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Page 166 - ... in the proportion of two parts of the former to one of the latter, and expressible by the symbol H2O.
Page 346 - I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them ; if wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected. Disputes are apt to sour one's temper, and disturb one's quiet. I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the least profit by any of them.
Page 24 - An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801," which was presented to me on the 6th instant, with my objections to its becoming a law.
Page 346 - The king's changing his pointed conductors for blunt ones is, therefore, a matter of small importance to me. If I had a wish about it, it would be that he had rejected them altogether, as ineffectual ; for it is only since he thought himself safe from the thunder of Heaven, that he dared to use his own thunder in destroying his innocent subjects.
Page xviii - ... broken by the hand; it is the largest of the whole, and its kernel is large and easily extracted. Its superiority is said to be attributable to its having been originally engrafted : however this may be, it is now raised from seed alone, and does not degenerate. The nuts steeped in water for eight days are planted in the beginning of March, and the shoot generally makes its appearance in about forty days. If reared by grafts, the process is performed when the plant is five years old : the head...
Page li - Canton, are dyed with prussian blue and gypsum, to suit the taste of the "foreign barbarians :" indeed, the process may be seen any day, during the season, by those who will give themselves the trouble to seek after it. It is very likely that the same ingredients are also used in dyeing the northern green teas for the foreign market ; of this, however, I am not quite certain.
Page xlix - The farms are small, each consisting of from one to four or five acres ; indeed, every cottager has his own little tea garden, the produce of which supplies the wants of his family, and the surplus brings him in a few dollars, which are spent on the other necessaries of life.
Page xliv - As soon as the plants again become ten or twelve inches high, bend down and cover them as before, repeating the operation as often as necessary, which is commonly three times the first season. The last time may be as late as September, or later if no frosts occur. By covering the tops in this manner, they change to roots, and the design is to fill the ground as full of roots as possible. When the vacant spaces are...
Page 361 - And after dwelling on the developments and significance of moral statistics, he adds: "The astonishing facts of this class lead us inevitably to the conclusion that all events are governed by a Supreme Intelligence who knows no change ; and that under the same conditions, the same results are invariably produced."* Organic Dynamics.
Page liv - These are the edible acorns of the ancients, which they believed fattened the tunny fish, on their passage from the Ocean to the Mediterranean; a fable only proving that they grew on the delicious shores and rocks of Andalusia, which unhappily is no longer the case.