The Universal Preceptor: Being a General Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and Useful Knowledge ...A. Phelps, 1826 - 312 страница |
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... line ; Slow , with soft lips , the whirling can acquires The tender skeins , and wraps in rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move , And these retain , and those extend , the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid ...
... line ; Slow , with soft lips , the whirling can acquires The tender skeins , and wraps in rising spires ; With quicken'd pace successive rollers move , And these retain , and those extend , the rove ; Then fly the spoles ; the rapid ...
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... line ; 200 more carry from 28 to 50 guns , called frigates : and 350 carrying less than 28 guns , are called sloops , brigs , cutters , fire ships , bomb vessels , & c . The navy of the United States . 170. The navy of the United States ...
... line ; 200 more carry from 28 to 50 guns , called frigates : and 350 carrying less than 28 guns , are called sloops , brigs , cutters , fire ships , bomb vessels , & c . The navy of the United States . 170. The navy of the United States ...
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... lines , but projecting and indented so that one part may protect and cover another , and so that the walls may stand obliquely to the fire of an assailant . Forts are also provided with wet or dry ditches ; and with mines under the ...
... lines , but projecting and indented so that one part may protect and cover another , and so that the walls may stand obliquely to the fire of an assailant . Forts are also provided with wet or dry ditches ; and with mines under the ...
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... line of defence . 176. No fortress can be prudently assaulted by besiegers within the range of its guns , except by digging an approach in a zigzag or slant direction , something like the capital Z ; having approached in this way , a ...
... line of defence . 176. No fortress can be prudently assaulted by besiegers within the range of its guns , except by digging an approach in a zigzag or slant direction , something like the capital Z ; having approached in this way , a ...
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... line of battle , and by passing into the rear of the enemy , seizing his magazines , and destroying his ... lines :' Twas man himself Brought death into the world : and man himself Gave keenness to his darts , quicken'd his ...
... line of battle , and by passing into the rear of the enemy , seizing his magazines , and destroying his ... lines :' Twas man himself Brought death into the world : and man himself Gave keenness to his darts , quicken'd his ...
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