Knight's Penny Magazine, Volume 13Charles Knight, 1844 |
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... pieces . The same might , perhaps , be the case with a piece of wood severed into two , were it not that the fibrous nature of the wood pre- vents the complete expulsion of air , and also prevents the two surfaces from being rubbed to ...
... pieces . The same might , perhaps , be the case with a piece of wood severed into two , were it not that the fibrous nature of the wood pre- vents the complete expulsion of air , and also prevents the two surfaces from being rubbed to ...
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... pieces sold in the shops . The glue - maker then avails himself of a large number of nets spread over frames , and in these frames the cakes of glue are care- fully laid . All the frames , as they are filled , are placed in successive ...
... pieces sold in the shops . The glue - maker then avails himself of a large number of nets spread over frames , and in these frames the cakes of glue are care- fully laid . All the frames , as they are filled , are placed in successive ...
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... pieces . On a port - fire being ignited , the shell soon exploded , tearing the solid wood in all directions into numerous fragments , but in no part separating the pieces where the joining with the cement was made . It appears from the ...
... pieces . On a port - fire being ignited , the shell soon exploded , tearing the solid wood in all directions into numerous fragments , but in no part separating the pieces where the joining with the cement was made . It appears from the ...
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... pieces of silk are wrapped in merchants ' warehouses and in shops are made of this wood , which is peculiarly suitable for this purpose from its lightness , lessening the expense of carriage . The principal use of the white poplar wood ...
... pieces of silk are wrapped in merchants ' warehouses and in shops are made of this wood , which is peculiarly suitable for this purpose from its lightness , lessening the expense of carriage . The principal use of the white poplar wood ...
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... pieces ; while the mixed goods of worsted and cotton , which in 1821 were exported to the extent of 407,716 yards ... piece . The condition of some of these manufacturers was humble enough . Many of them were only enabled to buy their ...
... pieces ; while the mixed goods of worsted and cotton , which in 1821 were exported to the extent of 407,716 yards ... piece . The condition of some of these manufacturers was humble enough . Many of them were only enabled to buy their ...
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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.