Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science: Illustrated with 100 Plates, Volumen 31815 |
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... wind 367 xi . On Sweetening Sea - Water 368 xii . On Embankments , Piers , Harbours , and gaining Land from the Sea 375 xiii . Table of Heights from the Level of the Sea 383 XXXIII . Out ine of Hydrostatics 385 SECT . i . General ...
... wind 367 xi . On Sweetening Sea - Water 368 xii . On Embankments , Piers , Harbours , and gaining Land from the Sea 375 xiii . Table of Heights from the Level of the Sea 383 XXXIII . Out ine of Hydrostatics 385 SECT . i . General ...
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... wind , and indeed during great part of the month little wiud at all . And this is also a fact that it is im❤ possible for us to account for . The enquiry therefore is involved in great difficulty . In the beginning of the late century ...
... wind , and indeed during great part of the month little wiud at all . And this is also a fact that it is im❤ possible for us to account for . The enquiry therefore is involved in great difficulty . In the beginning of the late century ...
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... . The Kian - ku rises in the vicinity of the sources of the Hoanho ; but according to the received accounts and maps , about 200 miles further to the west , and winds nearly as far 12 SPRINGS , RIVERS , CANALS , LAKES ,
... . The Kian - ku rises in the vicinity of the sources of the Hoanho ; but according to the received accounts and maps , about 200 miles further to the west , and winds nearly as far 12 SPRINGS , RIVERS , CANALS , LAKES ,
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Illustrated with 100 Plates E. Polehamton. further to the west , and winds nearly as far to the south as the Hoan . ho does to the north . After washing the walls of Nankin , it enters the sea about 100 miles to the south of the Hoauho ...
Illustrated with 100 Plates E. Polehamton. further to the west , and winds nearly as far to the south as the Hoan . ho does to the north . After washing the walls of Nankin , it enters the sea about 100 miles to the south of the Hoauho ...
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... Winds in progressive majesty along : Through splendid kingdoms now devolves his maze , Now wanders wild o'er solitary tracts Of life - deserted sand ; till , glad to quit The joyless desert , down the Nubian rocks From thund'ring steep ...
... Winds in progressive majesty along : Through splendid kingdoms now devolves his maze , Now wanders wild o'er solitary tracts Of life - deserted sand ; till , glad to quit The joyless desert , down the Nubian rocks From thund'ring steep ...
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Página 32 - 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.
Página 267 - The bosom of the mountains spreading here into a broad basin, discovers in the midst Grasmere Water ; its margin is hollowed into small bays, with bold eminences, some of rock, some of soft turf, that half conceal and vary the figure of the little lake they command ; from the shore a low promontory pushes itself far into the water, and on it stands a white village with the parish...
Página 245 - No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round polish'd pebbles spread ; While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch of the tide ; The ruthless pike, intent on war, The silver eel, and mottled par. Devolving from thy parent lake, A charming maze thy waters make, By bowers of birch and groves of pine. And hedges flower'd with eglantine.
Página 50 - Dares stretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rushing water ; scarce she dares attempt The sea-like Plata ; to whose dread expanse, Continuous depth, and wondrous length of course, Our floods are rills.
Página 47 - Cubagua; whence he sailed to Spain. The vanity natural to travellers who visit regions unknown to the rest of mankind, and the art of an adventurer, solicitous to magnify his own merit, concurred in prompting him to mingle an extraordinary proportion of the marvellous in the narrative of his voyage. He pretended to have discovered nations so rich, that the roofs of their temples were covered with plates of gold ; and described a republic of women, so warlike and powerful, as to have extended their...
Página 267 - Not a single red tile, no flaring gentleman's house or garden walls, break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise ; but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest and most becoming attire.
Página 31 - Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold * : His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore, O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing, And hatches plenty for th...
Página 82 - ... naturally begin to flow on such hours of the day as the snow begins to melt ; but as soon as the sun leaves it again to freeze and harden, the fountain dries up, and receives no more supplies till about the same time the next day, when the heat of the sun again sets the snows a running, that fall into the same little conduits, traces, and canals, and by consequence break out and discover themselves always in the same place. EDITOR. 2. Comian Spring. PLINY TO LICINIUS. I HAVE brought you, as a...
Página 245 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen : And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil ; And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard 1 [S
Página 31 - But godlike his unwearied bounty flows, First loves to do, then loves the good he does ; Nor are his blessings to his banks confin'd, But free and common as the sea or wind...