The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Τόμος 2Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1810 - 580 σελίδες |
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... sense , proceeded on in the same direction , some going always westward , others always castward , until they . returned to the port where the voyage began . An observer on board a vessel bound for India in the middle of winter ...
... sense , proceeded on in the same direction , some going always westward , others always castward , until they . returned to the port where the voyage began . An observer on board a vessel bound for India in the middle of winter ...
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... sense in Scotland , also signifies a rivulet or brook . Although the sea appears to be stable , and confined to one particular situation on the globe , yet in many parts there are motions of the waters resembling the stream of a river ...
... sense in Scotland , also signifies a rivulet or brook . Although the sea appears to be stable , and confined to one particular situation on the globe , yet in many parts there are motions of the waters resembling the stream of a river ...
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... sense , from east to west , and the other half of the year from west to east . These changing trade - winds are called monsoons . In warm climates we meet with what are called sea and land breezes ; that is , the wind , during a certain ...
... sense , from east to west , and the other half of the year from west to east . These changing trade - winds are called monsoons . In warm climates we meet with what are called sea and land breezes ; that is , the wind , during a certain ...
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... senses they produce only one constant uniform sound . When these vibrations of the air strike against any fixed immoveable surface or body , they are compelled to change their course and move backwards , thus acting again on the ear ...
... senses they produce only one constant uniform sound . When these vibrations of the air strike against any fixed immoveable surface or body , they are compelled to change their course and move backwards , thus acting again on the ear ...
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... sense about 55 miles long from north to south , and in the centre about 15 in breadth , although in many places not above two miles across . The only place of note in these islands is Lerwick , a small town seated on a circular bay ...
... sense about 55 miles long from north to south , and in the centre about 15 in breadth , although in many places not above two miles across . The only place of note in these islands is Lerwick , a small town seated on a circular bay ...
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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.