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 pages |
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... supports , turns freely in a circle ; and as far in the circle as the attached muscles permit the head to turn . Thus are both motions perfect , without inter- fering with each other . When we nod the head , we use the hinge - joint ...
... supports , turns freely in a circle ; and as far in the circle as the attached muscles permit the head to turn . Thus are both motions perfect , without inter- fering with each other . When we nod the head , we use the hinge - joint ...
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... supported himself by the labour of his hands ; and though his talents , had they been properly cultivated , might have qualified him for acting a distin- guished part on the theatre of life , he pursued " the noise- less tenor of his ...
... supported himself by the labour of his hands ; and though his talents , had they been properly cultivated , might have qualified him for acting a distin- guished part on the theatre of life , he pursued " the noise- less tenor of his ...
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... supported by a small fluted pillar , no bigger than a quill , are two umbrellas ; under the largest of which a bell is fixed , at a considerable distance from the clock , and seeming to have no connexion with it ; but from which a ...
... supported by a small fluted pillar , no bigger than a quill , are two umbrellas ; under the largest of which a bell is fixed , at a considerable distance from the clock , and seeming to have no connexion with it ; but from which a ...
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... supporting itself in the air . Many other automatons have been exhibited in the present age , some of which we shall describe here- after . Some figures have been formed that could write , and perform many other actions in imitation of ...
... supporting itself in the air . Many other automatons have been exhibited in the present age , some of which we shall describe here- after . Some figures have been formed that could write , and perform many other actions in imitation of ...
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... supporting its vast weight like so many columns ; and its feet are short , those before being broader and rounder than those behind , each of them defended by four hoofs . Its skin is very hard , especially on the breast ; its colour is ...
... supporting its vast weight like so many columns ; and its feet are short , those before being broader and rounder than those behind , each of them defended by four hoofs . Its skin is very hard , especially on the breast ; its colour is ...
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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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Page 385 - 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.
Page 423 - 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.
Page 124 - 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?
Page 385 - 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!
Page 223 - 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.
Page 288 - 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...
Page 124 - 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.
Page 419 - 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.
Page 385 - 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.
Page 124 - 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.