Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 41Harper's Magazine Company, 1870 |
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... whole of the forenoon of a hot summer's day seems to have an insatiable thirst for water , so as to drink up and hold in an invisible form all that it can ob- tain , suddenly , at or about noon , changes its condition within certain ...
... whole of the forenoon of a hot summer's day seems to have an insatiable thirst for water , so as to drink up and hold in an invisible form all that it can ob- tain , suddenly , at or about noon , changes its condition within certain ...
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... whole country over which the cloud is formed . And yet an hour , perhaps , be- fore that same air on that same day , and under that same sun , was almost as eager to take up from the earth that same water , or its equivalent , as it is ...
... whole country over which the cloud is formed . And yet an hour , perhaps , be- fore that same air on that same day , and under that same sun , was almost as eager to take up from the earth that same water , or its equivalent , as it is ...
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... whole sur- face of the sheet , the little space which still re- mains to be closed retains its water to the very last moment in the same condition of perfect fluidity as at first . Thus there seems a strong analogy between the manner in ...
... whole sur- face of the sheet , the little space which still re- mains to be closed retains its water to the very last moment in the same condition of perfect fluidity as at first . Thus there seems a strong analogy between the manner in ...
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... whole line . Each set of observers sees that their own clouds are high , and might easily imagine , under the in- finence of an optical illusion , that those which lie at a dis- tance from them are low . Nor is this illusion confined to ...
... whole line . Each set of observers sees that their own clouds are high , and might easily imagine , under the in- finence of an optical illusion , that those which lie at a dis- tance from them are low . Nor is this illusion confined to ...
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... whole heavens , and the heat inflames or fuses almost every thing that comes in its way . endures for the millionth part of a second is to multiply the actual length of the period a thou- sand times ; that is to say , the light has been ...
... whole heavens , and the heat inflames or fuses almost every thing that comes in its way . endures for the millionth part of a second is to multiply the actual length of the period a thou- sand times ; that is to say , the light has been ...
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Page 275 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Page 64 - Often one half of the vessel may be perceived floating in Gulf Stream water, while the other half is in common water of the sea ; so sharp is the line, and such the want of affinity between those waters, and such, too, the reluctance, so to speak, on the part of those of the Gulf Stream to mingle with the common water of the sea.
Page 99 - I am naturally very disappointed, but as you know you can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
Page 131 - WHERE the loveliest expression to features is join'd, By Nature's most delicate pencil design'd ; Where blushes unbidden, and smiles without art, Speak the softness and feeling that dwell in the heart; Where in manners, enchanting, no blemish we trace ; But the soul keeps the promise we had from the face ; Sure philosophy, reason, and coldness must prove Defences unequal to shield us from love...
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Page 131 - This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.
Page 129 - I was witness of ; the king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleaveland, and Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute persons were at Basset round a large table — a bank of at least £2,000 in gold before them — upon which, two gentlemen, who were with me, made reflections with astonishment.
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Page 229 - Her knowledge of Richardson's works was such as no one is likely again to acquire, now that the multitude and the merits of our light literature have called off the attention of readers from that great master. Every circumstance narrated in Sir Charles Grandison...
Page 341 - Ladies the meaning hereof, which is this : They which honour the Flower, a thing fading with every blast, are such as look after beauty and worldly pleasure ; but they that honour the Leaf, which abideth with the root notwithstanding the frosts and winter storms, are they which follow virtue and during qualities without regard of worldly respects.