The Stockton bee: or, Monthly miscellany1793 |
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... round a rod of iron , and another piece round a piece of wood , and both of them be held in the Aame of a candle , the latter will turn imme- Vol . I. diately , L diately , but the former will receive no injury , MARCH , 1793 . 93.
... round a rod of iron , and another piece round a piece of wood , and both of them be held in the Aame of a candle , the latter will turn imme- Vol . I. diately , L diately , but the former will receive no injury , MARCH , 1793 . 93.
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... round the world , fuppofing it to be 25,020 miles in circumfe- renc ; and what would be their value at three - halfpence earn ? The latter part of this Question ( as fent by the Propofer ) is emitted : As the publisher fuppofes . that ...
... round the world , fuppofing it to be 25,020 miles in circumfe- renc ; and what would be their value at three - halfpence earn ? The latter part of this Question ( as fent by the Propofer ) is emitted : As the publisher fuppofes . that ...
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... round the welkin glow , I ftart to being from the mighty noise , My vot'ries glad , or bid them fink in woe . The raven's din , the eagle's lofty flight , The chirping cricket , and the crackling fire , The owl'sdire fcreech , ( dull ...
... round the welkin glow , I ftart to being from the mighty noise , My vot'ries glad , or bid them fink in woe . The raven's din , the eagle's lofty flight , The chirping cricket , and the crackling fire , The owl'sdire fcreech , ( dull ...
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... round about , So we curious tancy to find out , There right appea ' d before my eyes Three things that did me much furprize , And tho ' they were exactly three , As many more they leem'd to be ; I then took one from ' hem to find Wha ...
... round about , So we curious tancy to find out , There right appea ' d before my eyes Three things that did me much furprize , And tho ' they were exactly three , As many more they leem'd to be ; I then took one from ' hem to find Wha ...
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... round the earth , at a certain heighth is very electric ; but it is found , that all electric bodies , when violent- ly heated , become conductors of electricity : thus it is with the air of the interior parts of the atmosphere between ...
... round the earth , at a certain heighth is very electric ; but it is found , that all electric bodies , when violent- ly heated , become conductors of electricity : thus it is with the air of the interior parts of the atmosphere between ...
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Page 220 - It was computed that fifteen hundred persons were killed or made prisoners by these savages during this fatal day. Many of the latter were carried off by them and never returned. A few, through favorable accidents, found their way back to their native country, after having experienced a long and severe captivity.
Page 214 - ... women and children, were drawn up within the lines, and on the point of marching off, when great numbers of the Indians gathered about, and began to plunder.
Page 113 - When Vere sought death arm'd with the sword and shield, Death was afraid to meet him in the field ; But when his weapons he had laid aside, Death like a coward struck him and he died."t • Relics of St. Andrew are said to have been given to the Abbey by Kins; Athelstan, relics of St. John the Evangelist by " good Queen Maude,
Page 220 - I shall only add, that after passing three days without subsistence, and enduring the severity of the cold dews for three nights, I at length reached fort Edward ; where with proper care my body soon recovered its wonted strength, and my mind, as far as the recollection of the late melancholy events would permit, its usual composure. It was computed that fifteen hundred persons were killed or made prisoners by these savages during this fatal day.
Page 212 - ... with a greater number from the adjacent army. But the colonel having acquainted General Webb with his...
Page 253 - Insulting rival, never boast Thy conquest lately won ; No wonder if her heart was lost, Her senses first were gone. " From one that's under Bedlam's laws What glory can be had ? For love of thee was not the cause, It proves that she was mad.
Page 221 - He died in about three months, of a broken heart, and with truth might it be said, that he was an honor to his country.
Page 221 - Webb fen ta party of troops to demand and protect him back to Fort Edward. But thefe unhappy occurrences, which would probably have been prevented had he been left to purfue his own plans, together with the lofs of fo many brave fellows murdered in cold blood, to whofe valour he had been fo lately a witncfa, made fuch an impreffion on his mind, that he did not long furvive.
Page 248 - ... the country ; the portentous noifes which every change of the wind, and every increafe and diminution of the waters, is apt to raife, in a lonely region, full of echoes, and rocks, and caverns ; the grotefque and ghaftly appearance of fuch a landfcape by the light of the moon...
Page 247 - ... refounding with the fall of torrents ; a foil fo rugged and a climate fo dreary, as in many parts to admit neither the amufements of...