joined the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Page 389 - Kent ; painter enough to taste the charms of landscape, bold and opinionative enougli to dare and to dictate, and born with a genius to strike out a great system from the twilight of imperfect essays. He leaped the fence, and saw that all nature was a garden.
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| Title | The 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, Volume 11 The 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, Thomas Curtis |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis |
| Publisher | T. Tegg, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2007 |
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