A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, כרך 4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 1
... islands . The passage- boats cross in summer from Nyborg in Funen to Corsoer in Zealand , a distance of fifteen miles , in the course of three or four hours . In the middle of the passage is the small island of Sprogoe . Vessels passing ...
... islands . The passage- boats cross in summer from Nyborg in Funen to Corsoer in Zealand , a distance of fifteen miles , in the course of three or four hours . In the middle of the passage is the small island of Sprogoe . Vessels passing ...
עמוד 4
... island , about nine miles in length , and nearly the same in breadth . soil is sandy , and unproductive . Great ... islands of North and South Uist . Long.8 ° 10 ′ W. , lat . 57 ° 26 ' N. BENBOW ( John ) , an English admiral , born about ...
... island , about nine miles in length , and nearly the same in breadth . soil is sandy , and unproductive . Great ... islands of North and South Uist . Long.8 ° 10 ′ W. , lat . 57 ° 26 ' N. BENBOW ( John ) , an English admiral , born about ...
עמוד 6
... Island of Sumatra , on the south - west coast . Lat . 3 ° 50 ′ S. , long . 102 ° 3 ' E. The lands for this settlement were taken pos session of , by treaty with the natives , so far back as 1685 ; and in 1698 this settlement had al ...
... Island of Sumatra , on the south - west coast . Lat . 3 ° 50 ′ S. , long . 102 ° 3 ' E. The lands for this settlement were taken pos session of , by treaty with the natives , so far back as 1685 ; and in 1698 this settlement had al ...
עמוד 22
... island , Sagor island , ( Gangá - ságara , i . e . the confluence of the Ganges and the ocean , ) about twenty miles in length and five in breadth , is so intersected by creeks that its precise limits are difficult to define . It lies ...
... island , Sagor island , ( Gangá - ságara , i . e . the confluence of the Ganges and the ocean , ) about twenty miles in length and five in breadth , is so intersected by creeks that its precise limits are difficult to define . It lies ...
עמוד 23
... island east and west ; two miles in length by half a mile in breadth ; and , from the decreasing depth of the channel betwen it and Sagor , it is highly proba- ble that before any very considerable lapse of time the two islands will be ...
... island east and west ; two miles in length by half a mile in breadth ; and , from the decreasing depth of the channel betwen it and Sagor , it is highly proba- ble that before any very considerable lapse of time the two islands will be ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 297 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
עמוד 373 - Mrs., or rather Miss Manley, for she was never married, is best known as the authoress of the ' New Atalantis,' a scandalous work, which she published at the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century.
עמוד 82 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
עמוד 254 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
עמוד 270 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
עמוד 184 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
עמוד 2 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
עמוד 244 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
עמוד 227 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
עמוד 280 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.