The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Volume 3Francis S. Wiggins, 1833 |
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... was feeding around him , he used to busy himself in making models of mills , spinning wheels , & c . during the day , and in 66 66 studying the stars at night , like his Pursuit of Knowledge . 7 Nassau Hall 169 Genius 393.
... was feeding around him , he used to busy himself in making models of mills , spinning wheels , & c . during the day , and in 66 66 studying the stars at night , like his Pursuit of Knowledge . 7 Nassau Hall 169 Genius 393.
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... night to the fields , with a blanket about him and a lighted candle , and there , laying himself down on his back , pursued for long hours , his observations on the heavenly bodies : " I used to stretch , " says he , " a thread with ...
... night to the fields , with a blanket about him and a lighted candle , and there , laying himself down on his back , pursued for long hours , his observations on the heavenly bodies : " I used to stretch , " says he , " a thread with ...
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... NIGHT . When I look forth into the face of night , And see those silent orbs that gem the sky- The moon that holds her glorious path on high- The countless host of stars of lesser light , All moving on their destined course aright ...
... NIGHT . When I look forth into the face of night , And see those silent orbs that gem the sky- The moon that holds her glorious path on high- The countless host of stars of lesser light , All moving on their destined course aright ...
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... night ; but by means of the telescope , millions have been discovered . And , as it is probable , that , by far the greater part lie beyond the reach of the best glasses which have been , or ever will be constructed by man - the real ...
... night ; but by means of the telescope , millions have been discovered . And , as it is probable , that , by far the greater part lie beyond the reach of the best glasses which have been , or ever will be constructed by man - the real ...
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... night and day , It bids me rise , and haste away . Yon beauteous sun will swiftly set- The Spring will fly - the flowers decay— The birds their minstrelsy , forget- And I shall be as mute as they- There is a voice in waning years ...
... night and day , It bids me rise , and haste away . Yon beauteous sun will swiftly set- The Spring will fly - the flowers decay— The birds their minstrelsy , forget- And I shall be as mute as they- There is a voice in waning years ...
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Page 29 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Page 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Page 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Page 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Page 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Page 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.