New MiscellaniesTicknor and Fields, 1860 - 375 páginas |
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... SUPPLY OF LONDON SPEECH IN BEHALF OF THE LADIES ' SANITARY ASSOCI- ATION , 1859 GREAT CITIES , AND THEIR INFLUENCE FOR GOOD AND EVIL ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY THOUGHTS IN A GRAVEL - PIT 72 • · 106 • 126 149 • 203 • · 241 250 277 ...
... SUPPLY OF LONDON SPEECH IN BEHALF OF THE LADIES ' SANITARY ASSOCI- ATION , 1859 GREAT CITIES , AND THEIR INFLUENCE FOR GOOD AND EVIL ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY THOUGHTS IN A GRAVEL - PIT 72 • · 106 • 126 149 • 203 • · 241 250 277 ...
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... supply of talent has been cut off ; and the consequence has been the steady deterioration of our House of Com- mons toward such a level of mediocrity as shall sat- isfy the ignorance of the practically electing major- ity , namely , the ...
... supply of talent has been cut off ; and the consequence has been the steady deterioration of our House of Com- mons toward such a level of mediocrity as shall sat- isfy the ignorance of the practically electing major- ity , namely , the ...
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... supply the mills with water . Grass , milfoil , water - crowfoot , hornwort , starwort , horsetail , and a dozen other delicate plants , form one tangled forest , denser than those of the Amazon , and more densely peopled likewise . To ...
... supply the mills with water . Grass , milfoil , water - crowfoot , hornwort , starwort , horsetail , and a dozen other delicate plants , form one tangled forest , denser than those of the Amazon , and more densely peopled likewise . To ...
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... supply all England ; the valley of the Mississippi for all Europe ; while Australia is a forest , instead of being , as it will be one day , the vineyard of the world ; while New Zealand and the Falklands are still waste ; and Polynesia ...
... supply all England ; the valley of the Mississippi for all Europe ; while Australia is a forest , instead of being , as it will be one day , the vineyard of the world ; while New Zealand and the Falklands are still waste ; and Polynesia ...
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... supply of timber close at hand ( supposing that stone be too far off ) to make a sound " metal , " who can tell anything of the real resources of the country ? Who can tell how much its population might or might not be profitably ...
... supply of timber close at hand ( supposing that stone be too far off ) to make a sound " metal , " who can tell anything of the real resources of the country ? Who can tell how much its population might or might not be profitably ...
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Página 317 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 285 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 81 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Página 117 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are : I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear, Till death, like sleep, might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 81 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Página 117 - Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround ; Smiling they live, and call life pleasure ; To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
Página 316 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 198 - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Página 114 - The mind which is immortal makes itself Requital for its good or evil thoughts, Is its own origin of ill and end, And its own place and time...
Página 291 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.