The Wonders of Nature and Art: Comprising Upwards of Three Hundred of the Most Remarkable Curiosities and Phenomena in the Known World ; with an Appendix of Interesting Experiments, in Different Arts and Sciences, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young PeopleJ. Chidley, 1838 - 568 ページ |
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... ascend- ing through the body of the figure , terminated in three small reservoirs in its trunk ; these they united into one , which ascending to the throat , formed the cavity of the mouth To each of the three pipes three pairs of ...
... ascend- ing through the body of the figure , terminated in three small reservoirs in its trunk ; these they united into one , which ascending to the throat , formed the cavity of the mouth To each of the three pipes three pairs of ...
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... the separators are per- forated steam pipes , which ascend nearly to the tops , these tops being of course closed so as to prevent the escape of the steam . Through these pipes the steam 46 WONDERS OF NATURE AND ART .
... the separators are per- forated steam pipes , which ascend nearly to the tops , these tops being of course closed so as to prevent the escape of the steam . Through these pipes the steam 46 WONDERS OF NATURE AND ART .
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... ascend the beams and rafters of the building ; it was not without some trouble that it was taken , and we then remarked the prodigious strength of the animal , the assistance of four men being necessary , in order to hold it in such a ...
... ascend the beams and rafters of the building ; it was not without some trouble that it was taken , and we then remarked the prodigious strength of the animal , the assistance of four men being necessary , in order to hold it in such a ...
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... ascend to the top , it is probable he dilates himself , and so forces the water out of his boat , by which evacuation it becomes specifically lighter than the water , and consequently rises to the surface . Thus the animal steers his ...
... ascend to the top , it is probable he dilates himself , and so forces the water out of his boat , by which evacuation it becomes specifically lighter than the water , and consequently rises to the surface . Thus the animal steers his ...
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... ascend to the tops of these trees as to climb the steps of a ladder . Wherever the date tree is found in these dreary deserts , it not only presents a supply of salutary The leaves of these trees , when grown to a size for bearing fruit ...
... ascend to the tops of these trees as to climb the steps of a ladder . Wherever the date tree is found in these dreary deserts , it not only presents a supply of salutary The leaves of these trees , when grown to a size for bearing fruit ...
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adorned ancient animal appearance arches ascend beautiful bees body bottom breadth bridge built called carried cavern centre chapel church colour columns Corinthian order covered curious descend diameter distance earth earthquake erected extremely fall feet high figure fire flame four gold grotto ground half head height HENRY JENKINS Henry VIII horses Inchcape Rock inches inhabitants island king lake lava length light London Bridge Magic Square magnificent manner marble middle miles motion Mount Etna MOUNT VESUVIUS mountain nature noise observed ornaments passage person piece pilasters pillars prodigious quantity remarkable resembling rises river river Thames rock roof ruins sand side silver Sir William Hamilton SMITH'S Wonders snow sometimes spiracles spring square stands stone Stonehenge subterraneous sulphur surface temple thick tion Tower travellers trees vapours vast vessel volcano wall whence whole wind yards
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385 ページ - On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
423 ページ - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
124 ページ - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
385 ページ - Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell. " They hear no sound ; the swell is strong ; Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock: " O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!
223 ページ - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, And satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, And dragons in their pleasant palaces: And her time is near to come, And her days shall not be prolonged.
288 ページ - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
124 ページ - He giveth snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his cold ? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
419 ページ - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
385 ページ - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea: The ship was still as she could be; Her sails from heaven received no motion; Her keel was steady in the ocean. Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.
124 ページ - God thundereth marvellously with his voice ; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.