The North British Review, Volume 24W.P. Kennedy, 1855 |
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... least , they are things long and know it or not ; and they are doing it in well known among the skilled workmen in various ways ; and if this fact were not that line . The fact , the law , in the one case , is merely known as it is ...
... least , they are things long and know it or not ; and they are doing it in well known among the skilled workmen in various ways ; and if this fact were not that line . The fact , the law , in the one case , is merely known as it is ...
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... least , be performed by cheap hand labour . Ma- there was little room , either to look for , or chines of this class seldom attract much at- even to desire , any material improvements . tention : they are thought of often as being ...
... least , be performed by cheap hand labour . Ma- there was little room , either to look for , or chines of this class seldom attract much at- even to desire , any material improvements . tention : they are thought of often as being ...
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... least smear of oil causes it to " buckle up " and all is spoilt . Under one operation a bathing with milk is good , in an- other a touch of the workman's saliva is more effective than anything else . The tool you apply to it must be ...
... least smear of oil causes it to " buckle up " and all is spoilt . Under one operation a bathing with milk is good , in an- other a touch of the workman's saliva is more effective than anything else . The tool you apply to it must be ...
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... least should be kept always in view , in an institute of the kind now before us . In the mathematical department no diva- rication takes place between the upper or more abstract studies , and the lower or ap plicate sciences . The ...
... least should be kept always in view , in an institute of the kind now before us . In the mathematical department no diva- rication takes place between the upper or more abstract studies , and the lower or ap plicate sciences . The ...
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... least , to grant it as unquestionable . Yet there is an aspect of the subject which is not likely to have attracted the attention of any but those who , in some way , have to come to stand in near proximity to manufacturing operations ...
... least , to grant it as unquestionable . Yet there is an aspect of the subject which is not likely to have attracted the attention of any but those who , in some way , have to come to stand in near proximity to manufacturing operations ...
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Page 19 - Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
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Page 239 - Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe All that I am in arts, all that I know, (How nothing's that?) to whom my country owes The great renown, and name wherewith she goes.
Page 35 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
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Page 35 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk ; VOL.
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