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... taken out , and the shafts allowed to reach the ground , upon which the casks are easily rolled up to their proper place upon the cart . Its effect upon the road , is that of a conical wheel with a 24 - inch sole . the roads themselves ...
... taken out , and the shafts allowed to reach the ground , upon which the casks are easily rolled up to their proper place upon the cart . Its effect upon the road , is that of a conical wheel with a 24 - inch sole . the roads themselves ...
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... taken levels , plans , and estimates , be made by intelligent surveyors , previous to the work being commenced . Surveys are as necessary for roads , as for canals , and railways or train roads ; and the waste of money , and the ...
... taken levels , plans , and estimates , be made by intelligent surveyors , previous to the work being commenced . Surveys are as necessary for roads , as for canals , and railways or train roads ; and the waste of money , and the ...
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... taken through plantations of trees , and some proprietors have planted narrow stripes , which prevent very beneficial improvements . Expences . The turnpike acts are only for the space of 21 years , and the expence for a renewal of them ...
... taken through plantations of trees , and some proprietors have planted narrow stripes , which prevent very beneficial improvements . Expences . The turnpike acts are only for the space of 21 years , and the expence for a renewal of them ...
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... taken in this question . It does appear that this weight may be drawn on five narrow - wheel carts , having one horse each , being 15 cwt . per horse , and that , viewing the matter in this abstract way , there is a saving to the public ...
... taken in this question . It does appear that this weight may be drawn on five narrow - wheel carts , having one horse each , being 15 cwt . per horse , and that , viewing the matter in this abstract way , there is a saving to the public ...
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... taken place , after so thorough an examination , is completely and eternally settled : and this alone is no inconsiderable advantage derived from apparent delay . Mr. Clarkson , who was a leading instrument in removing this opprobrium ...
... taken place , after so thorough an examination , is completely and eternally settled : and this alone is no inconsiderable advantage derived from apparent delay . Mr. Clarkson , who was a leading instrument in removing this opprobrium ...
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Page 783 - Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ...
Page 567 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 321 - ... where the sheep were feeding at large, in short, the view of the streams and rivers, convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical enthusiasm, over this enchanted ground, we returned to the village.
Page 541 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 1001 - Corunna for a time had rendered indispensable to assume, the native and undaunted valour of British troops was never more conspicuous, and must have exceeded what even your own experience of that invaluable quality, so inherent in them, may have taught you to expect.
Page 243 - Asiatic society, on die history, civil and natural, the antiquities, arts, sciences, philosophy, and literature of Asia, and on the origin and families of nations, he has discussed the subjects which he professed to explain, with a perspicuity which delights and instructs, and in a style which never ceases to please, where his arguments may not always convince. In these disquisitions he has more particularly displayed his profound Oriental learning in illustrating...
Page 945 - It has demonstrated to foreign nations the moderation and firmness which govern our councils, and to our citizens the necessity of uniting in support of the laws and the rights of their country, and has thus long frustrated those usurpations and spoliations which, if resisted, involved war, if submitted to, sacrificed a vital principle of our national independence.
Page 991 - Cressy's laurell'd field, And gaze with fix'd delight: Again for Britain's wrongs they feel, Again they snatch the gleamy steel, And wish th
Page 259 - I think I can clearly say that before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess one foot of land in this colony but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors.
Page 235 - ... an apple suspended by a string, with the mouth alone, and the same by an apple in a tub of water ; each throwing a nut into the fire ; and those that burn bright betoken prosperity to the owners through the following year, but those that burn black and crackle denote misfortune. On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing, they betide ill to those who threw them in.