Pocket Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Polite Literature, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, 1811 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... feet formed for perching , having three toes forwards and one backwards ; toes warty under the joints ; claws hooked and sharp pointed ; body muscular ; flesh tough and not fit to be eaten ; food , the carcasses of other animals , which ...
... feet formed for perching , having three toes forwards and one backwards ; toes warty under the joints ; claws hooked and sharp pointed ; body muscular ; flesh tough and not fit to be eaten ; food , the carcasses of other animals , which ...
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... feet long , and press with the thumbs or fingers the ends of the flannel into your ears , while you swing the poker against an iron fender , and you will hear a sound like that of a very heavy church bell . These experiments prove that ...
... feet long , and press with the thumbs or fingers the ends of the flannel into your ears , while you swing the poker against an iron fender , and you will hear a sound like that of a very heavy church bell . These experiments prove that ...
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... feet , or little more than four miles and a half . Again , if I see a vivid flash of lightning , and in two seconds hear a tremendous clap of thunder , I know that the thunder cloud is not more than 760 yards from the place where I am ...
... feet , or little more than four miles and a half . Again , if I see a vivid flash of lightning , and in two seconds hear a tremendous clap of thunder , I know that the thunder cloud is not more than 760 yards from the place where I am ...
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... feet and a half each ; but , in different countries , the length of the pole varies , from the statute measure of sixteen feet and a half , to twenty - eight : these several lengths are called customary measures . In Scotland , the acre ...
... feet and a half each ; but , in different countries , the length of the pole varies , from the statute measure of sixteen feet and a half , to twenty - eight : these several lengths are called customary measures . In Scotland , the acre ...
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... the Montgolfiers , considerable paper - manufacturers of Annonay , in France , raised a fine silk bag , of an elongated oval shape , to the height of seventy feet . M. Pilatre - de - Rozier , who afterward fell 26 AER.
... the Montgolfiers , considerable paper - manufacturers of Annonay , in France , raised a fine silk bag , of an elongated oval shape , to the height of seventy feet . M. Pilatre - de - Rozier , who afterward fell 26 AER.
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Popular passages
Page 51 - Zodiac are Aries : Taurus : Gemini : Cancer : Leo : Virgo : Libra : Scorpio : Sagittarius...
Page 116 - PRINTER to learn his Art and with him after the Manner of an Apprentice to serve...
Page 123 - We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God.
Page 164 - His lordship thought also in this present fable to have composed a frame of laws, or of the best state or mould of a commonwealth ; but foreseeing it would be a long work, his desire of collecting the natural history diverted him, which he preferred many degrees before it.
Page 111 - God, (r) or should assert or maintain there are more gods than one, or should deny the Christian religion to be true, or the Holy Scriptures to be of divine authority...
Page 359 - And, lastly, (which alone would have merited the title that it bears, of the great charter,) it protected every individual of the nation in the free enjoyment of his life, his liberty, and his property, unless declared to be forfeited by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 339 - On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, and, at last, ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was...
Page 124 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Page 51 - The ram, the bull, the heavenly twins, And next the crab the lion shines, The virgin and the scales, The scorpion, archer, and sea-goat, The man that holds the watering-pot, And fish with glittering tails.
Page 428 - ... 3. In most places he had a power of devising lands by will, before the statute for that purpose was made. 4. The lands descend not to the eldest, youngest, or any one son only, but to all the sons together; which was indeed anciently the most usual course of descent all over England, though in particular places particular customs prevailed.