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The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility…

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The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.
A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when…
The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the…
Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others,…
Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects…
The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which…
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it…
The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto,…
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a…
The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold…
The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she…
Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.

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