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... feet for walking . In the same manner a tree has roots , branches , leaves , & c . , all performing their appropriate functions . Such parts are called organs , and those bodies that possess them are said to be organized . Organized ...
... feet for walking . In the same manner a tree has roots , branches , leaves , & c . , all performing their appropriate functions . Such parts are called organs , and those bodies that possess them are said to be organized . Organized ...
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... feet in diameter . Carbonate of lime crystallizes in an incredible variety of forms . But the most beautiful of known crystals is the diamond ; it consists of pure carbon , the same sub- stance which appears , in its amorphous state ...
... feet in diameter . Carbonate of lime crystallizes in an incredible variety of forms . But the most beautiful of known crystals is the diamond ; it consists of pure carbon , the same sub- stance which appears , in its amorphous state ...
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... feet from the ground ; and he seldom makes use of more than three legs at a tíme , keeping the other drawn up as a resèrve . This last wretch is called Beauty ! These dogs are full of elegant áilments ' unknown to vulgar dogs , and are ...
... feet from the ground ; and he seldom makes use of more than three legs at a tíme , keeping the other drawn up as a resèrve . This last wretch is called Beauty ! These dogs are full of elegant áilments ' unknown to vulgar dogs , and are ...
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... feet the greatest camp of men upon which the sun has ever risen . As far as he could dis- tinguish by the morning light , he would behold stretched before him the mighty map of the metropolis ; and could he ascend still higher , he ...
... feet the greatest camp of men upon which the sun has ever risen . As far as he could dis- tinguish by the morning light , he would behold stretched before him the mighty map of the metropolis ; and could he ascend still higher , he ...
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... feet . As the spectator gazed upon this extraordinary prospect , the first stir of the awakening city would gradually steal upon his ear . The rumbling of wheels , the clang of hammers , the clear call of the human voice , all deepening ...
... feet . As the spectator gazed upon this extraordinary prospect , the first stir of the awakening city would gradually steal upon his ear . The rumbling of wheels , the clang of hammers , the clear call of the human voice , all deepening ...
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Página 50 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave !— For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Página 55 - Oh! but to breathe the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet. With the sky above my head. And the grass beneath my feet ; For only one short hour To feel as I used to feel, Before I knew the woes of want And the walk that costs a meal!
Página 332 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 399 - ... 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; Silence was pleased: now...
Página 53 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this "Song of the Shirt.
Página 235 - Yet once, it is a little while, And I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: And I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 340 - Trust not for freedom to the Franks : They have a king who buys and sells ; In native swords, and native ranks, The only hope of courage dwells : But Turkish force and Latin fraud, Would break your shield, however broad.
Página 175 - That orbed maiden with white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon, Glides glimmering o'er my fleece-like floor, By the midnight breezes strewn; And wherever the beat of her unseen feet, Which only the angels hear, May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The stars peep behind her and peer...
Página 292 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Página 161 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.