The Youth's Miscellaneous Sketch Book: A Compilation of Useful and Amusing Extracts from Various AuthorsC. L. Adams, 1829 - 108 páginas |
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... also used in Bibles , particularly the para- graph , which shews the parts into which a chapter is divided , and where its contents change . PUNCTUATION Is the art of dividing composition , by points 6 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
... also used in Bibles , particularly the para- graph , which shews the parts into which a chapter is divided , and where its contents change . PUNCTUATION Is the art of dividing composition , by points 6 .... MISCELLANEOUS.
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... divided by b . Wolfius makes the sign of division two dots ; thus , 12 : 4 denotes the quotient of 12 divided by 4-3 . If either the divisor or dividend , D Cor both , be composed of several letters ; for example , ab ÷ c , instead of ...
... divided by b . Wolfius makes the sign of division two dots ; thus , 12 : 4 denotes the quotient of 12 divided by 4-3 . If either the divisor or dividend , D Cor both , be composed of several letters ; for example , ab ÷ c , instead of ...
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... divided by 9 , gives for a quotient 45 ; that is 4 + 5 = nine . The amount of the first product , ( viz . 9 ) when added to the other products , whose respective component figures make 9 , is 81 ; which is the square of nine . The said ...
... divided by 9 , gives for a quotient 45 ; that is 4 + 5 = nine . The amount of the first product , ( viz . 9 ) when added to the other products , whose respective component figures make 9 , is 81 ; which is the square of nine . The said ...
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... divided by 9 , is 40 , 320 ; that is 4 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 0 = nine . If the number 11 be multiplied by any one of the nine digits , the two figures of the product will always be alike , as appears in the follow- ing example : - 9 11 11 11 11 ...
... divided by 9 , is 40 , 320 ; that is 4 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 0 = nine . If the number 11 be multiplied by any one of the nine digits , the two figures of the product will always be alike , as appears in the follow- ing example : - 9 11 11 11 11 ...
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... divided into 32 parts . The four cardi- nal points are north , east , south , and west ; and these are divided , and sub - divided , as may be seen above . In learning to repeat the compass we should begin --north , north and by east ...
... divided into 32 parts . The four cardi- nal points are north , east , south , and west ; and these are divided , and sub - divided , as may be seen above . In learning to repeat the compass we should begin --north , north and by east ...
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America Astronomy beautiful body Brig british brig british frigate captured british captured by british Cents Chilblains colour component figures cork debt denotes divided by 9 drachms Drams drowned earth ecliptic electricity equal exercise fire fool frigate glass globe goat grains gum arabic hath head inch John Adams Lake letters light substances live loses five shillings lunar caustic mark Marquis de Lafayette miles long miles wide Moon multiplied nature nitric acid number of inhabitants ORTHOEPY ounce pays ready money penny Pennyweight phial phosphorus planets stand postage pound Printing produced pwts quantity quarter rubbed scruple sells upon credit shews ship SLOOPS OF WAR surface swim syllables teaches thee Thomas Jefferson thou tide water tincture tion TREE tube United vessel virtue weight wine wise wolf Wolfius word writing yellow zinc כו
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Página 78 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Página 12 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Página 67 - He that spends a groat a day idly spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea.
Página 69 - Then shall thy hide-bound pocket soon begin to thrive, and will never again cry with the empty bellyache ; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor nakedness freeze thee. The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart.
Página 74 - When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.
Página 67 - For six pounds a year you may have the use of one hundred pounds, provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty. He, that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds. He, that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day. He, that idly loses five shillings...
Página 27 - For any distance, not exceeding 30 miles, 6 cents. Over 30, and not exceeding 80 " 10 " Over 80, and not exceeding 150...
Página 75 - I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves ; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, &c., beginning from his youth, and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last...
Página 75 - It is with narrow-souled people as with narrownecked bottles ; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out.
Página 45 - ... searched, and a great number of copies being found, they were seized : the red ink, with which they were embellished, was said to be his blood : it was seriously adjudged that he was in league with the devil ; and if he had not fled...