The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of entertainment and popular science, Volume 41830 |
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... eyes , yet seeing not , " and learning nothing from an expe- rience , which is no better than a long gaze into a ... eye , And the rank poison of the old will die ! " Lines which plainly evince , that Shakspeare , who was so many ...
... eyes , yet seeing not , " and learning nothing from an expe- rience , which is no better than a long gaze into a ... eye , And the rank poison of the old will die ! " Lines which plainly evince , that Shakspeare , who was so many ...
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... eyes , even to blindness , is caused by small - pox , and lo ! by inoculation for the small - pox , a chronic inflammation of the eyes was perfectly cured , as is reported by Dezoteaux and Leroy . Deafness and difficulty in breathing ...
... eyes , even to blindness , is caused by small - pox , and lo ! by inoculation for the small - pox , a chronic inflammation of the eyes was perfectly cured , as is reported by Dezoteaux and Leroy . Deafness and difficulty in breathing ...
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... eyes of the greediest lovers of the wonderful . It is against this part of his system , accordingly , that Dr ... eye , will show him particles of steel melted by the stroke - so that a heat of 3000 deg . of Fahrenheit has been ...
... eyes of the greediest lovers of the wonderful . It is against this part of his system , accordingly , that Dr ... eye , will show him particles of steel melted by the stroke - so that a heat of 3000 deg . of Fahrenheit has been ...
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... eyes were attracted by a basilisk - like bunch of papers which the good soul held in his hand . In ecstasy I gazed - characters were marked on them which could not be mistaken ; a less keen glance than mine might have discovered their ...
... eyes were attracted by a basilisk - like bunch of papers which the good soul held in his hand . In ecstasy I gazed - characters were marked on them which could not be mistaken ; a less keen glance than mine might have discovered their ...
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... eyes , and blond hair , were pleasingly contrasted with the dark locks , brown tint , and sallow visages , of the ladies about her . But she soon neglected these advantages ; she had not the least personal vanity , and became utterly ...
... eyes , and blond hair , were pleasingly contrasted with the dark locks , brown tint , and sallow visages , of the ladies about her . But she soon neglected these advantages ; she had not the least personal vanity , and became utterly ...
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Page 145 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy ! ' ' said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said : "Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty I" Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again, and kissed his forehead.
Page 365 - And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Page 144 - Hardy, who was a few steps from him, turning round, saw three men raising him up. "They have done for me at last, Hardy!
Page 145 - Doctor, I have not been a great sinner :" and after a short pause, " Remember that I leave Lady Hamilton and my daughter Horatia as a legacy to my country.
Page 144 - Redoutable, supposing that she had struck, because her great guns were silent; for, as she carried no flag, there was no means of instantly ascertaining the fact. From this ship, which he had thus twice spared, he received his death. A ball...
Page 146 - ... grief. So perfectly, indeed, had he performed his part, that the maritime war after the battle of Trafalgar was considered at an end : the fleets of the enemy were not merely defeated, but destroyed : new navies must be built, and a new race of seamen reared for them, before the possibility of their invading our shores could again be contemplated.
Page 145 - Kiss me, Hardy," said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said, " Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty." Hardy stood over him in silence for a moment or two, then knelt again and kissed his forehead. "Who is that?" said Nelson; and being informed, he replied,
Page 145 - It was soon perceived, upon examination, that the wound was mortal. This, however, was concealed from all except Captain Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood...
Page 124 - I think, from the complexity of its mechanism, and the delicacy of many of its parts, that it should always be liable to derangement, or that it would soon work itself out. Yet shall this wonderful machine go, night and day, for eighty years together, at the rate of a hundred thousand strokes every twenty-four hours, having, at every stroke, a great resistance to overcome ; and shall continue this action for this length of time, without disorder, and without weariness.
Page 365 - If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.