The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Τόμος 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 - 580 σελίδες |
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... of the water between the objects and the eye , which surface , if we take only a small portion of it , may , it is true , be considered as being perfectly level B 2 and and horizontal , because the circle , of which this ON GEOGRAPHY .
... of the water between the objects and the eye , which surface , if we take only a small portion of it , may , it is true , be considered as being perfectly level B 2 and and horizontal , because the circle , of which this ON GEOGRAPHY .
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... considered , it appears that the dimensions here assigned were equal to about 24873 English miles , the 360th part of which , or 1 degree , would be 69,1 miles , which is but a little less than that now agreed upon since the latest ...
... considered , it appears that the dimensions here assigned were equal to about 24873 English miles , the 360th part of which , or 1 degree , would be 69,1 miles , which is but a little less than that now agreed upon since the latest ...
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... considered as computed from London itself ; and if 180 degrees are set off on the equator , in both directions , east and west , the one semicircle will indicate indicate the longitude east , and the other the longitude 10 THE MODERN ...
... considered as computed from London itself ; and if 180 degrees are set off on the equator , in both directions , east and west , the one semicircle will indicate indicate the longitude east , and the other the longitude 10 THE MODERN ...
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... considered as equal to the first degree of latitude on each side , or equal to 69,2 English statute miles , or 691 instead of 691 , or even 693 , both of which quantities give results greater than the truth . It will also be observed ...
... considered as equal to the first degree of latitude on each side , or equal to 69,2 English statute miles , or 691 instead of 691 , or even 693 , both of which quantities give results greater than the truth . It will also be observed ...
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... considered as islands ; but for distinction's sake , it is usual to apply this name only to smaller portions of land . When a body of land is almost entirely inclosed by water , having only a narrow communication with a larger body ...
... considered as islands ; but for distinction's sake , it is usual to apply this name only to smaller portions of land . When a body of land is almost entirely inclosed by water , having only a narrow communication with a larger body ...
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Σελίδα 351 - The great use of studying our predecessors is, to open the mind, to shorten our labour, and to give us the result of the selection made by those great minds of what is grand or beautiful in nature ; her rich stores are all spread out before us ; but it is an art, and...
Σελίδα 54 - Bedford . Berks Buckingham Cambridge . Chester Cornwall Cumberland Derby . . Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucester . Hereford Hertford . Huntingdon Kent .... Lancaster . Leicester . Lincoln Middlesex . Monmouth . Norfolk . Northampton Northumberland Nottingham Oxford Rutland Salop .... Somerset Southampton Stafford Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwick . Westmoreland . Wilts.
Σελίδα 389 - On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one to represent the branches, and the other the leaves, of an opening Grove ; and both concurred to preserve that gloomy light which inspires religious reverence and dread.
Σελίδα 351 - Nor whilst I recommend studying the art from artists, can I be supposed to mean, that nature is to be neglected: I take this study in aid, and not in exclusion, of the other. Nature is, and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible; and from which all excellencies must originally flow.
Σελίδα 533 - ... our veneration and love by an awful and devout recognition of his perfections, and to evidence our gratitude by celebrating his goodness, and thankfully acknowledging all his benefits.
Σελίδα 490 - ... series of cares and labours, to train them up to decency, virtue, and the various arts of life. Nature has therefore provided them with the...
Σελίδα 562 - Temperance, that virtue without pride, and fortune without envy, that gives indolence of body, and tranquillity of mind; the best guardian of youth, and support of old age...
Σελίδα 500 - Let avarice defend it as it will, there is an honest reluctance in humanity against buying and selling, and regarding those of our own species as our wealth and possessions.
Σελίδα 432 - Affections, nor thofe confequent to the Actions, that conftitute MORAL OBLIGATION, or excite in us the Idea of it. That Pleafure is pofterior to the Idea of Obligation, and frequently we are obliged, and acknowledge ourfelves under an Obligation, to...
Σελίδα 424 - Moral Philosophy has this in common with Natural Philosophy, that it appeals to nature or fact ; depends on observation ; and builds its reasonings on plain uncontroverted experiments, or upon the fullest induction of particulars of which the subject will admit.