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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... body of the fluid equal to its own weight . It is probable that the inhabitants of countries bordering on the sea , at first only ventured close along the shore , on a few planks fastened together , and pushed them- selves along by the ...
... body of the fluid equal to its own weight . It is probable that the inhabitants of countries bordering on the sea , at first only ventured close along the shore , on a few planks fastened together , and pushed them- selves along by the ...
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... bodies , and preventing their overturning , which , without this address , must continually happen , from their extreme light- ness . But , what is still more extraordinary , when this accident does occur , many of them have the ...
... bodies , and preventing their overturning , which , without this address , must continually happen , from their extreme light- ness . But , what is still more extraordinary , when this accident does occur , many of them have the ...
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... of knowing how such large bodies are removed into the water . MRS . HARCOURT . I commend a proper curiosity ; but , in future , before you ask a question , consider whether it be a reasonable one , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 15.
... of knowing how such large bodies are removed into the water . MRS . HARCOURT . I commend a proper curiosity ; but , in future , before you ask a question , consider whether it be a reasonable one , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 15.
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... bodies ; growing together ; it contains three cells , and opens into three parts at the top : the seeds are single , globose , and internally annulated . It is supposed that there is but one species of this tree , and that the dif ...
... bodies ; growing together ; it contains three cells , and opens into three parts at the top : the seeds are single , globose , and internally annulated . It is supposed that there is but one species of this tree , and that the dif ...
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... as a medicine , and is acknowledged to be a most powerful restorative to the spirits , after fatigue of body or mind . MRS . HARCOURT . The general use of it among the poor and laborious part of man- kind , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 39.
... as a medicine , and is acknowledged to be a most powerful restorative to the spirits , after fatigue of body or mind . MRS . HARCOURT . The general use of it among the poor and laborious part of man- kind , MENTAL IMPROVEMENT . 39.
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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.