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Page 264
With a beautiful city , and every arrangement that can be required for the
promotion of cleanliness and order , it is greatly to be lamented that anything
should be observed in the streets that is calculated to shock the feelings or
interrupt the ...
With a beautiful city , and every arrangement that can be required for the
promotion of cleanliness and order , it is greatly to be lamented that anything
should be observed in the streets that is calculated to shock the feelings or
interrupt the ...
Page 288
... separated by vertical or nearly vertical faults , the gas will be confined and pent
up until released by sinking shafts and working the seains . This shows the great
care that ought to be observed in sinking to and working new fields so situated .
... separated by vertical or nearly vertical faults , the gas will be confined and pent
up until released by sinking shafts and working the seains . This shows the great
care that ought to be observed in sinking to and working new fields so situated .
Page 318
... accurate account to ourselves of the nature and qualities of these parts by
observation ; the second to re - compose the observed and understood parts into
a unity in our consciousness , exactly answering to the object of our investigation
.
... accurate account to ourselves of the nature and qualities of these parts by
observation ; the second to re - compose the observed and understood parts into
a unity in our consciousness , exactly answering to the object of our investigation
.
Page 327
... of China , Jud¿a , Chaldea , Egypt , and Greece , from a very remote period ;
and when Julius C¿sar brought his arms into Britain , he found them here , and
by their means observed that the nights in this country were shorter than in Italy .
... of China , Jud¿a , Chaldea , Egypt , and Greece , from a very remote period ;
and when Julius C¿sar brought his arms into Britain , he found them here , and
by their means observed that the nights in this country were shorter than in Italy .
Page 367
The great elements of true civilisation ( i . e . of civilisation in its most extended
and expansive meaning , - for be it observed , that it is peculiarly one of those
words which has with the growth of ages so expanded ) , may be considered
under ...
The great elements of true civilisation ( i . e . of civilisation in its most extended
and expansive meaning , - for be it observed , that it is peculiarly one of those
words which has with the growth of ages so expanded ) , may be considered
under ...
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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 222 - 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 173 - 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 175 - 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 257 - 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 174 - 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 19 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 64 - ... 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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