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For this purpose water manometers have hitherto been employed; but, although the indications given by these are very accurate, their form and weight are such as to render them not easily transportable; and then, again, considerable care is necessary in putting them in place. Mr.
But as the smoke increased more and more, a certain vague feeling of anxiety gained possession of him, and he longed for more accurate means of observation. "Would I were not so old! "Oh, young Tristam," he cried, as he observed a Norman boy, son of one of the men-at-arms a lad of about twelve years of age "come here!"
I shall proceed to give a sketch of the narrative. The subject is "The Reign of the Hundred Days." The poem commences, in form, with a solemn proposition of the subject. Then the muse is invoked to give the poet accurate information as to the causes of so terrible a commotion.
By A.T. de Berneaud, 1814. 8vo. This work, translated from the French, contains a very accurate survey of this island. Tour through Elba. By Sir R.C. Hoare, bart. 1814. 4to. Only seventeen pages are devoted to the journal, the remainder of the books consists of 8 views and a map: and a sketch of the character of Buonaparte.
The migrations of these insects are mentioned in another part of the scripture, "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them in bands," Prov. xxx. 27. The accurate Mr. Adanson, near the river Gambia in Africa, was witness to the migration of these insects.
We also learned that Alexandria was without provisions, that Melas was far from expecting a siege, that many of his troops were sick, and that be wanted medicines. Berthier was ordered to draw up for the spy a nearly accurate statement of our positions. The information given by this man proved so accurate and useful that on his return from Marengo Bonaparte ordered me to pay him the 1000 Louis.
These distances appeared to me sometimes one-third greater during the night, especially when the weather was cloudy, very hot, and humid. The Indians pretend that when the araguatos fill the forests with their howling, there is always one that chaunts as leader of the chorus. The observation is pretty accurate.
"A delightful romance.... The story is not only historically accurate; it is one of continuous and vivid interest." Philadelphia Press. "Simply enthralling.... The narrative abounds in vivid descriptions of stirring incidents and wonderfully attractive depictions of character.
"A more full and accurate account of the whole investigation, contained in the Minutes of the Board, is herewith respectfully submitted for Your Excellency's information; but such, we have to state to Your Excellency, is generally the disorderly and inefficient state of an Institution from which the public looked, and were justly entitled to look, for great benefits.
Ruskin, but very often independently carried out, and always worthy of a "place on the line" in any gallery. There is much accurate and real dialogue, not a little firm character-drawing. Above all, both are full of blood of things lived and seen, not vamped up from reading or day-dreaming and yet full of dreams, day and other, and full of literature.
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