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Page 58
If money goes before , all ways lie open , " observed Shakspeare , of the truth of
whose words society was convinced . But as there were fanatics in religion and
firebrands in politics , even so there were misers among moneygetters , and their
...
If money goes before , all ways lie open , " observed Shakspeare , of the truth of
whose words society was convinced . But as there were fanatics in religion and
firebrands in politics , even so there were misers among moneygetters , and their
...
Page 176
Now , it was only on Tuesday last that a working man observed to me , that these
exhibitions while on the one hand they offer a stimulus to invention , on the other
save a great waste of thought , for a man on visiting such an exhibition , very ...
Now , it was only on Tuesday last that a working man observed to me , that these
exhibitions while on the one hand they offer a stimulus to invention , on the other
save a great waste of thought , for a man on visiting such an exhibition , very ...
Page 182
It was observed that the Falmouth packets were always a fortnight behind the
American vessels ; — the fact being , that the Americans knew where the Gulf
Stream was , and took advantage of it in sailing to England . At length Franklin
told our ...
It was observed that the Falmouth packets were always a fortnight behind the
American vessels ; — the fact being , that the Americans knew where the Gulf
Stream was , and took advantage of it in sailing to England . At length Franklin
told our ...
Page 239
... will hereafter be produced by its aid . Of machine - makers , it may be observed
, that they are continually applying mechanical elements used in one branch of
industry to another , as the combing machine , hitherto confined to sheep ' s wool
...
... will hereafter be produced by its aid . Of machine - makers , it may be observed
, that they are continually applying mechanical elements used in one branch of
industry to another , as the combing machine , hitherto confined to sheep ' s wool
...
Page 249
Every one will have observed in these gimple utterances of the infantine mouth ,
how imperfect is the attempt to pronounce very many consonants . These
differences continue with certain men as they grow up , and become infixed so ...
Every one will have observed in these gimple utterances of the infantine mouth ,
how imperfect is the attempt to pronounce very many consonants . These
differences continue with certain men as they grow up , and become infixed so ...
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Page 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 238 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men — between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 179 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Page 177 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 265 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 180 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Page 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 21 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 70 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
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| Title | The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köide |
| Editor | Henry Pitman |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 okt. 2006 |
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