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... question of their Publications thoroughly and completely , they had searched over all their stores , and had produced therefrom a large number of copies of Transactions of early years , and amongst them were some interesting volumes ...
... question of their Publications thoroughly and completely , they had searched over all their stores , and had produced therefrom a large number of copies of Transactions of early years , and amongst them were some interesting volumes ...
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... questions have been settled to the satisfaction of parties by mere reference to this scale , and legal intervention and misunder- standings avoided . But I am sorry to say , that instances have arisen in my own experience with regard to ...
... questions have been settled to the satisfaction of parties by mere reference to this scale , and legal intervention and misunder- standings avoided . But I am sorry to say , that instances have arisen in my own experience with regard to ...
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... question . It is hedged in with difficulties ; it is no one's special business ; it carries with it no profit , and would have only the thankless reward which usually attends philanthropy . But it is a duty -- the health , the happiness ...
... question . It is hedged in with difficulties ; it is no one's special business ; it carries with it no profit , and would have only the thankless reward which usually attends philanthropy . But it is a duty -- the health , the happiness ...
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... questions present themselves on this topic : -How is it that all at once we find out , that none of our natural stones in common use are fit for construction , but liable to rapid decay ? How is it that it should be assumed to be more ...
... questions present themselves on this topic : -How is it that all at once we find out , that none of our natural stones in common use are fit for construction , but liable to rapid decay ? How is it that it should be assumed to be more ...
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... question as to who should become the possessor . M. Gropius resided at Zante , but as that island was threatened with an immediate attack by the French , it was deemed expedient that the marbles should , for safety sake , be transferred ...
... question as to who should become the possessor . M. Gropius resided at Zante , but as that island was threatened with an immediate attack by the French , it was deemed expedient that the marbles should , for safety sake , be transferred ...
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Page 7 - I expect neither profit nor general fame by my writings," says Coleridge, in the preface to his poems ; " and I consider myself as having been amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude, and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Page 9 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the squares on the whole line, and on one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square on the other part. Let the straight line AB be divided into any two parts in the point C. Then the squares on AB, BC shall be equal to twice the rectangle AB, BC, together with the square on A C.
Page xvii - On the Egyptian Obelisks in Rome, and Monoliths, as Ornaments of Great Cities ; read at the Ordinary General Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects, May 31. 1858, by the Rev. Richard Burgess, BD Followed by remarks on the application of the Entasis to the Obelisk, by John Bell, Esq. Together with discussions upon the whole subject by members of the Institute.
Page 136 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates, where captives weep, 5 The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Page 125 - ... visited the rooms, and, in short, made a careful examination of the whole place ; but so perfect was every street, every house, every room, that I almost fancied I was in a dream, wandering alone in this city of the dead, seeing all perfect, yet not hearing a sound.
Page 20 - ... réglés par le Code civil, et ceux qui peuvent réclamer des servitudes résultant des titres mêmes du propriétaire ou d'autres actes dans lesquels il serait intervenu, sinon il restera seul chargé envers eux des indemnités que ces derniers pourront réclamer.
Page 9 - To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line, from a given point in the same.
Page 139 - There can be little doubt that King Henry III., during his sojourns in France, became enamoured of this arrangement, which in its perfected form he may have seen in course of being carried out at Amiens, Beauvais, Rheims, and elsewhere. It would naturally strike him as well suited to the reconstruction of the eastern portion of a church already possessing an apse with a continuous surrounding aisle. Whether this project had been formed when the Lady-chapel was built in 1220, it is impossible to ascertain....
Page 9 - Triangles upon equal bases, and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Page 125 - The houses were some of them very large, consisting usually of three rooms on the ground floor, and two on the first story, the stairs being formed of large stones built into the house-walls, and leading up outside. The doors were, as usual, of Jer. xlviii. stone : sometimes there were folding-doors, and some of them were highly ornamented.