The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 27Henry Colburn, 1829 |
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... called the name of it Tannakin , which is in English as Anne , or Hannah . " As might be supposed , she lived , " unknowne in this kind to any one but her parents and a few other neighbours . " At length her father hearing of a famous ...
... called the name of it Tannakin , which is in English as Anne , or Hannah . " As might be supposed , she lived , " unknowne in this kind to any one but her parents and a few other neighbours . " At length her father hearing of a famous ...
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... called the " Short Hills , " twelve miles from Queenston . Easterly , like- wise , at the back of the " parallel slope , " this gradual swell is equally perceptible . The lower level of this interval , comparatively of narrow breadth ...
... called the " Short Hills , " twelve miles from Queenston . Easterly , like- wise , at the back of the " parallel slope , " this gradual swell is equally perceptible . The lower level of this interval , comparatively of narrow breadth ...
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... called Rattlesnake Island , close to the east shore , near the head of Grand Island : Tonnewanta Island , east of , and opposite the middle of Grand Island - it is close to the main , and is rather more than half a mile long . The next ...
... called Rattlesnake Island , close to the east shore , near the head of Grand Island : Tonnewanta Island , east of , and opposite the middle of Grand Island - it is close to the main , and is rather more than half a mile long . The next ...
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... called the Table Rock , at the brink of this Fall , and at its northern end , permits the visiter to dip his feet securely in the water , just as it passes over the precipice . It has been determined , by the officers of the above ...
... called the Table Rock , at the brink of this Fall , and at its northern end , permits the visiter to dip his feet securely in the water , just as it passes over the precipice . It has been determined , by the officers of the above ...
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... called the Devil's Hole . Some roots adhering to the rocks afford the means of descending to a ledge twelve feet below the summit of the precipice . This ledge is the floor of the cave , which is twenty feet square , six feet high , and ...
... called the Devil's Hole . Some roots adhering to the rocks afford the means of descending to a ledge twelve feet below the summit of the precipice . This ledge is the floor of the cave , which is twenty feet square , six feet high , and ...
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Page 227 - Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i...
Page 321 - Intra sphceram activitatis, which is but at such a distance. But this way hath no bounder if the vessels be strong enough ; for I have taken a piece of a whole cannon, whereof the end was burst, and filled it...
Page 321 - So that, having a way to make my vessels so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high.
Page 321 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty foot high; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that, one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim, between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 321 - So that having a way to make my vessels, so that they are strengthened by the force within them, and the one to fill after the other, I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high. One vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water ; and a man...
Page 227 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their colour fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, , Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 225 - ... through human nature at one glance, and to be the only author that gives ground for a very new opinion: that the philosopher, and even the man of the world, may be born, as well as the poet.
Page 227 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 388 - ... is usually situated ; this hole is cut through into the cabin, and within it is placed the compass with its box, suspended in the usual way, and when so situated it is completely out of the reach of cannon or other shot. In order to cause it to act as a...
Page 232 - Bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word, which madness Would gambol from. Mother, for love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul, That not your trespass, but my madness speaks.