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... feet high : Hartfell reaches an elevation of 2600 feet , Culter Fell 2400 feet , and Dunrich 2000 feet . There is much moor and bog , but the valleys are well wooded . Peat is abundant , and used for fuel . The soil , elsewhere heavy ...
... feet high : Hartfell reaches an elevation of 2600 feet , Culter Fell 2400 feet , and Dunrich 2000 feet . There is much moor and bog , but the valleys are well wooded . Peat is abundant , and used for fuel . The soil , elsewhere heavy ...
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... feet above the sea . There are a number of bays along the coast . New- port Bay is separated from Fishguard Bay by Dinas Head . Off St. David's Head lie Ramsay Island and a cluster of small islets called the Bishop and his Clerks . The ...
... feet above the sea . There are a number of bays along the coast . New- port Bay is separated from Fishguard Bay by Dinas Head . Off St. David's Head lie Ramsay Island and a cluster of small islets called the Bishop and his Clerks . The ...
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... feet high , 163 feet in circumference , and surmounted by a conical roof of stone . St. Michael's Church is a good Norman building . reign of William Rufus . Near Pentre - Evan lies a very large cromlech . There are several other ...
... feet high , 163 feet in circumference , and surmounted by a conical roof of stone . St. Michael's Church is a good Norman building . reign of William Rufus . Near Pentre - Evan lies a very large cromlech . There are several other ...
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... feet long , a chain bridge over the to what purposes chemistry and the arts in general may not adapt the use of this article . [ PETROLEUM . ] In addition to its mineral treasures Pennsylvania is also an eminently agricultural state ...
... feet long , a chain bridge over the to what purposes chemistry and the arts in general may not adapt the use of this article . [ PETROLEUM . ] In addition to its mineral treasures Pennsylvania is also an eminently agricultural state ...
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... feet wide , and as the tidal influence extends a very short distance from its mouth , it may be well imagined what rich and fertile lands are to be found along its valley . But the greatest resources of this fine country lie in its soil ...
... feet wide , and as the tidal influence extends a very short distance from its mouth , it may be well imagined what rich and fertile lands are to be found along its valley . But the greatest resources of this fine country lie in its soil ...
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545. oldal - To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To love and bear ; to hope till hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates ; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent ; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great, and joyous, beautiful and free ; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory ! NOTE ON PROMETHEUS UNBOUND, BY MRS.
407. oldal - Taxation of every Inhabitant, Parson, Vicar, and other, and of every Occupier of Lands, Houses, Tithes Impropriate, Propriations of Tithes, Coal Mines or saleable Underwoods in the said Parish...
147. oldal - Act, to any person unknown to the seller, unless introduced by some person known to the seller ; and on every sale of...
371. oldal - ... the transformation of human life, from a conflict of classes struggling for opposite interests, to a friendly rivalry in the pursuit of a good common to all ; the elevation of the dignity of labour, a new sense of security and independence in the labouring class, and the conversion of each human being's daily occupation into a school of the social sympathies and the practical intelligence.
561. oldal - ... contractions of the whole thickness of its substance pass slowly and gradually from point to point, and give rise to the appearance of progressive waves, just as the bending of successive stalks of corn by a breeze produces the apparent billows of a cornfield.
129. oldal - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament...
427. oldal - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
443. oldal - Church and Education. The Roman Catholic faith is the State religion ; but all other forms of worship are tolerated. The Portuguese Church is under the special jurisdiction of a ' Patriarch,' with extensive powers, two archbishops, and fourteen bishops. The Patriarch of Lisbon is always a cardinal, and, to some extent, independent of the Holy See of Rome. Under the Patriarch are five continental and five colonial bishops; under the Archbishop of Braga, who has the title of Primate, are six ; and...
129. oldal - All which they most humbly pray of your most excellent majesty as their rights and liberties, according to the laws and statutes of this realm ; and that your majesty would also vouchsafe to declare, that the awards, doings, and proceedings, to the prejudice of your people in any of the...
561. oldal - Each stinging-needle tapers from a broad base to a slender summit, which, though rounded at the end, is of such microscopic fineness that it readily penetrates, and breaks off in, the skin. The whole hair consists of a very delicate outer case of wood, closely applied to the inner surface of which is a layer of semi-fluid matter, full of innumerable granules of extreme minuteness.