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... proved to be fallacious by an inquiry into the facts of the case . To those facts we have therefore appealed ; and , to ... prove that the particular view of the subject which we have taken , is unassailable by powerful objections . What ...
... proved to be fallacious by an inquiry into the facts of the case . To those facts we have therefore appealed ; and , to ... prove that the particular view of the subject which we have taken , is unassailable by powerful objections . What ...
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... prove ? Simply , we think , this , that poetry is the language of passion --- of the feelings unbridled by reason ; and that to write this poetry , and to taste this poetry , the bard and his reader must for a while put on the ...
... prove ? Simply , we think , this , that poetry is the language of passion --- of the feelings unbridled by reason ; and that to write this poetry , and to taste this poetry , the bard and his reader must for a while put on the ...
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... prove , that neither any fresh increase by corpuscular attraction , nor diminution by attrition and abrasion , has taken place since it was se- parated from its base . ' p . 261 . The substance of these fossils , as well as of many of ...
... prove , that neither any fresh increase by corpuscular attraction , nor diminution by attrition and abrasion , has taken place since it was se- parated from its base . ' p . 261 . The substance of these fossils , as well as of many of ...
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... prove correct , it is probable that the Barnack ragstone is a solid bed of the corn- brash , which occasionally partakes of the oviform structure of the oolites ; but at any rate the Bath freestone has been distinctly ascertained ...
... prove correct , it is probable that the Barnack ragstone is a solid bed of the corn- brash , which occasionally partakes of the oviform structure of the oolites ; but at any rate the Bath freestone has been distinctly ascertained ...
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... prove the great diversity existing in different places , and to shew how much is yet required to af- ford us a distinct idea of the actual state of these curious for- mations . At Puckle Church they sunk sixty feet through lias , one ...
... prove the great diversity existing in different places , and to shew how much is yet required to af- ford us a distinct idea of the actual state of these curious for- mations . At Puckle Church they sunk sixty feet through lias , one ...
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Page 278 - And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome. That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from .me.
Page 530 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers), And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek...
Page 278 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 510 - It was not their custom to use hostile weapons against their fellow-creatures, for which reason they had come unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Page 279 - He spake; and, to confirm his words, out-flew Millions of flaming swords, drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell. Highly they raged Against the Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 366 - Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
Page 387 - The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ought always to be listened to with great precaution and ought never to be adopted till after having been long and carefully examined, not only with the most scrupulous, but with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public, who have generally an interest to deceive and even to oppress the public, and who accordingly have, upon many occasions,...
Page 278 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Page 613 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Page 460 - The cheerful haunts of man, to wield the axe, And drive the wedge, in yonder forest drear, From morn to eve his solitary task. Shaggy and lean, and shrewd, with pointed ears, And tail cropp'd short, half lurcher and half cur, His dog attends him.