Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 29John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1853 - American periodicals |
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... brought to something like perfection ( always meaning perfection of method , not of invention or application ) be- fore it was possible to apply the same instru- mentality , as had been brought to bear upon such problems with success ...
... brought to something like perfection ( always meaning perfection of method , not of invention or application ) be- fore it was possible to apply the same instru- mentality , as had been brought to bear upon such problems with success ...
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... brought near enough to draw the moon off from the earth ; in which case the compound stellar unit , called the terrestrial system , composed of the earth and the moon , would be decomposed : only , a poor little planetary artisan like ...
... brought near enough to draw the moon off from the earth ; in which case the compound stellar unit , called the terrestrial system , composed of the earth and the moon , would be decomposed : only , a poor little planetary artisan like ...
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... brought to judgment ; for it is im- possible to separate between the chemical and the vital , before the idea of what is chemical ( and what not ) be determined by exhaustion . But we must refrain . Perhaps enough has been said to ...
... brought to judgment ; for it is im- possible to separate between the chemical and the vital , before the idea of what is chemical ( and what not ) be determined by exhaustion . But we must refrain . Perhaps enough has been said to ...
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... brought the sauntering in the sun amid his flower - beds , or persecu- ting wood - pigeons with his gun : while , if de- tained in doors by rain or rheumatism , there were the pet parrot , the tame cats , the me- chanical workshop ...
... brought the sauntering in the sun amid his flower - beds , or persecu- ting wood - pigeons with his gun : while , if de- tained in doors by rain or rheumatism , there were the pet parrot , the tame cats , the me- chanical workshop ...
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... brought with him his old servants and cooks , who knew his tastes and wants , and whose faces he knew . He had his anthems , his few favorite books , his roses , pictures , ex- periments , scourges , and hobbies . He had friends to tell ...
... brought with him his old servants and cooks , who knew his tastes and wants , and whose faces he knew . He had his anthems , his few favorite books , his roses , pictures , ex- periments , scourges , and hobbies . He had friends to tell ...
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Page 340 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free ! The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home.
Page 412 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 417 - Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 108 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Page 451 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 107 - And GOD said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 272 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 340 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 338 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Page 416 - The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow, When the powers of the air are chained to my chair, Is the million-colored bow; The sphere-fire above its soft colors wove, While the moist earth was laughing below. I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky: I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.