Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest: Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of the Popular Toys and Sports ...Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827 - 207 pàgines |
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... hands of the carrier : it con- tained , he said , a very amusing and philosophical- toy * , which had lately made its appearance in the scientific circles of London , and knowing how much his friend at the lodge prized such inventions ...
... hands of the carrier : it con- tained , he said , a very amusing and philosophical- toy * , which had lately made its appearance in the scientific circles of London , and knowing how much his friend at the lodge prized such inventions ...
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... hand - mill , by which puns and epigrams may be turned with as much ease . as tunes are played on the hand - organ , and old jokes so rounded and changed , as to assume all the airs of originality . The inventor confidently anticipates ...
... hand - mill , by which puns and epigrams may be turned with as much ease . as tunes are played on the hand - organ , and old jokes so rounded and changed , as to assume all the airs of originality . The inventor confidently anticipates ...
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... witnessed , and he trusted that he had given to it a classical turn . " By all means read it ; the subject admits of much classical decoration , " observed the vicar . Louisa received the epigram from the hands of her father 20.
... witnessed , and he trusted that he had given to it a classical turn . " By all means read it ; the subject admits of much classical decoration , " observed the vicar . Louisa received the epigram from the hands of her father 20.
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... hands of her father , and read as follows : " By turning round , ' tis said , that Orpheus lost his wife ; Let him turn round again , and she'll return to life . " It could not be expected that Mr. Twaddle- ton should have admired lines ...
... hands of her father , and read as follows : " By turning round , ' tis said , that Orpheus lost his wife ; Let him turn round again , and she'll return to life . " It could not be expected that Mr. Twaddle- ton should have admired lines ...
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... hands of the decapitated person , who , like St. Denys , appeared as if walking off with perfect in- difference . " You must admit , " said Mrs. Seymour , " that these optical effects are no less novel than they are extraordinary ; and ...
... hands of the decapitated person , who , like St. Denys , appeared as if walking off with perfect in- difference . " You must admit , " said Mrs. Seymour , " that these optical effects are no less novel than they are extraordinary ; and ...
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Pàgina 10 - Family Shakspeare : In which nothing is added to the Original Text ; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud.
Pàgina 9 - COL. HAWKER'S INSTRUCTIONS to YOUNG SPORTSMEN in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
Pàgina 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
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Pàgina 81 - Gunpowder, hoping by a sudden movement to give his companion the slip; but the spectre started full jump with him. Away, then, they dashed through thick and thin, stones flying and sparks flashing at every bound. Ichabod's flimsy garments fluttered in the air as he stretched his long lank body away over his horse's head in the eagerness of his flight.
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