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... example , the germ of all mammals , and - the eggs of fowls , reptiles , fishes , insects , etc. I have put in evi- dence the manner in which the form - principle of the line , angle , square , and cube manifests itself in the germs of ...
... example , the germ of all mammals , and - the eggs of fowls , reptiles , fishes , insects , etc. I have put in evi- dence the manner in which the form - principle of the line , angle , square , and cube manifests itself in the germs of ...
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... example , the figure of the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican with the symmetrical and finished rectangular form of the Parthenon at Athens , and we shall find that , although these two types are so entirely distinct , the statue and the ...
... example , the figure of the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican with the symmetrical and finished rectangular form of the Parthenon at Athens , and we shall find that , although these two types are so entirely distinct , the statue and the ...
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... example - we observe some one or more of the following phenomena , viz . , obliquity of the vision ( as in crossed eyes ) , angularity of the head , which should be rounding ; or , in others , the slanting of one foot , and skew of the ...
... example - we observe some one or more of the following phenomena , viz . , obliquity of the vision ( as in crossed eyes ) , angularity of the head , which should be rounding ; or , in others , the slanting of one foot , and skew of the ...
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... example , if the combination presented should be round and long , some of the characteristics common to each of these forms will be present ; or , if the combination should present the thin and short type , or the crooked and round , or ...
... example , if the combination presented should be round and long , some of the characteristics common to each of these forms will be present ; or , if the combination should present the thin and short type , or the crooked and round , or ...
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... example of a lever applied to a weight between the fulcrum and the force may be seen in the action of the abductus magnus muscle of the thigh in abducting the femur . The differ- ent joints are well illustrated in the ball - and ...
... example of a lever applied to a weight between the fulcrum and the force may be seen in the action of the abductus magnus muscle of the thigh in abducting the femur . The differ- ent joints are well illustrated in the ball - and ...
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Popular passages
Page 558 - ... with their correlatives freedom of choice and responsibility — man being all this, it is at once obvious that the principal part of his being is his mental power. In Nature there is nothing great but Man, In Man there is nothing great but Mind.
Page 481 - Here pause — and. thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
Page 239 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 471 - Will you walk into my parlor ? " said the spider to the fly, "'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy. The way into my parlor is up a winding stair, And I have many curious things to show when you are there." " Oh, no, no," said the little fly, " to ask me is in vain, For who goes up your winding stair, can ne'er come down again.
Page 612 - I believe, connected with the incipient motor sense, not of the eyeballs only but of the muscles generally, that men who declare themselves entirely deficient in the power of seeing mental pictures can nevertheless give life-like descriptions of what they have seen, and can otherwise express themselves as if they were gifted with a vivid visual imagination. They can also become painters of the rank of Royal Academicians.
Page 329 - Great God ! we thank thee for this home — This bounteous birth-land of the free ; Where wanderers from afar may come, And breathe the air of Liberty. Still may her flowers untrampled spring, Her harvests wave — her cities rise ; And yet till Time shall fold his wing, Remain earth's loveliest Paradise ! 229 LAND OF OUR BIRTH.
Page 604 - The secrets of the hoary deep: a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and highth, • And time, and place, are lost...
Page 559 - ... one of the most useful as well as one of the most eminent traits in the human character.
Page 373 - O'er globes, and sceptres, now on thrones it swells ; Now; trims the midnight lamp in college cells : ?Tis tory, whig ; it plots, prays, preaches, pleads, Harangues in senates, squeaks in masquerades.
Page 580 - He flapp'd i' th' air, that from him issued still Three winds, wherewith Cocytus to its depth Was frozen. At six eyes he, wept: the tears Adown three chins distill'd with bloody foam.