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 16
... wood , leaving a space between which could be filled with steam . By this means the air was prevented from acting on the outside of the cylinder so as to cool it . A slight modification was also necessary in the mode of keeping the ...
... wood , leaving a space between which could be filled with steam . By this means the air was prevented from acting on the outside of the cylinder so as to cool it . A slight modification was also necessary in the mode of keeping the ...
Side 20
... wood placed above it to prevent ingress . Unable to overcome these obstacles , they were retiring , when the main body of the storming party came leaping into the ditch under a fire from the fort , bringing ladders fifteen feet long ...
... wood placed above it to prevent ingress . Unable to overcome these obstacles , they were retiring , when the main body of the storming party came leaping into the ditch under a fire from the fort , bringing ladders fifteen feet long ...
Side 21
... upwards of 30,000 men stationed round this town , among woods , and near convents and other suburban buildings outside the walls ; not all lying in a mass together , but a few thousand men here , and 21 . PICTURES OF WAR .
... upwards of 30,000 men stationed round this town , among woods , and near convents and other suburban buildings outside the walls ; not all lying in a mass together , but a few thousand men here , and 21 . PICTURES OF WAR .
Side 25
... wood , bars of iron , and bursting shells , the descending shower intersected slantwise by an iron sleet from the musketry of both flanks . Those who gained the top were thrust through with pikes and bayonets , and flung down ; some of ...
... wood , bars of iron , and bursting shells , the descending shower intersected slantwise by an iron sleet from the musketry of both flanks . Those who gained the top were thrust through with pikes and bayonets , and flung down ; some of ...
Side 27
... wood stuck full of leaden slugs , which scattered like hail when they were discharged . " In vain did the men , clambering over the treacherous planks , dash against the spiky barrier which guarded the breach . In vain did the rear ...
... wood stuck full of leaden slugs , which scattered like hail when they were discharged . " In vain did the men , clambering over the treacherous planks , dash against the spiky barrier which guarded the breach . In vain did the rear ...
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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...