The Young Man's Best Companion and Guide to Useful KnowledgeT. Kinnersley, 1815 - 476 sider |
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Side 45
... round text , they be confined within the lines limiting the body of the writing , or as b and h , they rise above the upper line , or as p and y they fall below the under line . Were we to judge from the practice of many ap- proved ...
... round text , they be confined within the lines limiting the body of the writing , or as b and h , they rise above the upper line , or as p and y they fall below the under line . Were we to judge from the practice of many ap- proved ...
Side 47
... round ruler , which ought to be perfectly cylindrical , that is of precisely the same thickness in every part of its length . That each line of writing may appear to the best advantage , they should be placed so far asunder that the ...
... round ruler , which ought to be perfectly cylindrical , that is of precisely the same thickness in every part of its length . That each line of writing may appear to the best advantage , they should be placed so far asunder that the ...
Side 54
... round and of precisely the same thickness , about six feet long . One of these batons was given to the general , and the other remained with the magistrates . When a communication was to be made between the parties , a long piece of ...
... round and of precisely the same thickness , about six feet long . One of these batons was given to the general , and the other remained with the magistrates . When a communication was to be made between the parties , a long piece of ...
Side 77
... round timber , and Cubic Foot do . Yard make one Load . 50 Feet of hewn do . A cube is a solid figure of which all the sides are of cqual length , and all the angles are right or square , each side or surface standing perpendicular upon ...
... round timber , and Cubic Foot do . Yard make one Load . 50 Feet of hewn do . A cube is a solid figure of which all the sides are of cqual length , and all the angles are right or square , each side or surface standing perpendicular upon ...
Side 222
... or periphery , ( the first a Latin and the second a Greek word , signifying what is GEOMETRY . 223 carried or drawn round ) is equally 222 YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION . become right of course. If however the figure contain ...
... or periphery , ( the first a Latin and the second a Greek word , signifying what is GEOMETRY . 223 carried or drawn round ) is equally 222 YOUNG MAN'S BEST COMPANION . become right of course. If however the figure contain ...
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Side 425 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Side 5 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n ; O, o ; P, p ; Q, q ; R, r S, s ; T, t; U, u ; V, v ; W, w; X, x ; Y, y ; Z, z.
Side 32 - Each works its end, to move or govern all: And to their proper operation still Ascribe all good; to their improper, ill. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul; Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action could attend, And but for this, were active to no end...
Side 32 - XX. When the qualities of different things are compared, the latter noun or pronoun is not governed by the conjunction than or as, but agrees with the verb, or is governed by the verb or the preposition, expressed or understood : as, " Thou art wiser than I;
Side 41 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Side 81 - January 31, February 28, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30, December 31.
Side 24 - ... for hidden; held, for holden, frequently: bid, for bidden; begot, for begotten, once or twice: in which, and a few other like words, it may perhaps be allowed as a Contraction. And in some of these Custom has established it beyond recovery. In the rest it seems wholly inexcusable. The absurdity of it will be plainly perceived in the example of some of these Verbs, which Custom has not so perverted. We should be immediately shocked at I have knew, I have saw, I have gave, &c: but our ears are...
Side 28 - An explicative sentence is when a thing is said to be or not to be, to do or not to do, to suffer or not to suffer, in a direct manner ; as, ' I am ; thou writest ; Thomas is Joved.
Side 24 - This general inclination and tendency of the language, seems to have given occasion to the introducing of a very great Corruption; by which the Form of the Past Time is confounded with that of the Participle in these Verbs, few in proportion, which have them quite different from one another. This confusion prevails greatly in common discourse, and is too much authorised by the example of some of our best Writers.
Side 31 - This is an idiom, which our language is strongly inclined to : it prevails in common conversation, and suits very well with the familiar style in writing: but the placing of the preposition before...