A 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 20Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 - Aeronautics |
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... tail 10,000 and up- wards ; a single fruit , or seed vessel of tobacco , contains 1000 seeds ; that of white poppy 8000 Mr. Ray relates , from experiments made by him- self , that 1012 tobacco - seeds are equal in weight to one grain ...
... tail 10,000 and up- wards ; a single fruit , or seed vessel of tobacco , contains 1000 seeds ; that of white poppy 8000 Mr. Ray relates , from experiments made by him- self , that 1012 tobacco - seeds are equal in weight to one grain ...
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... tail leap out of the water . They are gregarious , and swift in their motions : they take their prey by means of their arms , and , embracing it , bring it to their central mouth . They adhere to the rocks , when they wish to be ...
... tail leap out of the water . They are gregarious , and swift in their motions : they take their prey by means of their arms , and , embracing it , bring it to their central mouth . They adhere to the rocks , when they wish to be ...
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... tail of the lizard , but they want legs to walk with ; they have the crawling mo- tion of the worm , but , unlike that animal , they have lungs to breathe with : like all the reptile kind , they are resentful when offended ; and na ...
... tail of the lizard , but they want legs to walk with ; they have the crawling mo- tion of the worm , but , unlike that animal , they have lungs to breathe with : like all the reptile kind , they are resentful when offended ; and na ...
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... tail , and darting thence to its The full extent : then , carrying the tail as quick as lightning to the head , coiling and darting again and thus proceeding with extreme rapidity without ever quitting the ground . Though all serpents ...
... tail , and darting thence to its The full extent : then , carrying the tail as quick as lightning to the head , coiling and darting again and thus proceeding with extreme rapidity without ever quitting the ground . Though all serpents ...
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... tail of the serpent ; a similar fiction of a black forked tongue which the serpent vibrates on both sides , while others , affecting an air of superior discernment , have ascribed the noxious effects to the teeth in gene- ral ; these ...
... tail of the serpent ; a similar fiction of a black forked tongue which the serpent vibrates on both sides , while others , affecting an air of superior discernment , have ascribed the noxious effects to the teeth in gene- ral ; these ...
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Page 167 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 136 - But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Page 135 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, — at least above all modern writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Page 135 - A parliament member, a justice of peace, At home a poor scarecrow, at London an asse, If lowsie is Lucy, as some volke miscalle it, Then Lucy is lowsie, whatever befall it. He thinks himself great ; Yet an asse in his state, We allow, by his ears, but with asses to mate. If Lucy is lowsie as some volke miscall it, Then sing lowsie Lucy whatever befall it.
Page 409 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 416 - The endeavour of this present breath may buy That honour, which shall bate his scythe's keen edge, And make us heirs of all eternity. Therefore, brave conquerors ! — for so you are, That -war against your own affections, And the huge army of the world's desires...
Page 58 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty...
Page 426 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, And bid alternate passions fall and rise!
Page 136 - ... field, and sometimes among the manufactures of the shop. There is however proof enough that he was a very diligent reader, nor was our language then so indigent of books, but that he might very liberally indulge his curiosity without excursion into foreign literature. Many of the Roman authors were...
Page 58 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.