 | Jonathan Swift - 1887 - 268 Seiten
...for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistency to the threads. There was an astronomer who had undertaken...coincide with all accidental turnings of the wind. I was complaining of a small fit of the colic, upon which my conductor led me into a room where a great... | |
 | William Swinton - 1887 - 686 Seiten
...or no crop. However, it is not doubted that this invention may be capable of great improvement. 5. There was an astronomer who had undertaken to place a sundial upon the great weathercock in the town-house by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun so #. as to answer... | |
 | W. C. TAYLOR - 1890 - 890 Seiten
...blind was issued among the bubbles of 1720, though it is not found in any of the lists. oils, and othel glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistence...coincide with all accidental turnings of the wind. I was complaining of a small fit of the colic, upon which my conductor led me into a room where a great... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1892 - 572 Seiten
...could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a consistence to the threads. There was an astronomer...sun, so as to answer and coincide with all accidental turning of the winds. I visited many other apartments, but shall not trouble my reader with all the... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...to fit everybody's fancy as soon as he could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and...place a sundial upon the great weathercock on the town house, by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun, so as to answer and coincide... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1897 - 424 Seiten
...to fit everybody's fancy, as soon as he could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistence to the threads. In this selection there is first a general statement regarding the author's visit to the Academy; then... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1901 - 572 Seiten
...could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a consistence to the threads. There was an astronomer...place a sun-dial upon the great weathercock on the town- house, by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun, so as to answer and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 Seiten
...he justified to me by the like practice of those two prudent insects, the bee and the spider. . . . ! . . . We crossed a walk to the other part of the academy, where, as I have already said, the projectors... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 Seiten
...he justified to me by the like practice of those two prudent insects, the bee and the spider. . . . There was an astronomer who had undertaken to place a sun-dial upon the great wealher-cock on the town-house, by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun, so... | |
 | D.C. Heath and Company - 1903 - 360 Seiten
...could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a consistence to the threads. There was an astronomer...undertaken to place a sundial upon the great weathercock in the town-house by adjusting the annual and diurnal motions of the earth and sun so as to answer... | |
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... fancy, as soon as he could find proper food for the flies, of certain gums, oils, and other glutinous matter, to give a strength and consistence to the threads. 
