Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Bind 16,Oplag 136 –Bind 18,Oplag 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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Side 5
... appearance of such an apparatus in one of its simplest forms , would be one of those turnstiles , with four horizontal spokes , which are sometimes placed in by - paths . Were one of these revolving stiles made of iron , and hollow ...
... appearance of such an apparatus in one of its simplest forms , would be one of those turnstiles , with four horizontal spokes , which are sometimes placed in by - paths . Were one of these revolving stiles made of iron , and hollow ...
Side 16
... appearance , but of value in economising the consumption of fuel , was the enclosing of the cylinder in a jacket or external drum of wood , leaving a space between which could be filled with steam . By this means the air was prevented ...
... appearance , but of value in economising the consumption of fuel , was the enclosing of the cylinder in a jacket or external drum of wood , leaving a space between which could be filled with steam . By this means the air was prevented ...
Side 5
... appearance of the vessels , which , they did not doubt , would soon be seen making their way to the city by Lough Foyle . The month of May , however , passed without any assistance having arrived . The town's - people had been all the ...
... appearance of the vessels , which , they did not doubt , would soon be seen making their way to the city by Lough Foyle . The month of May , however , passed without any assistance having arrived . The town's - people had been all the ...
Side 11
... appearance of the country after an engagement with the Egyptian soldiery or Mamelukes , Miot observes " I rode through the midst of 3000 slaughtered Mamelukes . My horse trembled under me while I fixed my eyes on those poor victims of ...
... appearance of the country after an engagement with the Egyptian soldiery or Mamelukes , Miot observes " I rode through the midst of 3000 slaughtered Mamelukes . My horse trembled under me while I fixed my eyes on those poor victims of ...
Side 13
... appearance of ostentation , if there could be ostentation at such a moment . It need not be doubted that an Englishman lent a willing hand to bear them up the steps to their litters ; yet the slightest false step made them shriek out ...
... appearance of ostentation , if there could be ostentation at such a moment . It need not be doubted that an Englishman lent a willing hand to bear them up the steps to their litters ; yet the slightest false step made them shriek out ...
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Side 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Side 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Side 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Side 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Side 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Side 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Side 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Side 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...