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That Newton cannot be ranked in this respect with those extraordinary persons ,
is owing to the accidents which prevented him from entering upon mathematical
study before his 18th year ; and then a much greater marvel was wrought than ...
That Newton cannot be ranked in this respect with those extraordinary persons ,
is owing to the accidents which prevented him from entering upon mathematical
study before his 18th year ; and then a much greater marvel was wrought than ...
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Nor can any doubt exist that , in this respect , Newton stands at the head of all
who have extended the bounds of knowledge . The sciences of dynamics and of
optics are especially to be regarded in this point of view ; but the former in
particular ...
Nor can any doubt exist that , in this respect , Newton stands at the head of all
who have extended the bounds of knowledge . The sciences of dynamics and of
optics are especially to be regarded in this point of view ; but the former in
particular ...
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... in what points the Italian differs most from the Austrian ; if you ask in what
points the ethnological and political divisions most agree ; you will find , as is
often the case , that the differences in one respect are far less than they are in
another .
... in what points the Italian differs most from the Austrian ; if you ask in what
points the ethnological and political divisions most agree ; you will find , as is
often the case , that the differences in one respect are far less than they are in
another .
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Although of the same stock , they are undersized , uncivilised , and in all respects
a contrast to them ; but you will remember the ... In respect to their language , they
hold it with a great deal of zeal ; in my mind with more zeal than discretion .
Although of the same stock , they are undersized , uncivilised , and in all respects
a contrast to them ; but you will remember the ... In respect to their language , they
hold it with a great deal of zeal ; in my mind with more zeal than discretion .
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I will state what I believe to be the feeling of the Slavonic family , en masse , in
respect to what they call the Slavonic nationality . The whole number of
Slavonians of different divisions - Russian , Polish , Austrian , and the like -
amounts to as ...
I will state what I believe to be the feeling of the Slavonic family , en masse , in
respect to what they call the Slavonic nationality . The whole number of
Slavonians of different divisions - Russian , Polish , Austrian , and the like -
amounts to as ...
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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...