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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... HARCOURT . OUR late conversations on the subject of the various kinds of timber , have led me to consider their extensive use in the building of ships ; whether for the purpose of conveying us to the distant regions of the earth , or ...
... HARCOURT . OUR late conversations on the subject of the various kinds of timber , have led me to consider their extensive use in the building of ships ; whether for the purpose of conveying us to the distant regions of the earth , or ...
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... HARCOURT . There are many causes why a savage should perform acts of skill and dexterity , in a manner superior to a person whose mind has been enriched by the cultiva- tion of science ; but there can exist no instance of ignorance ...
... HARCOURT . There are many causes why a savage should perform acts of skill and dexterity , in a manner superior to a person whose mind has been enriched by the cultiva- tion of science ; but there can exist no instance of ignorance ...
Pagina 8
... HARCOURT . Seldom to a greater dis- tance from shore than four leagues . They weave mats with rushes , of which they make the sails . On returning from a voyage , the canoes are not left in the water , but drawn on shore , and suspended ...
... HARCOURT . Seldom to a greater dis- tance from shore than four leagues . They weave mats with rushes , of which they make the sails . On returning from a voyage , the canoes are not left in the water , but drawn on shore , and suspended ...
Pagina 13
... HARCOURT . The progress of com- merce and navigation naturally keep pace together . Trade first gave occasion to the * A hide of land was formerly reckoned 100 acres . VOL . II . C fitting out of large fleets of ships , and as MENTAL ...
... HARCOURT . The progress of com- merce and navigation naturally keep pace together . Trade first gave occasion to the * A hide of land was formerly reckoned 100 acres . VOL . II . C fitting out of large fleets of ships , and as MENTAL ...
Pagina 15
... HARCOURT . This is an answer to your enquiry , Henry , how they contrived to build ships upon the water . Had you reflected a moment , you would not have asked such a silly question . HENRY . I asked without considering that it would be ...
... HARCOURT . This is an answer to your enquiry , Henry , how they contrived to build ships upon the water . Had you reflected a moment , you would not have asked such a silly question . HENRY . I asked without considering that it would be ...
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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.