Essays in History and ArtW. Blackwood and sons, 1862 - 526 páginas |
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... kind of beauty , as if it were something far lower in its nature than the beauty of Form and Sound , and indeed hardly worthy of our regard at all . This is a great mistake , and is owing to the circumstance either that the majority of ...
... kind of beauty , as if it were something far lower in its nature than the beauty of Form and Sound , and indeed hardly worthy of our regard at all . This is a great mistake , and is owing to the circumstance either that the majority of ...
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... kind of rays ( say red ) always tends to produce complementary vibrations ( say green ) in the surrounding ether . This is known to be the case with regard to Sound ; for whenever any note is pro- duced , the surrounding particles of ...
... kind of rays ( say red ) always tends to produce complementary vibrations ( say green ) in the surrounding ether . This is known to be the case with regard to Sound ; for whenever any note is pro- duced , the surrounding particles of ...
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... kind of matter to set it a - vibrat- ing ; and if any one substance sufficed to set all of these various sets of nerves a - vibrating , it would at once produce all their varied phenomena . There is one substance , and but one only ...
... kind of matter to set it a - vibrat- ing ; and if any one substance sufficed to set all of these various sets of nerves a - vibrating , it would at once produce all their varied phenomena . There is one substance , and but one only ...
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... kind . For instance , if two knocks are given simultaneously at the opposite ends of a room , one very loud and the other weak , we only hear the strong one . Now , when red and blue are pre- sented to the eye , the strength of the blue ...
... kind . For instance , if two knocks are given simultaneously at the opposite ends of a room , one very loud and the other weak , we only hear the strong one . Now , when red and blue are pre- sented to the eye , the strength of the blue ...
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... kind of coat look well in its old age . - Civilians seldom indulge in much liveliness or contrast of colour in their dress , but the opposite is the case with military uniforms . In the French army the uniforms are especially brilliant ...
... kind of coat look well in its old age . - Civilians seldom indulge in much liveliness or contrast of colour in their dress , but the opposite is the case with military uniforms . In the French army the uniforms are especially brilliant ...
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Página 195 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature and the encouragement of the learned Natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British Territories in India...
Página 362 - Ave Maria ! blessed be the hour ! The time, the clime, the spot, where I so oft Have felt that moment in its fullest power Sink o'er the earth so beautiful and soft, While swung the deep bell in the distant tower. Or the faint dying day-hymn stole aloft, And not a breath crept through the rosy air, And yet the forest leaves seem'd stirr'd with prayer.