The Every-day Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in Past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Months, & Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack; Including Accounts of the Weather, Rules for Health and Conduct, Remarkable and Important Anecdotes, Facts, and Notices, in Chronology, Antiquities, Topography, Biography, Natural History, Art, Science, and General Literature; Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, and Valuable Original Communications, with Poetical Elucidations, for Daily Use and Diversion, Volume 2Gale Research Company, 1967 - Days |
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Page 45
... sides will be illumined ; that side towards the sun by the direct sunbeam , and the side towards the mirror , though less powerfully , by the reflectea sunbeam . In a somewhat similar manner , the earth supplies the place of the mirror ...
... sides will be illumined ; that side towards the sun by the direct sunbeam , and the side towards the mirror , though less powerfully , by the reflectea sunbeam . In a somewhat similar manner , the earth supplies the place of the mirror ...
Page 165
... side to side , Changes ; and quick the hours un - noted fly , Till light begins to fail , and deep below , The player , as he stoops to lift his coit , Sees , half incredulous , the rising moon . But now the final , the decisive spell ...
... side to side , Changes ; and quick the hours un - noted fly , Till light begins to fail , and deep below , The player , as he stoops to lift his coit , Sees , half incredulous , the rising moon . But now the final , the decisive spell ...
Page 239
... side by side occupy the entire body . The car , with the wheels between the shafts , is used to . like purposes , but has the additional he- nour of being rendered a family convey ance , by cart ropes intertwisted or crossing each other ...
... side by side occupy the entire body . The car , with the wheels between the shafts , is used to . like purposes , but has the additional he- nour of being rendered a family convey ance , by cart ropes intertwisted or crossing each other ...
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