The Saturday Magazine, Volumes 6-7John William Parker, 1835 |
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... length of time , so heavy a weight as the stone or anvil on his chest ; but a man in good health can support , for a moderate time , a much greater weight than is usually supposed , if , hefore the weight is placed on his chest . he ...
... length of time , so heavy a weight as the stone or anvil on his chest ; but a man in good health can support , for a moderate time , a much greater weight than is usually supposed , if , hefore the weight is placed on his chest . he ...
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... length . Lower is another island of smaller dimensions , and having passed these , the river is about two miles in breadth , and tranquil as a lake . At Chippewn , about three miles above the Falls , navigation terminates . A short ...
... length . Lower is another island of smaller dimensions , and having passed these , the river is about two miles in breadth , and tranquil as a lake . At Chippewn , about three miles above the Falls , navigation terminates . A short ...
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... length over the surface , like the pile in velvet , and afterwards carried to be dyed . The dyeing is managed in the same manner as in dyeing any other woollen goods , by steeping it in the vat of black dye . The only remaining process ...
... length over the surface , like the pile in velvet , and afterwards carried to be dyed . The dyeing is managed in the same manner as in dyeing any other woollen goods , by steeping it in the vat of black dye . The only remaining process ...
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... length , conducted us to a series of passages , with decoys , stairs , and shafts , some of which are vertical , and others on an in- clined plane , which were once used for admitting air , and for hurling down missiles or pitch - balls ...
... length , conducted us to a series of passages , with decoys , stairs , and shafts , some of which are vertical , and others on an in- clined plane , which were once used for admitting air , and for hurling down missiles or pitch - balls ...
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... Length of the nave Length of the choir Feet . • • 179 119 60 108 • 68 93 Length of the cross - aisles , or transept , from north to south Breadth of the nave and side aisles Height of the central tower • The monuments in the Cathedral ...
... Length of the nave Length of the choir Feet . • • 179 119 60 108 • 68 93 Length of the cross - aisles , or transept , from north to south Breadth of the nave and side aisles Height of the central tower • The monuments in the Cathedral ...
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Page 14 - If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be' as Poor Richard says, 'the greatest prodigality;' since, as he elsewhere tells us, ' Lost time is never found again ; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
Page 14 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.
Page 14 - He that hath a trade, hath an estate ; and he that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor," as poor Richard says ; but then the trade must be worked at, and the calling well followed, or neither the estate nor the office will enable us to pay our taxes. If we are industrious, we shall never starve ; for, " at the working man's house, hunger looks in, but dares not enter.
Page 141 - Paul's ministry, shall be his hope, and joy, and crown of rejoicing "in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming
Page 233 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Page 14 - He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Page 6 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and Anxiety obstruct our way.
Page 225 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion ; it is this indeed which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them. Without it, learning is pedantry, and wit impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice.
Page 192 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear ; Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
Page 76 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.