Though the compass needle, and therefore the arrow that represents it on the map, does not point exactly north, the deviation is, from a military point of view, slight, and appreciable error will rarely result through the use of the magnetic instead of the true north in the solution of any military problems.

Follow that Skink; let privy search be made; Let not one pass, except he be well-known; Let posts be every way sent speedily For ten miles' compass round about the city.

That'll show us the compass card at least.

" "I took some compass bearings in the carriage," I said.

In April he received a copy of a Paper by Mr Rundell, referring to the complete adoption of his system of compass correction in iron ships, not only in the merchant service, but also in the Navy.

Yet, of the two, I think that error the most pardonable, which in too strait a compass crowds together many accidents, since it produces more variety, and, consequently, more pleasure to the audience; and, because the nearness of proportion betwixt the imaginary and real time, does speciously cover the compression of the accidents.

"The register for Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, contains within a moderate compass deeds from 1683 downwards.

The indigent student took fresh courage as he saw in him to what a narrow compass exterior wants might be reduced; the man of fashion and the fop stood abashed before the simplicity of his dress and daily life.

In light, in darkness too, Through winds and tides one compass guides: To that, and your own selves, be true!

Fifty years is a long period in one man's history, and Sir George Airy may well be proud in looking back over this period to see how complete has been the success of his compass investigation.

I remedied this by placing under it a free compass magnet: a stand was specially prepared for it.

We saw also the compass plant, and the western tea plant.

The stars gave me the compass points, and I recalled with some clearness the general trend of the coast line as we came up.

The compass range filled the eye with the stately precision of the many squadrons and divisions of leviathans.

All traffic, even the steady trotting coolies, fetched a lenient compass roundabout.

20 The brooks run purling down with silver waves, The planted lanes rejoice with dancing leaves, The chirping birds from all the compass rove To tempt the tuneful echoes of the grove: High sunny summits, deeply shaded dales, Thick mossy banks, and flowery winding vales, With various prospect gratify the sight, And scatter fix'd attention in delight.

Ay, Master Goursey, I have in my time Seen many shipwrecks of true honesty; But incident such dangers ever are To them that without compass sail so far: Why, what need men to swim, when they may wade?

Like her of Coventry, "left alone, the passions of her mind, As winds from all the compass shift and blow, Made war upon each other for an hour, Till Pity won.

"But in how strait a compass sorever, they have bounded their Plots and Characters, we will pass it by, if they have regularly pursued them, and perfectly observed those three Unities, of TIME, PLACE, and ACTION; the knowledge of which, you say! is derived to us from them.

If a compass survey will suffice, there is nothing better than the cavalry sketching board used in the United States Army for reconnaissance.

Pennell 'swung' the ship for compass adjustment, then 'away.

The azure goddess Nut doth compass thee on every side, and the god Nu floodeth thee with his rays of light.

On weighing the next morning, we made sail to the North by West, but, from the compass-box not being quite straight in the binnacle, we made a North by West 1/2 West course, which was not discovered until we had nearly paid dear for our neglect; for we passed close to a rock which I intended to have gone at least a mile to windward of.

The compass case should allow taking apart for cleaning and drying.

That house was built on purpose to show in what an exceeding small compass comfort may be packed.