Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, 16권,136호 -18권,160호William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... father's death . Left almost destitute by that event , he was taken care of by relations till he grew up , when , manifesting a decided taste for mathematical science , in which he had already attained great proficiency , he removed to ...
... father's death . Left almost destitute by that event , he was taken care of by relations till he grew up , when , manifesting a decided taste for mathematical science , in which he had already attained great proficiency , he removed to ...
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... father's mathematical talent , and followed his profession , first at Ayr , and afterwards in Glasgow , where he ... father of the great engineer , had settled in his native town of Greenock , exercising his abilities not in the special ...
... father's mathematical talent , and followed his profession , first at Ayr , and afterwards in Glasgow , where he ... father of the great engineer , had settled in his native town of Greenock , exercising his abilities not in the special ...
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... father writing and arithmetic ; and in his confinement to the house , of which his almost constant in- disposition was the cause , he acquired those habits of inquisitive- ness and precocious reflection so often observed in feeble ...
... father writing and arithmetic ; and in his confinement to the house , of which his almost constant in- disposition was the cause , he acquired those habits of inquisitive- ness and precocious reflection so often observed in feeble ...
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... father's trade in Greenock , the profession which Watt chose was that of a mathematical and nautical instrument - maker . To learn this art , or rather to perfect himself in it , he went to London in 1755 , and placed himself under Mr ...
... father's trade in Greenock , the profession which Watt chose was that of a mathematical and nautical instrument - maker . To learn this art , or rather to perfect himself in it , he went to London in 1755 , and placed himself under Mr ...
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... father taught me a few things , and was quite pleased with my quickness of learning . M. Imbert , who was acquainted with my family , and who was the best architect in the town of Troyes , desired to see me on my father's report of me ...
... father taught me a few things , and was quite pleased with my quickness of learning . M. Imbert , who was acquainted with my family , and who was the best architect in the town of Troyes , desired to see me on my father's report of me ...
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9 페이지 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
28 페이지 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
11 페이지 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
15 페이지 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
20 페이지 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
6 페이지 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
27 페이지 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
9 페이지 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...