The Spirit of the English MagazinesMonroe and Francis, 1825 |
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... means of diffusing a general habit of reading through the nation , which , in a certain degree hath enlarged the public understanding . HERE , too , are preserved a multitude of useful hints , observations , and facts , which otherwise ...
... means of diffusing a general habit of reading through the nation , which , in a certain degree hath enlarged the public understanding . HERE , too , are preserved a multitude of useful hints , observations , and facts , which otherwise ...
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... means of ascertaining ; and she was one of a small number of persons , whose conversation seems to have been made purposely trifling , as if to veil their own superiority . There are some still living , who , even now , when society is ...
... means of ascertaining ; and she was one of a small number of persons , whose conversation seems to have been made purposely trifling , as if to veil their own superiority . There are some still living , who , even now , when society is ...
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... means of penetrating their granite beds . A gentle brook waters this lovely spot - a brook so fair , so romantic in its course , that Leland in his writings has taken oc- casion to mention it . As it approaches the little town of ...
... means of penetrating their granite beds . A gentle brook waters this lovely spot - a brook so fair , so romantic in its course , that Leland in his writings has taken oc- casion to mention it . As it approaches the little town of ...
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... means of this product of carbon and oxygen that the chemical identity of charcoal and the diamond was first discovered . Diamonds were burned by a lens as early as 1694 ; in 1772 the product of this combustion was first examined ; and ...
... means of this product of carbon and oxygen that the chemical identity of charcoal and the diamond was first discovered . Diamonds were burned by a lens as early as 1694 ; in 1772 the product of this combustion was first examined ; and ...
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... means . The last body mentioned in our list is BORON . The method generally used for obtaining it is the following . Two parts of the metal called potas- sium , and one of the boracic acid , are heated together in a copper tube . The ...
... means . The last body mentioned in our list is BORON . The method generally used for obtaining it is the following . Two parts of the metal called potas- sium , and one of the boracic acid , are heated together in a copper tube . The ...
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Página 379 - O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Página 258 - Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit ? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears ? No, no ; they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Página 479 - Was on the streams of Guadalquiver, To gold converting, one by one, The ripples of the mighty river, Beside me on the bank was seated A Seville girl, with auburn hair, And eyes that might the world have cheated, — A wild, bright, wicked, diamond pair ! She stooped, and wrote upon the sand, Just as the loving sun was going, With such a soft, small, shining hand, I could have sworn 't was silver flowing. Her words were three, and not one more, What could Diana's motto be ? The siren wrote upon the...
Página 479 - When words come down like dews unsought With gleams of deep enthusiast thought, And fancy in her heaven flies free — They come, my love, they come from thee.
Página 112 - PITY the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span ; Oh, give relief, and heaven will bless your store.
Página 263 - O'er beauty's fall ; Her praise resounds no more, when mantled in her pall. The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day ; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away...
Página 340 - is there not a window in your house on purpose for you to look through?" " For all that," resumed the pendulum, "it is very dark here: and although there is a window, I dare not stop, even for an instant, to look out.
Página 340 - may I be allowed to inquire, if that exertion was at all fatiguing or disagreeable to you ?" " Not in the least," replied the pendulum; " it is not of six strokes that I complain, nor of sixty, but of millions.
Página 112 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see ; And your condition may be soon like mine, The child of sorrow and of misery.
Página 50 - ... repressed with a smile the hopes of his friends, and told them he had lived long enough. As his life drew near a close, the eager yet decorous solicitude of his fellow townsmen increased.