The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 9Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1846 - American literature |
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... seen amongst the Indians , with the follow- aside of his one garment during certain ing paragraph , in which we are told that warlike operations , as though he had been " he seems to have exhibited neither hon- a coward who had dropped ...
... seen amongst the Indians , with the follow- aside of his one garment during certain ing paragraph , in which we are told that warlike operations , as though he had been " he seems to have exhibited neither hon- a coward who had dropped ...
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... seen her , that forgot some whimsical and touching details of the back on which he had been carried , or the knee the board on which he was strapped , and the " relations " which the court painter of the on which he had been nursed , or ...
... seen her , that forgot some whimsical and touching details of the back on which he had been carried , or the knee the board on which he was strapped , and the " relations " which the court painter of the on which he had been nursed , or ...
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... seen by Faraday ; and in varied his processes without approaching the year 1831 he proved that to render any nearer to the point he aimed at ; and magnetism a source of electricity it was also to elude the reasonings of those who ...
... seen by Faraday ; and in varied his processes without approaching the year 1831 he proved that to render any nearer to the point he aimed at ; and magnetism a source of electricity it was also to elude the reasonings of those who ...
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... seen through it . The eye- piece being turned so that the image of the flame could no longer be seen through it , and the battery being connected with the helix , the image of the flame instantly re- appeared , and continued as long as ...
... seen through it . The eye- piece being turned so that the image of the flame could no longer be seen through it , and the battery being connected with the helix , the image of the flame instantly re- appeared , and continued as long as ...
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... seen in Scotland ; and so striking is cases presented the appearance of a flame , the connexion between the two classes of with a play of colors shooting out rays as facts , that the existence of the aurora could large as the magnet ...
... seen in Scotland ; and so striking is cases presented the appearance of a flame , the connexion between the two classes of with a play of colors shooting out rays as facts , that the existence of the aurora could large as the magnet ...
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Page 259 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 431 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.
Page 94 - It is a nest of wasps, or swarm of vermin which have overcrept the land. I mean the Monopolies and Pollers of the people : these, like the Frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup.
Page 246 - God called up from dreams a man into the vestibule of heaven, saying, ' Come thou hither, and see the glory of my house.' And to the servants that stood around his throne he said, 'Take him, and undress him from his robes of flesh : cleanse his vision, and put a new breath into his nostrils : arm him with sail-broad wings for flight. Only touch not with any change his human heart — the heart that weeps and trembles.
Page 31 - I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest have one common origin; or, in other words, are so directly related and mutually dependent, that they are convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power in their action.
Page 438 - ... that the law was the golden met-wand and measure to try the cause of the subjects ; and which protected his majesty in safety and peace; with which the king was greatly offended, and said, that then he should be under the law, which was treason to affirm, as he said ; to which I said, that Bracton saith, quod Rex non debet esse sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege.
Page 258 - The SUN is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The SOUL, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE.
Page 246 - ... archways, beyond memory the gates. Within were stairs that scaled the eternities below; above was below, — below was above, to the man stripped of gravitating body; depth was swallowed up in height insurmountable; height was swallowed up in depth unfathomable. Suddenly, as thus they rode from infinite to infinite; suddenly, as thus they tilted over abysmal worlds, a mighty cry arose that systems more mysterious, that worlds more billowy, other heights and other depths, were coming — were...
Page 364 - Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Page 405 - ... a woman of great beauty, but of far greater parts. She had a wonderful quickness of apprehension, and an amazing vivacity in conversation. She had studied not only divinity and history, but mathematics and philosophy. She was violent in everything she set about, — a violent friend, but a much more violent enemy. She had a restless ambition, lived at a vast expense, and was ravenously covetous ; and would have stuck at nothing by which she might compass her ends.