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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... ship - chandler ; but in addition to these , he engaged in house and ship - building , and general trading . The failure of some of his commercial speculations deprived him , long before his death , of a great part of the fortune which ...
... ship - chandler ; but in addition to these , he engaged in house and ship - building , and general trading . The failure of some of his commercial speculations deprived him , long before his death , of a great part of the fortune which ...
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... in existence , " says M. Arago , 66 some small instruments , which were at this time made entirely by Watt's own hand , and they are of very exquisite workman- ship . I may add that his son has lately 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT .
... in existence , " says M. Arago , 66 some small instruments , which were at this time made entirely by Watt's own hand , and they are of very exquisite workman- ship . I may add that his son has lately 4 LIFE OF JAMES WATT .
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William Chambers, Robert Chambers. ship . I may add that his son has lately shown me some of his first designs , and that they are truly remarkable for the delicacy and precision of the drawing . It was not without reason that Watt used ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers. ship . I may add that his son has lately shown me some of his first designs , and that they are truly remarkable for the delicacy and precision of the drawing . It was not without reason that Watt used ...
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... Ships on the high seas , laden with valuable cargoes , are taken , burnt , or wrecked . Whole countries are laid waste only by the passing of an immense army ; houses are defaced , furniture broken in pieces , the stores of families ...
... Ships on the high seas , laden with valuable cargoes , are taken , burnt , or wrecked . Whole countries are laid waste only by the passing of an immense army ; houses are defaced , furniture broken in pieces , the stores of families ...
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... ships , and conveyed them to Sidon . Fifteen thousand were thus saved from the rage of the Macedonians , and yet the slaughter was very great ; for Alexander , upon his first entering the city , put eight thousand men to the sword ; and ...
... ships , and conveyed them to Sidon . Fifteen thousand were thus saved from the rage of the Macedonians , and yet the slaughter was very great ; for Alexander , upon his first entering the city , put eight thousand men to the sword ; and ...
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Africa afterwards Albert Durer Alexander Selkirk animal animalcules appeared artist Badajoz beautiful birds British called captain Celts Cinque Ports coast colour Corregio Cortes cylinder death delight doth Dupleix England English eyes father favour Florence French Gabri gave gipsies give gold Grandville Grinton hand heard heart Highlands honour India iron island Jews John Faa kind king Kirk Yetholm labour land learned leave lived look Lord Love-Truth master means ment metal Mexican mind Montezuma mother native nature never Niger night painted passed persons poor possessed present prince received sail Scotland Scott Selkirk ship slaves soon Spaniards specific gravity steam subahdar sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion Titian took town truth vessel Villa Rica Watt whole young youth
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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...