The Guide to Knowledge, Volume 1William Pinnock proprietor; and published, 1833 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... living fish ; and to enable her to catch them with facility , Nature has not only provided her for that pur- pose with an admirable fishing spear , but also with an elastic bag to hoard up supplies for future wants . This apparatus ...
... living fish ; and to enable her to catch them with facility , Nature has not only provided her for that pur- pose with an admirable fishing spear , but also with an elastic bag to hoard up supplies for future wants . This apparatus ...
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... living creation , is THE WHALE . There are many species of whales , differing from each other in size , in power , and in habits ; but they all have this in common , that their blood is warm , that their breathings are by means of lungs ...
... living creation , is THE WHALE . There are many species of whales , differing from each other in size , in power , and in habits ; but they all have this in common , that their blood is warm , that their breathings are by means of lungs ...
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... living in villages consisting of one or two hundred houses , built without regularity or order ; these are generally defended by a wall . Some of the houses are large , and comparatively commodious , while others are mere hovels ...
... living in villages consisting of one or two hundred houses , built without regularity or order ; these are generally defended by a wall . Some of the houses are large , and comparatively commodious , while others are mere hovels ...
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... living in salt water , and others in fresh . The turtle belongs to the salt water division ; and if not the very largest of them , it is at least one of the largest . Its length is sometimes seven feet , and its weight from 700 to 800 ...
... living in salt water , and others in fresh . The turtle belongs to the salt water division ; and if not the very largest of them , it is at least one of the largest . Its length is sometimes seven feet , and its weight from 700 to 800 ...
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... Living by plunder , and surrounded by natural enemies , it requires that his organization should enable him to combat successfully against such a com- bination of difficulties . We accordingly find him gifted with powers especially ...
... Living by plunder , and surrounded by natural enemies , it requires that his organization should enable him to combat successfully against such a com- bination of difficulties . We accordingly find him gifted with powers especially ...
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Page 252 - Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Page 410 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear.
Page 252 - Where some, like magistrates correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Page 410 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 426 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 411 - To contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay...
Page 410 - ... but, by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Page 36 - To God's eternal house direct the way; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear, Seen in the galaxy, that milky way, Which nightly, as a circling zone, thou seest Powder'd with stars.
Page 81 - About the cart hear how the rout Of rural younglings raise the shout, Pressing before, some coming after, Those with a shout, and these with laughter. Some bless the cart, some kiss the sheaves, Some prank them up with oaken leaves...
Page 442 - the Deep Voice cried, " So long enjoyed, so oft misused — Alternate, in thy fickle pride, Desired, neglected, and accused? " Before my breath, like blazing flax, Man and his marvels pass away ; And changing empires wane and wax, Are founded, flourish, and decay. " Redeem mine hours — the space is brief — While in my glass the sand-grains shiver, And measureless thy joy or grief, When TIME and thou...