Quarterly Review, 103권John Murray, 1858 |
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... grounds had to be cut down and embankments formed across the lower lands . When a ridge of country intervened , in which an open cutting throughout was impracticable , the expedient of a tunnel was adopted . When a deep valley lay in ...
... grounds had to be cut down and embankments formed across the lower lands . When a ridge of country intervened , in which an open cutting throughout was impracticable , the expedient of a tunnel was adopted . When a deep valley lay in ...
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... ground was so undermined at the bottom as to produce a large fall of earth . The last operation was called ' knocking the legs from under it ; ' and if the earth did not readily fall , sharpened iron piles and bars were driven in from ...
... ground was so undermined at the bottom as to produce a large fall of earth . The last operation was called ' knocking the legs from under it ; ' and if the earth did not readily fall , sharpened iron piles and bars were driven in from ...
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down , and rolled over and over until he reached the firm ground , in a sorry mess . Other attempts which were subse- quently made to enter upon the moss for the same purpose , were abandoned for the same reason - the want of a ...
down , and rolled over and over until he reached the firm ground , in a sorry mess . Other attempts which were subse- quently made to enter upon the moss for the same purpose , were abandoned for the same reason - the want of a ...
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... ground upon which the horse stands will be reduced one - half . In fact , this contrivance has an effect tantamount to setting the horse upon eight feet instead of four . Apply the same reasoning to the locomotive , and even such a ...
... ground upon which the horse stands will be reduced one - half . In fact , this contrivance has an effect tantamount to setting the horse upon eight feet instead of four . Apply the same reasoning to the locomotive , and even such a ...
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... grounds , which , under a fair green surface , concealed the remains of ancient bogs , some- times of great depth . Thus , on the Leeds and Bradford Extension , about six hundred tons of stone and earth were daily cast into an an ...
... grounds , which , under a fair green surface , concealed the remains of ancient bogs , some- times of great depth . Thus , on the Leeds and Bradford Extension , about six hundred tons of stone and earth were daily cast into an an ...
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206 페이지 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
69 페이지 - On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave...
299 페이지 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy; But ere we could arrive the point propos'd, Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink!
196 페이지 - And angling, too, that solitary vice, Whatever Izaak Walton sings or says: The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.
298 페이지 - Don't you consider, Sir, that these are not the manners of a gentleman ? I will not be baited with what and why ; what is this ? what is that ? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy ?" The gentleman, who was a good deal out of countenance, said, " Why, Sir, you are so good, that I venture to trouble you.
400 페이지 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
207 페이지 - The shock produced a stupor similar to that which seems to be felt by a mouse after the first shake of the cat. It caused a sort of dreaminess, in which there was no sense of pain nor feeling of terror, though quite conscious of all that was happening.
107 페이지 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
133 페이지 - In every parish is (or was) a church-house, to which belonged spits, crocks, &c., utensils for dressing provision. Here the housekeepers met and were merry, and gave their charity. The young people were there too, and had dancing, bowling, shooting at butts, &c., the ancients sitting gravely by, and looking on.
281 페이지 - I am absolutely certain that my mode of biography, which gives not only a History of Johnson's visible progress through the world, and of his publications, but a view of his mind in his letters and conversations, is the most perfect that can be conceived, and will be more of a Life than any work that has ever yet appeared.