The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köideHenry Pitman |
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... practical the noble qualities of his nature . The history of Chess affords another example of multiples of the smallest beginnings . It is said the game was invented by an Eastern philosopher , who claimed from his sovereign in payment ...
... practical the noble qualities of his nature . The history of Chess affords another example of multiples of the smallest beginnings . It is said the game was invented by an Eastern philosopher , who claimed from his sovereign in payment ...
Page 118
... practical . Impress upon your daughters espe- cially , that love of virtue and self - respect , which if acquired , will guard them against dangers they are so peculiarly exposed to . Do not encourage that love of dress and finery so ...
... practical . Impress upon your daughters espe- cially , that love of virtue and self - respect , which if acquired , will guard them against dangers they are so peculiarly exposed to . Do not encourage that love of dress and finery so ...
Page 127
... practical want . One made a reaping machine , another made revolvers , ano- ther a power press , another tamed horses , another played chess . These were arts to be thankful for , each being a new direction of human power , and we could ...
... practical want . One made a reaping machine , another made revolvers , ano- ther a power press , another tamed horses , another played chess . These were arts to be thankful for , each being a new direction of human power , and we could ...
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... practical man , and having no connexion with the mechanical trades , he did not carry it out effectually . Others , however , subsequently took it in hand , and brought it to a state of comparative perfection . In 1809 , parliament ...
... practical man , and having no connexion with the mechanical trades , he did not carry it out effectually . Others , however , subsequently took it in hand , and brought it to a state of comparative perfection . In 1809 , parliament ...
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... practical attainments , employed and encouraged by Mr. Patrick Miller , of Dalswinton , fitted up a steam - engine with cylinders of brass 4 inches diameter , and fixed the same in a small pleasure - boat on Dalswinton lake ; the first ...
... practical attainments , employed and encouraged by Mr. Patrick Miller , of Dalswinton , fitted up a steam - engine with cylinders of brass 4 inches diameter , and fixed the same in a small pleasure - boat on Dalswinton lake ; the first ...
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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 219 - 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 175 - 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 176 - 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 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 66 - ... 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...