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... feet English 9,383 French . For common purposes , it is sufficient to say that 15 French feet are equal to 16 English , the exact proportion being 1015 French 15,986 English , The Paris pound is 7561 grains troy , 100 Paris pounds being ...
... feet English 9,383 French . For common purposes , it is sufficient to say that 15 French feet are equal to 16 English , the exact proportion being 1015 French 15,986 English , The Paris pound is 7561 grains troy , 100 Paris pounds being ...
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... feet , the jaw - bone of an unknown ani- mal , which he thought was of a wild boar , but which belongs to one of those lost species , the ancient existence of which is attested by the great number of fossils of this nature , found in ...
... feet , the jaw - bone of an unknown ani- mal , which he thought was of a wild boar , but which belongs to one of those lost species , the ancient existence of which is attested by the great number of fossils of this nature , found in ...
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... feet thick ? An inexhaustible source of conjectures and systems , a vast field of scien- tific researches , where man obtains no other certitude but that of his ignorance ! » Between this village and Essone , we cross a plain which has ...
... feet thick ? An inexhaustible source of conjectures and systems , a vast field of scien- tific researches , where man obtains no other certitude but that of his ignorance ! » Between this village and Essone , we cross a plain which has ...
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... feet high by eighteen long ; the subjects , which mostly relate to mythology , are not connected . cartoons It was in the gallery of the stags , that the unfortunate Monaldeschi was assassinated by the orders of Christina of Sweden ...
... feet high by eighteen long ; the subjects , which mostly relate to mythology , are not connected . cartoons It was in the gallery of the stags , that the unfortunate Monaldeschi was assassinated by the orders of Christina of Sweden ...
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... feet in width , of an elliptical form ; it is forty - two feet wide , and the length , from one butment to the other , is 1050 feet . From Moulins to Bessay , the next post , we pass through a level but rich and fertile coun- try , and ...
... feet in width , of an elliptical form ; it is forty - two feet wide , and the length , from one butment to the other , is 1050 feet . From Moulins to Bessay , the next post , we pass through a level but rich and fertile coun- try , and ...
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Page 63 - Here the self-torturing sophist, wild Rousseau, The apostle of affliction, he who threw Enchantment over passion, and from woe Wrung overwhelming eloquence, first drew The breath which made him wretched; yet he knew How to make madness beautiful, and cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts, a heavenly hue Of words, like sunbeams, dazzling as they past The eyes, which o'er them shed tears feelingly and fast.
Page 168 - A blending of all beauties ; streams and dells, Fruit, foliage, crag, wood, cornfield, mountain, vine, And chiefless castles breathing stern farewells From gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.
Page 158 - They never saw each other, but in the hour of public service ; excepting on a Sunday, when they were allowed to go to the proper officer, who gave them their portions of food for the week. Every one cooked his provision in his own cell. Their only sustenance is coarse brown bread, and vegetables. They are likewise allowed to receive fish, whenever it is given them. In case of illness, they are allowed two spoonfuls of wine to a pint of water. On high festivals they are allowed cheese. The cells are...
Page 417 - The sky is changed! — and such a change! Oh, night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet, lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 22 - She had superadded likewise to her jacket, a pale green ribband, which fell across her shoulder to the waist ; at the end of which hung her pipe. Her goat had been as faithless as her lover ; and she had got a little dog in lieu of him, which she had kept tied by a string to her girdle. As I looked at her dog, she drew him towards her with the string. Thou shalt not leave me, Sylvio, said she.
Page 35 - They then returned to the church, to begin the morning office; and on that occasion, several received on their naked bodies a number of pails of water. At the respective divisions of the service, great care was taken to supply the Ass with drink and provender. In the middle of it, a signal was given by an anthem, Conductus ad ludos, &c.
Page 443 - ... fir trees to be laid across to give it firmness. The villages and hamlets stand on spots of fertile ground, scattered like islands among the sands. The appearance of a corn-field on each side of the road, fenced by green hedges, a clump of trees at a little distance, and the spire of a rustic church tapering from among them, gives notice of the approach to an inhabited spot.
Page 36 - Conductus ad ludos, &c. (Brought to play, &c.) and the Ass was conducted into the nave of the church, where the people, mixed with the clergy, danced round him, and strove to imitate his braying. When the dancing was over, the Ass was brought again into the choir, where the clergy terminated the festival.
Page 29 - It is not uncommon to have the swallows flying into your chamber, and awakening you by early dawn with their twittering. When these windows open into gardens, nothing can be more pleasant : the purity of the air, the splendour of the stars, the singing of nightingales, and the perfume of flowers, all concur to charm the senses.
Page 464 - So thro' the vales of Loire the bee-hives glide, The light raft dropping with the silent tide ; So, till the laughing scenes are lost in night, The busy people wing their various flight, Culling unnumbered sweets from nameless flowers, That scent the vineyard in its purple hours. Rise, ere the watch-relieving clarions play. Caught thro