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Page 201
We shall briefly state the principal rules of conduct to be observed , with respect
to persons in that deplorable situation . Symptoms of Apparent Death by
Drowning - Coldness ; paleness of the whole body ; the lips of a livid hue ; the
mouth ...
We shall briefly state the principal rules of conduct to be observed , with respect
to persons in that deplorable situation . Symptoms of Apparent Death by
Drowning - Coldness ; paleness of the whole body ; the lips of a livid hue ; the
mouth ...
Page 285
... stars , in general , be once admitted , who can refuse to allow that our Sun ,
with all its planets and comets , that is , the solar system , is no less liable to such
a general agitation as we find to obtain among all the rest of the celestial bodies
?
... stars , in general , be once admitted , who can refuse to allow that our Sun ,
with all its planets and comets , that is , the solar system , is no less liable to such
a general agitation as we find to obtain among all the rest of the celestial bodies
?
Page 385
The physical effect of strong mental emotions on the nervous system , and ,
through it , on the system of blood vessels , is readily admitted ; whereby even
local diseases originating in a morbid determination of blood to parts of the body
are ...
The physical effect of strong mental emotions on the nervous system , and ,
through it , on the system of blood vessels , is readily admitted ; whereby even
local diseases originating in a morbid determination of blood to parts of the body
are ...
Page 617
... strengthen the probability of the opposite hypothesis , by placing the
arguments in favour of the distinct nature of the three principles of which man is
said to be composed in a clear point of view , and of showing that the doctrine of
Body , Life ...
... strengthen the probability of the opposite hypothesis , by placing the
arguments in favour of the distinct nature of the three principles of which man is
said to be composed in a clear point of view , and of showing that the doctrine of
Body , Life ...
Page 668
human body at large . Although in some persons accustomed to animal food , the
diet of vegetables at first produces a few inconveniencies , yet the intellect always
becomes clearer , the mind more powerful and capable of more continued ...
human body at large . Although in some persons accustomed to animal food , the
diet of vegetables at first produces a few inconveniencies , yet the intellect always
becomes clearer , the mind more powerful and capable of more continued ...
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Page 206 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 164 - There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 120 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets : As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun, and the moist star, Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands, Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse...
Page 172 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 218 - Return, Alpheus; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Page 231 - Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 190 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Page 51 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Page 572 - Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone ; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone ; No flower of her kindred, No rose-bud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, Or give sigh for sigh. I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping, Go, sleep thou with them. Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead.
Page 641 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch that lies in woe In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night ' That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide...
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| Title | The perennial calendar, and companion to the almanack, revised and ed. [or rather written] by T. Forster |
| Author | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster |
| Published | 1824 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2007 |
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