The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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... rest of the day in medi- tation and prayer . As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I ...
... rest of the day in medi- tation and prayer . As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains , I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another , ' Surely , ' said I ...
Page 20
... rest , and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it . ' But tell me further , ' said he , ' what thou dis- coverest on it . ' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it , ' said I , ' and a black cloud hanging on each ...
... rest , and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it . ' But tell me further , ' said he , ' what thou dis- coverest on it . ' ' I see multitudes of people passing over it , ' said I , ' and a black cloud hanging on each ...
Page 28
... rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it and around it ; till by degrees ...
... rest ventured to pop his head above the water , and take a survey of their new King at a respectful distance . Presently , when they perceived the Log lie stock - still , others began to swim up to it and around it ; till by degrees ...
Page 40
... rest against its slopes . In other instances , the upper beds alone may have been cracked , while the continuity of the lower ones remains unbroken . In this case we have a longitudinal valley on the top of a mountain range , lying ...
... rest against its slopes . In other instances , the upper beds alone may have been cracked , while the continuity of the lower ones remains unbroken . In this case we have a longitudinal valley on the top of a mountain range , lying ...
Page 46
... rest this much vexed question . At the age of sixteen , in the year 1790 , Leopold von Buch was placed under Werner's care at the mining school of Freiberg . Werner found him a pupil after his own heart . Warmly adopt- ing his teacher's ...
... rest this much vexed question . At the age of sixteen , in the year 1790 , Leopold von Buch was placed under Werner's care at the mining school of Freiberg . Werner found him a pupil after his own heart . Warmly adopt- ing his teacher's ...
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