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... of swim- ming , hunting , taking aim with missile weapons , and procuring fire . 12. The art of swimming , depends first , in • keeping the arms and hands under the water ; ARTS OF SAVAGE LIFE . 3 Of the Simple Arts of Savage Life.
... of swim- ming , hunting , taking aim with missile weapons , and procuring fire . 12. The art of swimming , depends first , in • keeping the arms and hands under the water ; ARTS OF SAVAGE LIFE . 3 Of the Simple Arts of Savage Life.
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... fire ; but this was an art not known to all barbarous people . The in- habitants of the Ladrones considered fire as an invisible monster , when the Spaniards first in- troduced it among them . 16. The Persians , and other eastern ...
... fire ; but this was an art not known to all barbarous people . The in- habitants of the Ladrones considered fire as an invisible monster , when the Spaniards first in- troduced it among them . 16. The Persians , and other eastern ...
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... fire , made its preservation a religious duty ; and fire was continued in their temples , without being once extinguished , for many hundred years . Hence , they became , or were considered , fire worshippers . 17. Among savages , the ...
... fire , made its preservation a religious duty ; and fire was continued in their temples , without being once extinguished , for many hundred years . Hence , they became , or were considered , fire worshippers . 17. Among savages , the ...
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... fire for a considerable time , they also imbibe oxygen from the atmos- phere ; and turn into earthy substances called oxides : the process is called oxidation . 79. If 10 lbs . of lead be melted and burnt in this manner , it will be ...
... fire for a considerable time , they also imbibe oxygen from the atmos- phere ; and turn into earthy substances called oxides : the process is called oxidation . 79. If 10 lbs . of lead be melted and burnt in this manner , it will be ...
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... fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most brilliant of all the metals . It is so mal- leable , that an ounce of it will gild a ... fire with flint . C • Obs . The loadstone , which possesses the singular METALLURGY . 19.
... fires . 83. Gold is 19 times heavier than water ; and the most brilliant of all the metals . It is so mal- leable , that an ounce of it will gild a ... fire with flint . C • Obs . The loadstone , which possesses the singular METALLURGY . 19.
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Page 116 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 265 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Page 180 - To view the structure of this little work, A bird's nest. Mark it well, within, without. No tool had he that wrought, no knife to cut, No nail to fix, no bodkin to insert, No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
Page 41 - That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction, are illegal and void. 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliament ought to be held frequently.
Page 104 - Horrid with frost, and turbulent with storm, Blows autumn, and his golden fruits away : Then melts into the spring: soft spring, with breath Favonian, from warm chambers of the south, Recalls the first. All, to re-flourish, fades ; As in a wheel, all sinks, to re-ascend. Emblems of man, who passes, not expires.
Page 167 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures...
Page 40 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 193 - Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives and what denies ? VII. Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends : Mark how it mounts to man's imperial race, From the green myriads in the peopled grass ! What modes of sight betwixt each wide extreme!
Page 42 - Political liberty consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another. The exercise of the natural rights of every man, has no other limits than those which are necessary to secure to every other man the free exercise of the same rights ; and these limits are determinable only by the law.