heigth

Example Sentences

• "Having accomplished the firſt part called Longimetra, contayning ſundrie rules to meaſure lẽgthes, breadthes, heigths, depthes, and diſtances: I thinke it meete novv to proceede to the ſeconde kynde named Planimetra, vvherein ye shall haue rules for the menſuration of all manner playne Figures, to knovv their contente ſuperficiall."
• "A man Grovveth in heigth and length untill he be one and tvventie yeares of age: then beginneth he to ſpread and burniſh in ſquareneſſe."
• "[W]e ſee that the very aire it ſelfe is never conglaciate nor frozen, nor hardened, conſidering that miſts, fogs and clouds are no congealations, but onely gatherings and thickenings of a moiſt and vapourous aire: for the true aire indeed vvhich hath no vapour at all and is altogether drie, admitteth no ſuch refrigeration as may alter it to that degree and heigth."
• "Night walks at the héeles of the day, and ſoꝛow enters (like a tauerne-bill) at the taile of our pleaſures: foꝛ in the Appenine heigth of this immoderate ioy and ſecuritie (that like Powles Steeple ouer-lookt the whole Citie) Behold, that miracle-woꝛker, who in one minute turnd our generall mourning to a generall mirth, does now againe in a moment alter that gladnes to ſhꝛikes ⁊ lamentation."
• "The 3d named Jenkin James, a luſty young Fellow, about the ſame Heigth as Gaſtril, has a good freſh Complection, bred by trade a Taylor, but of late has been uſed to ſawing, talks very much Welſhly, and had on when he went away a coarſe red Coat and Waſtecoat, the Buttons and Button Holes of the Coat black"