...the meantime Williams and his companion Brown, mounted the little bank under which the cottage lay, and came upon the common above There was a small public-house...more than half a pint of the liquid fire, which is bat too readily to be found in such places, partly at his own expense, partly at that of Williams....

...Latimer. Williams and his companion, Brown, then mounted the little bank under which the cottage lay, and came upon the common above. There was a small...which is but too readily to be found in such places. He was inclined to stop and gossip with some loose characters whom they found in the parlour ; but...

...tack, the wind blowing fresh from the NW The night was not particularly dark ; vessels could be seen at the distance of about a quarter of a mile. At the same period, as is alleged, the Dutch vessel was descried about two points on the barque's weather...

...tack, the wind blowing fresh from the NW The night was not particularly dark; vessels could be seen at the distance of about a quarter of a mile. At the same period, as is alleged, the Dutch vessel was descried about tw'o points on the bark's weather bow....

...present day. 17.—The father of Koxinga. HISTORY OF KOOLANGSU. " Opposite to the west side of Amoy, at the distance of about a quarter of a mile, at the narrowest point, is the Isle of Kulimgsu, extending about a mile from south-east to north-west, and...

...apart make an angle with each other of one second of arc, and this is the angle subtended by a pinhead at the distance of about a quarter of a mile. At the poles of the earth and at the equator, the direction of gravity is that of the plumb-line ; elsewhere...

...each other an angle of only one second of arc ; one second of arc is the angle subtended by a pinhead at the distance of about a quarter of a mile. At the poles of the earth and at the equator, the direction of gravity is that °f the plumb line ; elsewhere...