The Saturday Magazine, Volume 6J. W. Parker, 1835 |
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... principal catastrophes to which they are subject are explosions , creeps , and drowning by water . One of the difficulties in sinking a shaft is that of passing through quicksands ; another is the immense quantities of water which are ...
... principal catastrophes to which they are subject are explosions , creeps , and drowning by water . One of the difficulties in sinking a shaft is that of passing through quicksands ; another is the immense quantities of water which are ...
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... principal mischief took place , has been enlarged by command of the British government , in order to facilitate the access to the river . An addi- tional flight of steps has been also built , so as to obviate all likelihood of a similar ...
... principal mischief took place , has been enlarged by command of the British government , in order to facilitate the access to the river . An addi- tional flight of steps has been also built , so as to obviate all likelihood of a similar ...
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... principal facts in Electro Chemistry , his attention was directed to one very important appli- cation of its power . This was , as to the means of preventing the corrosion of copper on ships , by the action of sea - water , which he ...
... principal facts in Electro Chemistry , his attention was directed to one very important appli- cation of its power . This was , as to the means of preventing the corrosion of copper on ships , by the action of sea - water , which he ...
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... principal works are his Sermons , Private Thoughts on Religion , and the Thesaurus Theologicus . Dr. THOMAS TANNER , who was placed over this diocese in 1732 , is principally known as an eminent antiquary , and as the author of ...
... principal works are his Sermons , Private Thoughts on Religion , and the Thesaurus Theologicus . Dr. THOMAS TANNER , who was placed over this diocese in 1732 , is principally known as an eminent antiquary , and as the author of ...
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... principal attendants , while others supported a canopy of curious workmanship over his head . Before him marched three officers , with rods of gold in their hands ; these they lifted up on high at certain intervals , and then all the ...
... principal attendants , while others supported a canopy of curious workmanship over his head . Before him marched three officers , with rods of gold in their hands ; these they lifted up on high at certain intervals , and then all the ...
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Page 6 - I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
Page 177 - The schoolboy, wandering through the wood To pull the primrose gay, Starts, the new voice of spring to hear, And imitates thy lay. What time the pea puts on the bloom, Thou fliest thy vocal vale, An annual guest in other lands, Another spring to hail. Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 14 - Key is always bright, as Poor Richard says. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for that' s the Stuff Life is made of, as Poor Richard says. -How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep ! forgetting that The sleeping Fox catches no Poultry, and that there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, as Poor Richard says.
Page 14 - He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 93 - ... till the whole firmament was in a glow. The blueness of the ether was exceedingly heightened and enlivened by the season of the year, and by the rays of all those luminaries that passed through it. The galaxy appeared in its most beautiful white. To complete the scene, the full moon rose at length in that clouded majesty...
Page 14 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, Diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 14 - He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honour,' as Poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve ; for ' at the working man's house hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 6 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 221 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 69 - ... the night threatened to be very uncomfortable, for the wind rose, and there was great appearance of a heavy rain ; and the wild beasts are so very numerous in the neighbourhood, that I should have been under the necessity of climbing up the tree, and resting among the branches.