Mental Improvement: Or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art. In a Series of Instructive ConversationsHarvey and Darton, Gracechurch-Street, 1828 - 243 pagina's |
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... Europe , as far north as Britain . The rivalship that sub- sisted between the states of Carthage and Rome for many years , ended in the total destruction of the former , and left Rome without a competitor . This celebrated city , in her ...
... Europe , as far north as Britain . The rivalship that sub- sisted between the states of Carthage and Rome for many years , ended in the total destruction of the former , and left Rome without a competitor . This celebrated city , in her ...
Pagina 10
... Europe patronised the early voyages of discovery ? MRS . HARCOURT . Had John II . of Portu- gal , listened to the proposal of Columbus , who was a native of Genoa , to give him encourage- ment to explore a passage to India , by sailing ...
... Europe patronised the early voyages of discovery ? MRS . HARCOURT . Had John II . of Portu- gal , listened to the proposal of Columbus , who was a native of Genoa , to give him encourage- ment to explore a passage to India , by sailing ...
Pagina 38
... country , to learn to infuse and serve it gracefully . It was introduced into Europe very early in the seventeenth century , by the Dutch East India Company . About the year 1666 , a quantity of it was imported 38 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
... country , to learn to infuse and serve it gracefully . It was introduced into Europe very early in the seventeenth century , by the Dutch East India Company . About the year 1666 , a quantity of it was imported 38 MENTAL IMPROVEMENT .
Pagina 58
... Europe , at Canton , they have scarcely any intercourse with the rest of the world . Missionaries from the society of the Jesuits , have , indeed , been admitted even into Pekin , their capital city , on account of their skill in ...
... Europe , at Canton , they have scarcely any intercourse with the rest of the world . Missionaries from the society of the Jesuits , have , indeed , been admitted even into Pekin , their capital city , on account of their skill in ...
Pagina 59
... Europe . From this source the most authentic information on the manufacture of porcelain has been obtained , and was sent to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . But , Sophia , I do not intend to intrude upon your province . We expect our ...
... Europe . From this source the most authentic information on the manufacture of porcelain has been obtained , and was sent to the Grand Duke of Tuscany . But , Sophia , I do not intend to intrude upon your province . We expect our ...
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Pagina 136 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Pagina 136 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Pagina 37 - The tea leaves, being gathered, are cured in houses which contain from five to ten or twenty small furnaces, about three feet high, each having at the top a large, flat, iron pan. There is also a long, low table, covered with mats, on which the leaves are laid, and rolled by workmen, who sit round it. The iron pan being heated to a certain degree by a little fire made in the furnace underneath, a few pounds of the...
Pagina 156 - He was a very merops apiaster, or bee-bird, and very injurious to men that kept bees; for he would slide into their bee-gardens, and, sitting down before the stools, would rap with his finger on the hives, and so take the bees as they came out. He has been known to overturn hives for the sake of honey, of which he was passionately fond.
Pagina 133 - They have besides a small line fastened to the body of the adventurer, by which he gives signals that they may lower or raise him, or shift him from place to place. The last operation is attended with great danger, by the...
Pagina 80 - Has roll'da mighty world, or shin'da sun : Stupendous thought ! how sinks all human race ! A point, an atom in the field of space ! Yet ev'n to us, O LORD, thy care extends, Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends ; Yet...
Pagina 38 - ... of their hands in one direction, while others are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer.
Pagina 38 - ... are fanning them, that they may cool the more speedily, and retain their curl the longer. This process is repeated two or three times, or oftener, before the tea is put into the stores, in order that all the moisture of the leaves may be thoroughly dissipated, and their curl more completely preserved.
Pagina 181 - ... in that identical spot, whether it be in* a tree or in the crevice of a rock, or, as is most commonly the case, in the earth.