The Saturday Magazine, Volume 17J. W. Parker, 1841 |
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Pagina 2
... equal to the wants of a noble or wealthy family . Bramshill was built for the highly accomplished and amiable Henry Frederick , Prince of Wales , the eldest son of King James the First ; and his coronet still surmounts the pediment in ...
... equal to the wants of a noble or wealthy family . Bramshill was built for the highly accomplished and amiable Henry Frederick , Prince of Wales , the eldest son of King James the First ; and his coronet still surmounts the pediment in ...
Pagina 4
... equal to a princely fortune . From the various names applied by the ancients to these bodies , it is often difficult to ascertain what particular stone is meant ; for they had no better mode of distinguishing them than by comparing ...
... equal to a princely fortune . From the various names applied by the ancients to these bodies , it is often difficult to ascertain what particular stone is meant ; for they had no better mode of distinguishing them than by comparing ...
Pagina 11
... equal to four grains . Now , instead of multiplying the weight in carats by the price per carat , the number of carats is first squared , or multiplied by itself , and then by the value of one carat . Hence , if a diamond of one carat ...
... equal to four grains . Now , instead of multiplying the weight in carats by the price per carat , the number of carats is first squared , or multiplied by itself , and then by the value of one carat . Hence , if a diamond of one carat ...
Pagina 12
... equal to about half the length of the axis . The stone is then fit to be cut into either a brilliant , or a rose diamond ; which are almost the only forms in which diamonds are now cut . In the rose diamond one of the pyramids is cut ...
... equal to about half the length of the axis . The stone is then fit to be cut into either a brilliant , or a rose diamond ; which are almost the only forms in which diamonds are now cut . In the rose diamond one of the pyramids is cut ...
Pagina 13
... equal thickness . Mr. Lowry the eminent engraver , who made this application of the diamond some years ago , caused his diamond etching points to be turned in a lathe , by holding a thin splinter of diamond against them as a chisel ...
... equal thickness . Mr. Lowry the eminent engraver , who made this application of the diamond some years ago , caused his diamond etching points to be turned in a lathe , by holding a thin splinter of diamond against them as a chisel ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 59 - And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Pagina 6 - I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphim : each one had six wings ; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said: — " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of His glory.
Pagina 26 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Pagina 133 - Ma.de vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out. ; And the clear voice symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife trinmphant still, — Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry ; the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Pagina 184 - The sooty films that play upon the bars Pendulous, and foreboding, in the view Of superstition, prophesying still, Though still deceived, some stranger's near approach.
Pagina 59 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Pagina 47 - And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Pagina 18 - Not unto us, not unto us, O Lord, but unto thy name be all the glory.
Pagina 59 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Pagina 182 - It is surprising in what countless swarms the bees have overspread the Far West within but a moderate number of years. The Indians consider them the harbinger of the white man, as the buffalo is of the red man; and say that in proportion as the bee advances, the Indian and buffalo retire.