Mental Improvement: Or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art. In a Series of Instructive ConversationsHarvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street, 1828 - 243 páginas |
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... but sails , which he applied to the vessel in which he escaped : but all these accounts are uncertain . Scrip- ture affords us some authentic records . Noah was certainly one of the earliest ship - builders , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
... but sails , which he applied to the vessel in which he escaped : but all these accounts are uncertain . Scrip- ture affords us some authentic records . Noah was certainly one of the earliest ship - builders , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
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... defence would be a formid- able navy , and applied themselves vigo- rously to build ships of war . Ethelred , in order to maintain a powerful force at sea , + made a law , that whoever possessed 300 hides 12 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
... defence would be a formid- able navy , and applied themselves vigo- rously to build ships of war . Ethelred , in order to maintain a powerful force at sea , + made a law , that whoever possessed 300 hides 12 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
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... applied . MR . HARCOURT . In order to prepare your mind for your intended visit , we will defer our conclusion of the porcelain manufacture till our next meeting , and endeavour to explain the uses to which some of the most common ...
... applied . MR . HARCOURT . In order to prepare your mind for your intended visit , we will defer our conclusion of the porcelain manufacture till our next meeting , and endeavour to explain the uses to which some of the most common ...
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... applied to porcelain are the same as those used in enamel painting ; and consist of metallic calces , which are the residue of metals , after calcination by fire , or solution by chemical processes . With design to form colours for ...
... applied to porcelain are the same as those used in enamel painting ; and consist of metallic calces , which are the residue of metals , after calcination by fire , or solution by chemical processes . With design to form colours for ...
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... applied , as in the coloured enamels , for the gilding . The painted and gilded porcelains are exposed to a fire capable of fusing the glass , with which the metallic colours are mixed . By this means they adhere , and acquire a gloss ...
... applied , as in the coloured enamels , for the gilding . The painted and gilded porcelains are exposed to a fire capable of fusing the glass , with which the metallic colours are mixed . By this means they adhere , and acquire a gloss ...
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Página 136 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy '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...
Página 136 - Half way 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' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Página 37 - The tea leaves, being gathered, are cured in houses which contain from five to ten or twenty small furnaces, about three feet high, each having at the top a large, flat, iron pan. There is also a long, low table, covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it. The iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
Página 156 - He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird, and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond.
Página 133 - They have besides a small line fastened to the body of the adventurer, by which he gives signals that they may lower or raise him, or shift him from place to place. The last operation is attended with great danger, by the...
Página 80 - Has roll'da mighty world, or shin'da sun : Stupendous thought ! how sinks all human race ! A point, an atom in the field of space ! Yet ev'n to us, O LORD, thy care extends, Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends ; Yet...
Página 38 - ... of their hands in one direction, while others are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer.
Página 38 - ... are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely preserved.
Página 181 - ... in that identical spot, whether it be in* a tree or in the crevice of a rock, or, as is most commonly the case, in the earth.