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The shaft is now sunk to the depth of 500 feet , being 40 feet in the chalk , and
within 60 feet of the extreme depth required by the contract to be attained . By dint
of great exertion on the part of the contractors , engineer , and workmen , the
shaft ...
The shaft is now sunk to the depth of 500 feet , being 40 feet in the chalk , and
within 60 feet of the extreme depth required by the contract to be attained . By dint
of great exertion on the part of the contractors , engineer , and workmen , the
shaft ...
Página 191
After passing over the great aqueduct , the main duct runs under ground for half a
mile , is carried across the « Estrada do arco Cavalho " on seven arches of 40
feet span each , on the south side of which it continues beneath the surface , until
...
After passing over the great aqueduct , the main duct runs under ground for half a
mile , is carried across the « Estrada do arco Cavalho " on seven arches of 40
feet span each , on the south side of which it continues beneath the surface , until
...
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many miles in breadth , which rendered it inaccessible . The passage southward
was closed in Lal . 78 by a barrier of ice 150 feet high , which was traced for 300
miles east of Victoria Land . Ice - bergs were encountered in numbers , after they
...
many miles in breadth , which rendered it inaccessible . The passage southward
was closed in Lal . 78 by a barrier of ice 150 feet high , which was traced for 300
miles east of Victoria Land . Ice - bergs were encountered in numbers , after they
...
Página 537
At the great horse fairs of Ballinasloe , the parish pound , six feet in height , forms
the trial leap for the high - priced horses ; and Mr . Blaine mentions an Irish half -
bred mare that leaped a wall of seven feet high , built for the purpose , in the ...
At the great horse fairs of Ballinasloe , the parish pound , six feet in height , forms
the trial leap for the high - priced horses ; and Mr . Blaine mentions an Irish half -
bred mare that leaped a wall of seven feet high , built for the purpose , in the ...
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marrowless monster on Thursday . . , Independent of size , the most striking
features of the Missourium ( Koch ) are the feetthe fore - feet with four toes and a
thumb , evidently prehensile , the bones of the fore - arm therefore , arranged so
as to ...
marrowless monster on Thursday . . , Independent of size , the most striking
features of the Missourium ( Koch ) are the feetthe fore - feet with four toes and a
thumb , evidently prehensile , the bones of the fore - arm therefore , arranged so
as to ...
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.