The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically Arranged;: With Lists of Select Books on Every Important Subject of Learning and Science; Designed for the Higher Classes in Schools, and for Young Persons in GeneralSherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813 - 645 עמודים |
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עמוד xiv
... ....... 394 395 399 ..... 402 .... 414 VII . MUSIC 420 PART VII . - PHYSICS . NATURAL HISTORY . CHAP . I. MINERAL KINGDOM IL VEGETABLE Kingdom 431 439 CHAP . HT . ANIMAL KINGDOM ...... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . xív CONTENTS .
... ....... 394 395 399 ..... 402 .... 414 VII . MUSIC 420 PART VII . - PHYSICS . NATURAL HISTORY . CHAP . I. MINERAL KINGDOM IL VEGETABLE Kingdom 431 439 CHAP . HT . ANIMAL KINGDOM ...... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . xív CONTENTS .
עמוד xv
... ANIMAL KINGDOM ...... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . CHAP . I. MECHANICS ...... 11. HYDROSTATICS III . HYDRAULICS IV . PNEUMATICS .... V. ACOUSTICS VI . METEOROLOGY ...... VII . OPTICS .... VIII . ASTRONOMY IX . MAGNETISM .. X. ELECTRICITY XI ...
... ANIMAL KINGDOM ...... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . CHAP . I. MECHANICS ...... 11. HYDROSTATICS III . HYDRAULICS IV . PNEUMATICS .... V. ACOUSTICS VI . METEOROLOGY ...... VII . OPTICS .... VIII . ASTRONOMY IX . MAGNETISM .. X. ELECTRICITY XI ...
עמוד 61
... animal- culæ should perish through their neglect ; who raise hospi tals for sick monkeys , and build repositories ... animals had temples erected to their honour ; and the reason for this shameless idolatry was , the supposition that the ...
... animal- culæ should perish through their neglect ; who raise hospi tals for sick monkeys , and build repositories ... animals had temples erected to their honour ; and the reason for this shameless idolatry was , the supposition that the ...
עמוד 98
... Animal , and Mineral Productions . ] The ve- getable productions of England are very numerous , and too well known to require any specification here . The cattle of England are the finest in the world , whether for food or for draught ...
... Animal , and Mineral Productions . ] The ve- getable productions of England are very numerous , and too well known to require any specification here . The cattle of England are the finest in the world , whether for food or for draught ...
עמוד 188
... animal , once common in this island , was extirpated . Ed- gar died in 971 . 24. Edward the Martyr , Edgar's eldest son , but 16 years of age , was crowned by Dunstan , at Kingston - upon Thames , in 973. He was stabbed by the ...
... animal , once common in this island , was extirpated . Ed- gar died in 971 . 24. Edward the Martyr , Edgar's eldest son , but 16 years of age , was crowned by Dunstan , at Kingston - upon Thames , in 973. He was stabbed by the ...
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עמוד 29 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
עמוד 516 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
עמוד 40 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
עמוד 76 - He sucks intelligence in every clime, And spreads the honey of his deep research At his return — a rich repast for me.
עמוד 28 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
עמוד 553 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us ; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching ; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear.
עמוד 22 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
עמוד 26 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
עמוד 24 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
עמוד 376 - Germany at the end of the Middle Ages. We leave out of our consideration those territories which at the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the fifteenth century...