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... animal . " He then related a story respecting crows having once performed some essential public service , just as geese are said to have saved the Roman Capitol . This shows at least the utility of being acquainted with the most trivial ...
... animal . " He then related a story respecting crows having once performed some essential public service , just as geese are said to have saved the Roman Capitol . This shows at least the utility of being acquainted with the most trivial ...
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... animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms , as contained in that voluminous work the Pun - tsaou . Considering the little intercourse that the Chinese have had with other countries , it is perhaps quite as surprising that they should ...
... animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms , as contained in that voluminous work the Pun - tsaou . Considering the little intercourse that the Chinese have had with other countries , it is perhaps quite as surprising that they should ...
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... animal until it emitted sounds as loud at least , if not as musical , as those of the instrument which it thus unconsciously burlesqued . The action was so irresistibly comic that shouts of laughter 218 CHAP . XIX . ARTS AND INVENTIONS .
... animal until it emitted sounds as loud at least , if not as musical , as those of the instrument which it thus unconsciously burlesqued . The action was so irresistibly comic that shouts of laughter 218 CHAP . XIX . ARTS AND INVENTIONS .
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... animal and mineral king- doms also . At the head of all remedies stands ginseng , which used once to be sold for ... animals are included in the list , with the reputation of properties as multifarious and inconsistent as the pills of a ...
... animal and mineral king- doms also . At the head of all remedies stands ginseng , which used once to be sold for ... animals are included in the list , with the reputation of properties as multifarious and inconsistent as the pills of a ...
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... animal to a large horizontal wheel , connected by cogs with the axis of * These lifters go up through the inside of the trough , and come down again above it , in a reversed position . This A the rollers over which the lifters or boards.
... animal to a large horizontal wheel , connected by cogs with the axis of * These lifters go up through the inside of the trough , and come down again above it , in a reversed position . This A the rollers over which the lifters or boards.
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ancient animal appears bamboo black tea book of Mencius Budha Budhist called Canton Canton province Canton river characters China Chinese colour commencement Confucius considerable consists cultivation dynasty earth embassy emperor empire Europe European Fcap Fokien George Staunton grain granite green teas ground heaven Hong merchants hundred India Jesuits Kâng-hy kind Klaproth labour lady land language letters Lord Lord Macartney Macao Manchow manufacture ment metal Mongol native nature nearly notice object observed obtained occasion opium original paper Peking person philosopher plants Plates porcelain portion possession Post 8vo Poyang lake present priests principal produce province quantity remarkable resemblance rice river Romish says Second Edition sect seems shape ships side silk silver sometimes species specimens Staunton supposed taëls Tartar temple tion tomb trade translation trees vessel Vols whole Woodcuts words young Yun-nân
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Seite 9 - DAVY'S (SiR HUMPHRY) Consolations in Travel ; or, Last Days of a Philosopher. Fifth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. Salmonia; or, Days of Fly Fishing. With some Account of the Habits of Fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Fourth Edition. Woodcuts. Fcap. Svo. 6s. DENNIS' (GEOROE) Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria ; or, the extant Local Remains of Etruscan Art.
Seite 142 - O pardon ! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Seite 19 - JESSE'S (EDWARD) Visits to Spots of Interest in the Vicinity of Windsor and Eton.
Seite 22 - LIDDELL'S (DEAN) History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Seite 142 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 24 - History of Latin Christianity ; including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicholas V.
Seite 12 - Handbook of Architecture. Being a Concise and Popular Account of the Different Styles prevailing in all Ages and Countries in the World. With a Description of the most remarkable Buildings.
Seite 12 - FORSYTH'S (WILLIAM) Hortensius, or the Advocate : an Historical Essay on the Office and Duties of an Advocate. Post Svo.
Seite 141 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave.