Knight's Penny Magazine, Volume 13Charles Knight, 1844 |
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... operations were begun on the 10th of May and finished on the 13th of June . The gallery was sixty - eight feet long ( being the thick- ness of the barrier at the spot chosen for the perfora- tion ) , and during its formation the workmen ...
... operations were begun on the 10th of May and finished on the 13th of June . The gallery was sixty - eight feet long ( being the thick- ness of the barrier at the spot chosen for the perfora- tion ) , and during its formation the workmen ...
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... operations con- nected with the manufacture of felted or fulled wool ; and we will now see what the West Riding of York- shire exhibits in respect to the manufacture of worsted goods ; using the term worsted as applying to all wool ...
... operations con- nected with the manufacture of felted or fulled wool ; and we will now see what the West Riding of York- shire exhibits in respect to the manufacture of worsted goods ; using the term worsted as applying to all wool ...
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... operation and use of this instru- ment in the worsted manufacture . The very name shows its origin , application , and use . " This process of hand - combing is very laborious , and is generally carried on in rooms which are close and ...
... operation and use of this instru- ment in the worsted manufacture . The very name shows its origin , application , and use . " This process of hand - combing is very laborious , and is generally carried on in rooms which are close and ...
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... operations at a shoddy - mill , of which there are several in the clothing district . " How to make a new coat from old rags " is not exactly the problem to be solved ; for the fabric produced is only used for drugget , padding , and ...
... operations at a shoddy - mill , of which there are several in the clothing district . " How to make a new coat from old rags " is not exactly the problem to be solved ; for the fabric produced is only used for drugget , padding , and ...
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... operations were in the a subject of important and paramount interest . The last century intrusted to certain government bodies , each of whom took certain districts , such as Rhinland , Amstelland , Goyland , Delftland , and Shieland ...
... operations were in the a subject of important and paramount interest . The last century intrusted to certain government bodies , each of whom took certain districts , such as Rhinland , Amstelland , Goyland , Delftland , and Shieland ...
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Page 181 - And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Page 10 - Though not a man of them knew wherefore; When Gospel-trumpeter, surrounded With long-eared rout, to battle sounded; And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick : Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a-colonelling. A wight he was whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood...
Page 11 - He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting, was grown rusty, And ate into itself, for lack Of somebody to hew and hack...
Page 31 - He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, And that a lord may be an owl ; A calf an alderman, a goose a justice, And rooks committee-men and trustees.
Page 61 - ... made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk; Whose honesty they all durst swear for, Though not a man of them knew wherefore: When Gospel-Trumpeter, surrounded With long-ear'd rout, to battle sounded, And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist, instead of a stick; Then did Sir Knight abandon dwelling, And out he rode a colonelling.
Page 231 - No life, my honest Scholar, no life so happy and so pleasant, as the life of a wellgoverned Angler ; for when the lawyer is swallowed up with business, and the statesman is preventing or contriving plots, then we sit on cowslip-banks, hear the birds sing, and possess ourselves in as much quietness as these silent silver streams, which we now see glide so quietly by us.
Page 10 - His tawny beard was th' equal grace Both of his wisdom and his face ; In cut and dye so like a tile, A sudden view it would beguile ; The upper part whereof was whey, The nether orange, mix'd with grey.
Page 11 - prentice to a brewer, Where this and more it did endure, But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. In th' holsters, at his saddle-bow, Two aged pistols he did stow, Aniong the surplus of such meat As in his hose he could not get : ' These would inveigle rats with th...
Page 31 - Free-will they one way disavow, Another, nothing else allow. All piety consists therein In them, in other men all sin.
Page 244 - Where joy, heart's ease, and comforts grow, You'd scorn proud towers, And seek them in these bowers, Where winds sometimes our woods perhaps may shake, But blustering care could never tempest make, Nor murmurs e'er come nigh us, Saving of fountains that glide by us.