The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 2William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1860 - Electronic journals |
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... means by which the decomposition of the muscle causes its contraction in length , and so results in motion , there is as yet no certain knowledge ; but chemical action is one of the best known sources of motor force , and one of the ...
... means by which the decomposition of the muscle causes its contraction in length , and so results in motion , there is as yet no certain knowledge ; but chemical action is one of the best known sources of motor force , and one of the ...
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... of substance than ordinary food . Of one thing we may be con- fident , that no articles of diet will give us the means of creating force , or of exerting power except at the expense of the power PHYSIOLOGICAL RIDDLES . 31.
... of substance than ordinary food . Of one thing we may be con- fident , that no articles of diet will give us the means of creating force , or of exerting power except at the expense of the power PHYSIOLOGICAL RIDDLES . 31.
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... means complimentary to the ministry in general . It harped a good deal on the young blood view of the question , and seemed to insinuate that Harold Smith was not much better than diluted water . " The Prime Minister , " the article ...
... means complimentary to the ministry in general . It harped a good deal on the young blood view of the question , and seemed to insinuate that Harold Smith was not much better than diluted water . " The Prime Minister , " the article ...
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... means so lively as before . What took place between them on that occasion was very little more than what has been here related . There may have been an ice or a glass of lemonade into the bargain , and perhaps the faintest possible ...
... means so lively as before . What took place between them on that occasion was very little more than what has been here related . There may have been an ice or a glass of lemonade into the bargain , and perhaps the faintest possible ...
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... mean to say that you will wear a hat like a common parson - like Mr. Crawley , for instance ? " " Well - I believe I may give a twist to the leaf ; but I am by no means sure till I shall have consulted the dean in chapter . " And thus ...
... mean to say that you will wear a hat like a common parson - like Mr. Crawley , for instance ? " " Well - I believe I may give a twist to the leaf ; but I am by no means sure till I shall have consulted the dean in chapter . " And thus ...
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Page 458 - I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 400 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 179 - This picture, placed these busts between, Gives satire all its strength : Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly at full length.
Page 271 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Page 178 - Lepell) walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the king, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain, all alone, under the garden wall.
Page 153 - The essential value and truth of Dickens's writings have been unwisely lost sight of by many thoughtful persons, merely because he presents his truth with some colour of caricature. Unwisely, because Dickens's caricature, though often gross, is never mistaken. Allowing for his manner of telling them, the things he tells us are always true.
Page 82 - WHAT was he doing, the great god Pan, Down in the reeds by the river? Spreading ruin and scattering ban, Splashing and paddling with hoofs of a goat, And breaking the golden lilies afloat • With the dragon-fly on the river? He tore out a reed, the great god Pan...
Page 384 - Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. All the people at his birth thronged to see this lovely child ; and behind a gilt china-screen railing in St.
Page 256 - Napoleon to be but an episode, and George III is to be alive through all these varied changes, to accompany his people through all these revolutions of thought, government, society ; to survive out of the old world into ours. When I first saw England, she was in mourning for the young Princess Charlotte, the hope of the empire.