Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Volume 16, Issue 136 - Volume 18, Issue 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 - Art |
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... seen , was a gift which seemed to be hereditary in the family . 66 At the time when Mr Watt took up his residence in Glasgow , there was a cluster of eminent men gathered together within the university , such as is rarely to be found ...
... seen , was a gift which seemed to be hereditary in the family . 66 At the time when Mr Watt took up his residence in Glasgow , there was a cluster of eminent men gathered together within the university , such as is rarely to be found ...
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... seen to be very great . Savary called his machine the " Miner's Friend ; " it seems , however , to have been used only for the purpose of raising water in houses . The next great contribution to the steam - engine came from a French ...
... seen to be very great . Savary called his machine the " Miner's Friend ; " it seems , however , to have been used only for the purpose of raising water in houses . The next great contribution to the steam - engine came from a French ...
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... seen the value of Mr Watt's labours during these twenty years . That which he had found a clumsy , weak , and boisterous appa- ratus , applicable only to the draining of mines , he had con- verted into a machine compact , calm , regular ...
... seen the value of Mr Watt's labours during these twenty years . That which he had found a clumsy , weak , and boisterous appa- ratus , applicable only to the draining of mines , he had con- verted into a machine compact , calm , regular ...
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... seen , had expressed the conclusion on paper as early as the 26th of April 1783 ; the question now would be , on the most favourable terms to Mr Cavendish , at what time previous to the summer of 1783 he had arrived at the conclusion ...
... seen , had expressed the conclusion on paper as early as the 26th of April 1783 ; the question now would be , on the most favourable terms to Mr Cavendish , at what time previous to the summer of 1783 he had arrived at the conclusion ...
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... seen of it is the spectacle of military array ; all that is felt from it is the burden of pay- ment . For these reasons , however , people are only the more apt to mistake its real character , and to think and speak lightly of what ...
... seen of it is the spectacle of military array ; all that is felt from it is the burden of pay- ment . For these reasons , however , people are only the more apt to mistake its real character , and to think and speak lightly of what ...
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Popular passages
Page 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...