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Of the skeleton . When the bones of an animal are connected , after the soft parts have been removed , the whole is called a skeleton . Had this frame been constructed of fewer bones , our actions must have been constrained , and less convenient ; we find it
therefore wisely divided into numerous pieces for the sake of enlarging the sphere of motion , while all its divisions are peculiarly and admirably adapted to the various uses for which thev have
been designed . The head to form a case for lodging arid defending the brain within its cavity , while its elevation above the rest of the body places the seat of the mind in a position best suited to her attributes .
From the head descends the spine , reaching to the extremity of the pelvis , which serves to support the head , and affords a canal for the brain and spinal marrow . From the upper part of the
spine , the ribs extend on each side , and meeting at the breast-bone before , they form the cavity of the chest for lodging and defending the heart and lungs .
The lower part of the spine , supporting all the parts of the body which are superior to it , is itself received in a wedge-like form and supported by the bones of the pelvis . These bones serve as a basin for sustaining some of its viscera , and as a medium of
connexion between the body and the lower extremities , affording a support to the former , and producing the necessary motion at the hip-joints by rolling upon the round heads of the thigh-bones . The base of each bone , in the sitpe *'
-nor extremities , is placed in a situation best calculated for the limb to perform all its motions , and at the satae time to defend from injuries the head and chest . The division of each
extremit y into several bones , and their connexions , are intended to produce motions sufficiently great for all the Purposes of necessity and convenience . ¦ The inferior extremities are likewise divided into several bones , for the
purposes of motion , and serving also as ihov ing columns for the support and caniage of the body : they are stronger , aad their joints firmer and more confined : the thigh-bone has less , motion tnari thai of the arm : the joint of the ** & > fi stronger tiiari that of the
el-¦***•? ta * d itite makmii of the atifcJe * ft * tcx * is' akptfer , hat more # ftn > than t hat of the wrist and fingers .
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GLEANINGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTION ^ MAD E IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING . No . CCXXXVTL ¦ ' ;; Knight of the Holy Ghost . Mr . Soane on Thursday night
concluded his Lectures on Architecture * In the course of his last lecture he gave a very humorous account of the removal and raising or" Trajan ' s famous Pillar , during the Papal government . The Pope , it seems , not only bestowed his benediction on Fontana the
architect , who after many years of consultation was selected for the important office of elevating the celebrated column , but on the many hundred work * men who were employed on the occasion , as well as all the machines . &c . But that all possible care and caution
might attend this august and solemn undertaking , punishment as well as reward was held forth to insure success . A gibbet was erected upon the spot , the hangman and his attendants graced the ceremony , and the . poor
architect , as well as his chief agents , were to be executed immediately , in case of failure . Happily , however , the attempt succeeded , and therefore recompense instead of vengeance was the result . The architect was made
Knight of the Holy Ghosty and other honours and rewards attended him . This narrative , founded on rare but authentic documents , afforded high entertainment to the audience .
Loyidon Chronicle , Mar . 25 , 1815 .
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No . cexxxviii . Desperate Resolution of a whole People . " The most inflamed spirits being driven by the arms of Spain , or drawn
by the hopes of liberty and safety , into the United Provinces , out of the rest , the hatred of Spain grew to that height , that they were not only willing to submit to any new dominion rather than return to the old , but when thev
could find no master to protect them , and their affairs grew desperate , they were once certainly upon the counsel of burning their great toipns , wasting and drowning what they could of their own country ) and going la see / c some new seats in the Indies . Which they might
h : tve executed , if they had foiiiid shipping enough to carry off all :-their numbers , and had not been detained by the compassiori of those which must h&vebeen left behind , at the mercy of an inceaised and conquering master . * Observations upon Un . Prov . pp . 56 , 57 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 567, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/35/
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