Our home islands [by T. Milner, Volume 31857 |
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... rock , with good drainage , is the best method of forming a hard and compact crust ; and the rare distinction has been conferred upon him , in allusion to this plan , of his name being perpetuated in the familiar verb to macadamize . He ...
... rock , with good drainage , is the best method of forming a hard and compact crust ; and the rare distinction has been conferred upon him , in allusion to this plan , of his name being perpetuated in the familiar verb to macadamize . He ...
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... rock ; and where the level has not been favourable , flag - stones appear to have been used to make the rough places plain , by filling up the inequalities . The . object in view was obviously to diminish friction , and render draught ...
... rock ; and where the level has not been favourable , flag - stones appear to have been used to make the rough places plain , by filling up the inequalities . The . object in view was obviously to diminish friction , and render draught ...
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... rock forms complete natural walls on both sides ; but where it descends to the underlying blue shale , a portion of this had to be scooped out , and replaced with artificial walls con- tinuing the superior natural ones to the required ...
... rock forms complete natural walls on both sides ; but where it descends to the underlying blue shale , a portion of this had to be scooped out , and replaced with artificial walls con- tinuing the superior natural ones to the required ...
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... rocks have an inland inclination , form- ing little bays , the railway is carried on sea - walls over the pebbly beach , sufficiently strong to resist the action of the waves , and high enough to be out of the reach of their spray . The ...
... rocks have an inland inclination , form- ing little bays , the railway is carried on sea - walls over the pebbly beach , sufficiently strong to resist the action of the waves , and high enough to be out of the reach of their spray . The ...
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... rocks are often deeply indented with caverns ; and sometimes these perforations extend completely through them , in the form of great natural shafts , open to the day - light at both ends . Though passable , they lack regularity and ...
... rocks are often deeply indented with caverns ; and sometimes these perforations extend completely through them , in the form of great natural shafts , open to the day - light at both ends . Though passable , they lack regularity and ...
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Page 115 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 53 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 243 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 64 - It was not an easy task for me to keep the engine down to ten miles an hour, but it must be done, and I did my best.
Page 209 - our astronomical observer" at a salary of £100 per annum, his duty being "forthwith to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying the tables of the motions of the heavens and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting the art of navigation.
Page 151 - Far in the bosom of the deep, O-er these wild shelves my watch I keep; A ruddy gem of changeful light, Bound on the dusky brow of night: The seaman bids my lustre hail, And scorns to strike his tim'rous sail.
Page 60 - Suppose, now, one of these engines to be going along a railroad at the rate of nine or ten miles an hour, and that a cow were to stray upon the line and get in the way of the engine ; would not that, think you, be a very awkward circumstance ? "
Page 247 - BUT yesterday a naked sod The dandies sneered from Rotten Row, And cantered o'er it to and fro : And see 'tis done ! As though 'twere by a wizard's rod A blazing arch of lucid glass Leaps like a fountain from the grass To meet the sun...
Page 138 - As you enter the dock, the sight of the forest of masts in the distance, and the tall chimneys vomiting clouds of black smoke, and the manycoloured flags flying in the air, has a most peculiar effect; while the sheds, with the monster wheels arching through the roofs, look like the paddle-boxes of huge steamers.
Page 64 - I was in education, and made up my mind that he should not labour under the same defect, but that I would put him to a good school, and give him a liberal training. I was, however, a poor man; and how do you think I managed ? I betook myself to mending my neighbours...