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... called the ermyn , which , it is said , will rather choose to die than to defile its fur ; motto , MALO MORI QUAM FŒDARI- ( Death before dis- honour ) -alluding to the Covenant . A fourth represents five hands snatch- ing at a crown ...
... called the ermyn , which , it is said , will rather choose to die than to defile its fur ; motto , MALO MORI QUAM FŒDARI- ( Death before dis- honour ) -alluding to the Covenant . A fourth represents five hands snatch- ing at a crown ...
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... called the moral sense of our ances- tors . To show in what manner they felt , when they placed themselves by the power of imagination in trying cir- cumstances , in the conflicts of duty and passion , or the strife of contending du ...
... called the moral sense of our ances- tors . To show in what manner they felt , when they placed themselves by the power of imagination in trying cir- cumstances , in the conflicts of duty and passion , or the strife of contending du ...
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... called radiation . " It is well known that bodies which reflect do not radiate , and the converse . " From the principle of evaporation we feel colder on the sea - coast , " is a false datum . The phænomena of frigorific mixtures are ...
... called radiation . " It is well known that bodies which reflect do not radiate , and the converse . " From the principle of evaporation we feel colder on the sea - coast , " is a false datum . The phænomena of frigorific mixtures are ...
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... called in the great pyramid ; to him and Mr. Salt , in laying open the front of the sphinx ; and to Belzoni , of whose labours in opening the second pyramid he gives some particulars . " At a distance were Arabs employed on the third ...
... called in the great pyramid ; to him and Mr. Salt , in laying open the front of the sphinx ; and to Belzoni , of whose labours in opening the second pyramid he gives some particulars . " At a distance were Arabs employed on the third ...
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... called ( B ) Beta Auriga , nearly in a line with it and the very bright star called Capella its tail extends considerably more than that of September and October , 1811. Probably the present Comet has long traversed the ethereal space ...
... called ( B ) Beta Auriga , nearly in a line with it and the very bright star called Capella its tail extends considerably more than that of September and October , 1811. Probably the present Comet has long traversed the ethereal space ...
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Page 55 - and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this " Volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, ' more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and * finer strains both of Poetry and Eloquence, than can be' collected from * all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been composed.
Page 138 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, — "Shakspeare": being asked which he esteemed next best, replied — "Hogarth.
Page 52 - For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Page 109 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards ; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend ; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot ! Ah friend ! to dazzle let the vain design ; To raise the thought and touch the heart be thine!
Page 450 - But to those to whom he more immediately belonged, — who lived in his society, and enjoyed his conversation, it is not, perhaps, the character in which he will be most frequently recalled— most deeply lamented — or even most highly admired. Independently of his great attainments in mechanics, Mr. Watt was an extraordinary, and in many respects a wonderful man. Perhaps no individual in his age possessed so much and such varied and exact information, —had read so much, or remembered what he...
Page 426 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 321 - What then ? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Page 139 - The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die ; 'Tis yours, this night, to bid the reign commence Of rescued Nature and reviving Sense ; To chase the charms of sound, the pomp of show, For useful mirth and salutary woe ; Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage.
Page 542 - Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, beg leave to approach your Majesty's throne with the renewed assurance of our devoted attachment.
Page 109 - Still out of reach, yet never out of view ; Sure, if they catch, to spoil the toy at most, To covet flying, and regret when lost : At last to follies youth could scarce defend.