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... - The leading figure , ' twas very plain , Was followed by several Os . Oh , who can tell of the schemes that flew Through his head , as the treasure met his view , And he knew that again his note was good ? 16 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
... - The leading figure , ' twas very plain , Was followed by several Os . Oh , who can tell of the schemes that flew Through his head , as the treasure met his view , And he knew that again his note was good ? 16 [ July , Treasure - Trove .
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... knew must now be near at hand . We descended , therefore , and resumed our course , ― anxiously , it is true , but with few of the serious misgivings which had beset us at Caridad . The path wound around the base of El Volcan , on the ...
... knew must now be near at hand . We descended , therefore , and resumed our course , ― anxiously , it is true , but with few of the serious misgivings which had beset us at Caridad . The path wound around the base of El Volcan , on the ...
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... knew that we were at the " summit " ; the faint swell of the savanna , scarcely perceptible to the eye , which support- ed the government rancho , it was clear , was the highest point between the two great oceans , and the cool breeze ...
... knew that we were at the " summit " ; the faint swell of the savanna , scarcely perceptible to the eye , which support- ed the government rancho , it was clear , was the highest point between the two great oceans , and the cool breeze ...
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... knew its own beauty , and lingered to enjoy it . At last , however , the night came , the hour also , and punctually with it came Dr. Thorne , a kindly young phy- sician , and a man of much promise , well- read , prompt , clear - headed ...
... knew its own beauty , and lingered to enjoy it . At last , however , the night came , the hour also , and punctually with it came Dr. Thorne , a kindly young phy- sician , and a man of much promise , well- read , prompt , clear - headed ...
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... knew that it was a living scene of terror . Doubt- less much of this startling effect was the result of association , the agitation of anx- iety , the influence of the impressive text , the suddenness of the apparition , the un- usual ...
... knew that it was a living scene of terror . Doubt- less much of this startling effect was the result of association , the agitation of anx- iety , the influence of the impressive text , the suddenness of the apparition , the un- usual ...
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Page 233 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 207 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
Page 123 - OF all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well...
Page 606 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 479 - A GLACIER is AN IMPERFECT FLUID, OR A VISCOUS BODY. WHICH IS URGED DOWN SLOPES OF A CERTAIN INCLINATION BY THE MUTUAL PRESSURE OF ITS PARTS.
Page 207 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...
Page 207 - ... been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction the following words : "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
Page 264 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 476 - Netherlands, at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth, we find the allegorical drama giving way to more definite and direct personations.
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