Artesian well
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Get down to the love of God, and the love of men therefrom, and you have got an Artesian well which will bubble up unfailingly.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
And I knew a manufacturer, too, who went to bore an Artesian well for water, and hired a regular well-borer to do it.
From Madam How and Lady Why by Kingsley, Charles
Yet it is remarkable that the boring of an Artesian well at Fort William, near Calcutta, in the years 1835-1840, displayed, at the depth of 120 feet, clay and sand with pebbles.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The Artesian well, in many localities, is but the work of a few days or a week.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various
The moment they hear of John's Artesian well, they look as if they never drank water.
From Man and Wife by Collins, Wilkie
