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 14
... remained uncondensed , and , by its elasticity , impeded the descent of the piston , lessening the power of the stroke . Again , when the steam rushed into the cylinder from the boiler , it found the cylinder cold , in consequence of ...
... remained uncondensed , and , by its elasticity , impeded the descent of the piston , lessening the power of the stroke . Again , when the steam rushed into the cylinder from the boiler , it found the cylinder cold , in consequence of ...
Side 4
... remained to offer a defence , while the whole of the guns which could be brought to bear on the enemy was only twenty in number . Deserted by their proper commander , the defenders placed the management of affairs in the hands of a ...
... remained to offer a defence , while the whole of the guns which could be brought to bear on the enemy was only twenty in number . Deserted by their proper commander , the defenders placed the management of affairs in the hands of a ...
Side 16
... remained erect ; and as the broken girdle fell from the heroic city , the besiegers started at the view of her naked strength . The regular defences had indeed crumbled before the skill of the assailants , but the popular resistance was ...
... remained erect ; and as the broken girdle fell from the heroic city , the besiegers started at the view of her naked strength . The regular defences had indeed crumbled before the skill of the assailants , but the popular resistance was ...
Side 17
... remained untaken ; and before any considerable impression could be made upon it , new mines must be dug , new assaults made , and thousands more must be the victims - some , their white skins pierced with the small blue bullet mark ...
... remained untaken ; and before any considerable impression could be made upon it , new mines must be dug , new assaults made , and thousands more must be the victims - some , their white skins pierced with the small blue bullet mark ...
Side 20
... remained in it with perfect con- venience even to the general himself ! A few days after the battle of Albuera , Badajoz was rein- vested . Phillipon , the governor of the town , had employed the interval of repose in strengthening the ...
... remained in it with perfect con- venience even to the general himself ! A few days after the battle of Albuera , Badajoz was rein- vested . Phillipon , the governor of the town , had employed the interval of repose in strengthening the ...
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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...