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... inches in diameter . Its top is 9 feet 2 inches above the ground , and 75 feet above the mean level of the sea . A rainy day is one in which not less than one - hundredth of an inch falls . The Instruments have all been supplied by the ...
... inches in diameter . Its top is 9 feet 2 inches above the ground , and 75 feet above the mean level of the sea . A rainy day is one in which not less than one - hundredth of an inch falls . The Instruments have all been supplied by the ...
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... inches long at the bottom , and it is one foot six inches at the broadest part at the top . The wall was clearly designed to have been erected with two stone faces with a space between . This , we presume , was filled in with peat or ...
... inches long at the bottom , and it is one foot six inches at the broadest part at the top . The wall was clearly designed to have been erected with two stone faces with a space between . This , we presume , was filled in with peat or ...
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... inches . It is built with four huge blocks of granite , which when placed in position are propped by smaller stones to keep them so fixed . In this series , the upper stone is considerably broader than those beneath it . Consequently ...
... inches . It is built with four huge blocks of granite , which when placed in position are propped by smaller stones to keep them so fixed . In this series , the upper stone is considerably broader than those beneath it . Consequently ...
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... inches high , and is large enough for a mode- rately sized man to creep through without inconvenience . I have seen a stout man pass through it . A little to the west of this secret passage is a place where the stones have been removed ...
... inches high , and is large enough for a mode- rately sized man to creep through without inconvenience . I have seen a stout man pass through it . A little to the west of this secret passage is a place where the stones have been removed ...
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... inches and a half long by two inches broad . It was flat upon one side and keeled on the other , and was evidently applicable as a cutting blade when secured to a piece of curved stick , and formid- able as an axe or tomahawk . One of ...
... inches and a half long by two inches broad . It was flat upon one side and keeled on the other , and was evidently applicable as a cutting blade when secured to a piece of curved stick , and formid- able as an axe or tomahawk . One of ...
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Стр. 292 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
Стр. 433 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body as well as in the ' • * individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Стр. 326 - When we reflect on this struggle, we may console ourselves with the full belief, that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply.
Стр. 430 - ... absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral, or theological.
Стр. 442 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us.
Стр. 442 - For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Стр. 432 - Because extremes, as we all know, in every point which relates either to our duties or satisfactions in life, are destructive both to virtue and enjoyment. Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.
Стр. 104 - ... pulpit, words will not easily describe him. His delivery, though unconstrained, was not negligent; and, though forcible, was not turbulent ; disdaining anxious nicety of emphasis and laboured artifice of action, it captivated the hearer by its natural dignity, it roused the sluggish, and fixed the volatile, and detained the mind upon the subject without directing it to the speaker.
Стр. 43 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Стр. 380 - High actions, and high passions best describing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democracy, Shook the Arsenal and fulmined over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes...