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, Том 17Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... pieces of ar- chitecture remaining of all antiquity . Authors and travellers have been exceedingly minute in their descriptions of these ruins ; and yet some of them have expressed themselves so differently from others , that , had they ...
... pieces of ar- chitecture remaining of all antiquity . Authors and travellers have been exceedingly minute in their descriptions of these ruins ; and yet some of them have expressed themselves so differently from others , that , had they ...
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... piece of treachery , Abbas considerably enlarged his dominions , and re- pelled two dangerous invasions of the Turks . He attempted also to promote commerce , and civilise his subjects ; but stained all his great ac- tions by abominable ...
... piece of treachery , Abbas considerably enlarged his dominions , and re- pelled two dangerous invasions of the Turks . He attempted also to promote commerce , and civilise his subjects ; but stained all his great ac- tions by abominable ...
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... piece should be seen . But in choosing this point , which is called.the point of sight , regard should be had to its situation to the right or left of the middle of the canvas ; but , above all things , to its distance and height with ...
... piece should be seen . But in choosing this point , which is called.the point of sight , regard should be had to its situation to the right or left of the middle of the canvas ; but , above all things , to its distance and height with ...
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... piece of pavement , consisting of twenty - five pieces of marble , each a foot square : it must be measured exactly , and laid regularly down upon paper ; and for the sake of a more distinct notion how every particular square will ...
... piece of pavement , consisting of twenty - five pieces of marble , each a foot square : it must be measured exactly , and laid regularly down upon paper ; and for the sake of a more distinct notion how every particular square will ...
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... piece HZ , in which is a groove for receiving the sliding piece Q. In this slider is a small holer for the eye to look through in using the machine : and there is a long slit in H Z , to let the hole r be seen through when the eye is ...
... piece HZ , in which is a groove for receiving the sliding piece Q. In this slider is a small holer for the eye to look through in using the machine : and there is a long slit in H Z , to let the hole r be seen through when the eye is ...
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Стр. 392 - Yon cottager who weaves at her own door, Pillow and bobbins all her little store, Content though mean, and cheerful, if not gay, Shuffling her threads about the live-long day, Just earns a scanty pittance, and at night Lies down secure, her heart and pocket light...
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Стр. 68 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
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