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... things : 1. That the stars are luminous bodies , which shine by their own native light ; other- wise they could not be perceived at such vast distances . 2. That they are bodies of an immense size , not inferior to the sun ; and many of ...
... things : 1. That the stars are luminous bodies , which shine by their own native light ; other- wise they could not be perceived at such vast distances . 2. That they are bodies of an immense size , not inferior to the sun ; and many of ...
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... things upon , which men desired to transmit to posterity . Josephus the Jewish Historian , speaks of two columns , one of brick , on which the Children of Seth wrote , or engraved their inventions and astronomical discoveries . Porphyry ...
... things upon , which men desired to transmit to posterity . Josephus the Jewish Historian , speaks of two columns , one of brick , on which the Children of Seth wrote , or engraved their inventions and astronomical discoveries . Porphyry ...
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... things unsightly to strange ee ; For hut and palace show like filthily so sang Childe Harold ; and all who , like him , have en joyed the prospect of this city from the harbor have spoken with rapture of its beauty , as all who have en ...
... things unsightly to strange ee ; For hut and palace show like filthily so sang Childe Harold ; and all who , like him , have en joyed the prospect of this city from the harbor have spoken with rapture of its beauty , as all who have en ...
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... thing even for Ladies of the better order to be un- able to read . May we not hope that the present crisis in the affairs of Portugal may lead to a happy change and that the light of liberty now beginning to burst with mid - day ...
... thing even for Ladies of the better order to be un- able to read . May we not hope that the present crisis in the affairs of Portugal may lead to a happy change and that the light of liberty now beginning to burst with mid - day ...
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... thing to do , but with very frequently nothing to eat . A little oatmeal , mixed with cold water , was often , he tells us , all he was allowed . Yet in this situation he remained a year , and then returned to his father's very much the ...
... thing to do , but with very frequently nothing to eat . A little oatmeal , mixed with cold water , was often , he tells us , all he was allowed . Yet in this situation he remained a year , and then returned to his father's very much the ...
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Sida 29 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Sida 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Sida 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Sida 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Sida 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Sida 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Sida 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Sida 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Sida 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Sida 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.