A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, Volume 2Longman, 1808 - Voyages and travels |
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... ground in the stone , it is broke with hammers , and then carried to the ftamping mills , which make it ready for other mills , whereby it is ground to powder . After it is washed and cleared from earth , & c . it is melted at the ...
... ground in the stone , it is broke with hammers , and then carried to the ftamping mills , which make it ready for other mills , whereby it is ground to powder . After it is washed and cleared from earth , & c . it is melted at the ...
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... grounds are fruitful in corn and herbage . It produces great quan- tities of all manner of grain , particularly wheat ... ground , though very ftony , is fruitful ; for the stones lie loose upon the foil : and those who are well skilled ...
... grounds are fruitful in corn and herbage . It produces great quan- tities of all manner of grain , particularly wheat ... ground , though very ftony , is fruitful ; for the stones lie loose upon the foil : and those who are well skilled ...
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... ground there was formed into this figure by the Saxons , who had the White - horfe for their arms . Having regaled ourselves four days with the fowl and delicious fish of Berkshire , we paffed into Surrey , which I could not find to be ...
... ground there was formed into this figure by the Saxons , who had the White - horfe for their arms . Having regaled ourselves four days with the fowl and delicious fish of Berkshire , we paffed into Surrey , which I could not find to be ...
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... ground , into which they put a fnare of horse - hair , and then cover the hole , very near , with the turf , turning the graffy fide downwards ; this bird being fo very timorous , that the fhadow even of a cloud frightens them into ...
... ground , into which they put a fnare of horse - hair , and then cover the hole , very near , with the turf , turning the graffy fide downwards ; this bird being fo very timorous , that the fhadow even of a cloud frightens them into ...
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... ground fmall in a mill , till it becomes fit to ball ; and when bailed , it is laid upon hurdles to dry ; and then ground into powder . After this it is spread on a floor , and watered , which is called couching ; and then it it turned ...
... ground fmall in a mill , till it becomes fit to ball ; and when bailed , it is laid upon hurdles to dry ; and then ground into powder . After this it is spread on a floor , and watered , which is called couching ; and then it it turned ...
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Page 501 - The Members of the House of Commons have nothing particular in their dress ; they even come into the house in their great coats, and with boots and spurs. It is not at all uncommon to see a member lying stretched out on one of the benches, while others are debating.
Page 137 - The church hath power to decree rites and ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 48 - Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and this city shall remain for ever.
Page 173 - God bless the King. In plenty starving, tantaliz'd in state, And complaisantly help'd to all I hate, Treated, caress'd, and tir'd, I take my leave, Sick of his civil pride from morn to eve ; I curse such lavish cost, and little skill, And swear no day was ever past so ill.
Page 136 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 79 - Tylers and Bricklayers. 38. Bowyers. 39. Fletchers. 40. Blacksmiths 41. Joiners. 42. Weavers. 43. Woolmen. 44. Scriveners. 45. Fruiterers. 46. Plasterers. - 47- Stationers. 48. Embroiderers. 49. Upholders. 50.
Page 173 - To rest the cushion and soft dean invite, Who never mentions hell to ears polite. But, hark ! the chiming clocks to dinner call ; A hundred footsteps scrape the marble hall : The rich buffet well-colour'd serpents grace, And gaping Tritons spew, to wash your face.
Page 536 - ... praise, for my correct pronunciation of the Latin, my orthodoxy, and my good walking. I now saw myself, in a moment as it were, all at once transported into the midst of a company, all apparently, very respectable men, but all strangers to me. And it appeared to me extraordinary, that I should, thus at midnight, be in Oxford, in a large company of Oxonian clergy, without well knowing how I had got there. Meanwhile, however, I took all the pains in my power to recommend myself to my company, and,...
Page 431 - Wiltshire, were to me oftentimes but the gay arbours of anguish ; insomuch as a wise man, that knew the insides of my fortune, would often say that I lived in both these my Lords...
Page 536 - ... a Clerk, even though he should never become a clergyman. Upon the whole, however, he was, in his way, a man of some humour, and an agreeable companion. "Among other objections to the Scriptures, he...