The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 10Charles Knight, 1838 |
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... soils , and when not in too great abundance , they keep the soil cool and moist , sheltering it from the direct rays of the sun in the day , and thus diminishing the evaporation of its mois- ture . On cold soils they tend to maintain an ...
... soils , and when not in too great abundance , they keep the soil cool and moist , sheltering it from the direct rays of the sun in the day , and thus diminishing the evaporation of its mois- ture . On cold soils they tend to maintain an ...
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... soil , and the rawness of the climate , neither agriculture nor horticulture are pursued on a scale of suffi cient extent to supply the wants of the province . Oats , rye , linseed , potatoes , and a small quantity of wheat , are culti ...
... soil , and the rawness of the climate , neither agriculture nor horticulture are pursued on a scale of suffi cient extent to supply the wants of the province . Oats , rye , linseed , potatoes , and a small quantity of wheat , are culti ...
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... soil ; and , to impede the enemy in attempting an assault , fraises or inclined palisades are frequently planted on the slope . In large fortresses the escarp is the exterior surface of the revetment wall which supports the rampart ...
... soil ; and , to impede the enemy in attempting an assault , fraises or inclined palisades are frequently planted on the slope . In large fortresses the escarp is the exterior surface of the revetment wall which supports the rampart ...
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... soil is good , the upper part producing corn of every kind , and the lower part pasturage ; the only fences are ditches , which are filled at every tide . Fruit - trees thrive ill . The water is brackish ; the only fresh water is rain ...
... soil is good , the upper part producing corn of every kind , and the lower part pasturage ; the only fences are ditches , which are filled at every tide . Fruit - trees thrive ill . The water is brackish ; the only fresh water is rain ...
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... soil was carried away by the tide . [ BARKING . ] Through the upper part of this pool the Bourne Brook flows . The Ingerburn rises near Havering - atte - Bower , not far from the source of the Bourne Brook , and flows southward , past ...
... soil was carried away by the tide . [ BARKING . ] Through the upper part of this pool the Bourne Brook flows . The Ingerburn rises near Havering - atte - Bower , not far from the source of the Bourne Brook , and flows southward , past ...
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Page 171 - ... and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy.
Page 171 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly...
Page 41 - Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Page 223 - ... qualities, the seller was to forfeit to the buyer the third part of its value. If any one stole or killed the cat that guarded the prince's granary, he was to forfeit a milch ewe, its fleece and lamb ; or as much wheat as, when poured on the cat suspended by its tail (the head touching the floor) would form a heap high enough to cover the tip of the former.
Page 289 - Whilst we follow them among the tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and Davis's Straits, whilst we are looking for them beneath the arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the opposite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipodes, and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.
Page 289 - And pray, sir, what in the world is equal to it? Pass by the other parts, and look at the manner in which the people of New England have of late carried on the whale fishery.
Page 171 - ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case, but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little King-bird, not bigger than a Sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven...
Page 289 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 102 - The being and existence of the thing itself is what I call the original truth. A credible man vouching his knowledge of it is a good proof: but if another equally credible do witness it from his report, the testimony is weaker; and a third that attests the hear-say of an hear-say, is yet less considerable.
Page 246 - ... know ye this, my lord, that I shall be faithful and true unto you, and faith to you shall bear for the lands which I claim to hold of you, and that I shall lawfully do to you the custom and services which I ought to do, at the terms assigned, so help me god and his saints; and he shall kiss the book.