New MiscellaniesTicknor and Fields, 1860 - 375 páginas |
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... common with the chem- ist or the engineer , that Nature is to be obeyed only in order to conquer her ; that man is to discover the laws of her existing phenomena , in order that he may employ them to create new phenomena him- self ; to ...
... common with the chem- ist or the engineer , that Nature is to be obeyed only in order to conquer her ; that man is to discover the laws of her existing phenomena , in order that he may employ them to create new phenomena him- self ; to ...
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... common sense and honest observation of facts . A despotism doubtless could carry out sanitary reform ; but doubtless , also , it would not . A despot in the nineteenth century knows well how insecure his tenure is . His motto must be ...
... common sense and honest observation of facts . A despotism doubtless could carry out sanitary reform ; but doubtless , also , it would not . A despot in the nineteenth century knows well how insecure his tenure is . His motto must be ...
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... common to the laity , the edu- cated classes were represented more and more only by such clever young men as could be thrust into parliament by the private patronage of the aristoc- racy . Since the last Reform Bill , even that supply ...
... common to the laity , the edu- cated classes were represented more and more only by such clever young men as could be thrust into parliament by the private patronage of the aristoc- racy . Since the last Reform Bill , even that supply ...
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... common de- cency impossible . They will not give up- Heaven forbid that they should give up their special good works ! but they will surely throw the weight of their names , their talents , their earnestness , into the great central ...
... common de- cency impossible . They will not give up- Heaven forbid that they should give up their special good works ! but they will surely throw the weight of their names , their talents , their earnestness , into the great central ...
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... common one , to fancy that the giant trout of the Thames lashers lie in swift water . On the contrary , they lie in the very stillest spot of the whole pool , which is just under the hatches . There the rush of the water shoots over ...
... common one , to fancy that the giant trout of the Thames lashers lie in swift water . On the contrary , they lie in the very stillest spot of the whole pool , which is just under the hatches . There the rush of the water shoots over ...
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Página 317 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 285 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 81 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Página 117 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are : I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear, Till death, like sleep, might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 81 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Página 117 - Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround ; Smiling they live, and call life pleasure ; To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
Página 316 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 198 - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Página 114 - The mind which is immortal makes itself Requital for its good or evil thoughts, Is its own origin of ill and end, And its own place and time...
Página 291 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.