Littell's Living Age, Volym 29Living Age Company, Incorporated, 1851 |
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... knowledge . It was there that nature kept some of her profoundest secrets ; and , during several generations , man shrank from the attempt to penetrate them . Not to mention the vague speculations of Ptolemy and others of the ancient ...
... knowledge . It was there that nature kept some of her profoundest secrets ; and , during several generations , man shrank from the attempt to penetrate them . Not to mention the vague speculations of Ptolemy and others of the ancient ...
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... knowledge . The wreck of one of the squadron , the Wager , on the coast of Terra del Fuego , although it gave the survivors an intimate knowledge of the country , will always be remembered as a most melancholy incident in the annals of ...
... knowledge . The wreck of one of the squadron , the Wager , on the coast of Terra del Fuego , although it gave the survivors an intimate knowledge of the country , will always be remembered as a most melancholy incident in the annals of ...
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... knowledge of terrestrial magnetism " in the high southern latitudes between the meridians of New Holland and Cape Horn . " The laws which regulated the movement of the needle were sup- posed to be extremely simple , operating in cycles ...
... knowledge of terrestrial magnetism " in the high southern latitudes between the meridians of New Holland and Cape Horn . " The laws which regulated the movement of the needle were sup- posed to be extremely simple , operating in cycles ...
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For some days after this the ships were closely Our knowledge of climatic phenomena is also beset , and exposed to much ... knowledge has been slowly gathered , but it will now remain a lasting testimony to the triumphs of intellect ...
For some days after this the ships were closely Our knowledge of climatic phenomena is also beset , and exposed to much ... knowledge has been slowly gathered , but it will now remain a lasting testimony to the triumphs of intellect ...
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... knowledge , sense , or understanding , till at length one leg gave a kick , then another , and presently he attempted to stand . The essay was a failure , but he soon tried to make his way to his cage . It was Garrick , if we remember ...
... knowledge , sense , or understanding , till at length one leg gave a kick , then another , and presently he attempted to stand . The essay was a failure , but he soon tried to make his way to his cage . It was Garrick , if we remember ...
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Sida 219 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe : censure me in your -wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Sida 303 - ... whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Sida 13 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken. For all is rocks at random thrown, Black waves, bare crags, and banks of stone...
Sida 277 - He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Sida 60 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Sida 111 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Sida 219 - Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
Sida 223 - ... from the roots and the stem of the tree. Save that country, that you may continue to adorn it — save the Crown, which is in jeopardy — the Aristocracy, which is shaken — save the Altar, which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred Throne!
Sida 143 - Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I do not know: I scarcely think it is. But this I know: the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that, at times, strangely wills and works for itself.
Sida 205 - Day by day when I saw with what a front she met suffering, I looked on her with an anguish of wonder and love. I have seen nothing like it; but, indeed, I have never seen her parallel in anything. Stronger than a man, simpler than a child, her nature stood alone.