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... earth , made possible by the steam pump , gives rise to an amount of wealth to which the millions lost in old London are but as an old song . But spinning jenny and steam pump are , after all , but toys , possessing an accidental value ...
... earth , made possible by the steam pump , gives rise to an amount of wealth to which the millions lost in old London are but as an old song . But spinning jenny and steam pump are , after all , but toys , possessing an accidental value ...
الصفحة 17
... earth is but an atom among atoms , whirling , no man knows whither , through illimitable space ; which demonstrates that what we call the peace- ful heaven above us , is but that space , filled by an infinitely subtle matter whose ...
... earth is but an atom among atoms , whirling , no man knows whither , through illimitable space ; which demonstrates that what we call the peace- ful heaven above us , is but that space , filled by an infinitely subtle matter whose ...
الصفحة 19
... earth no centre of the universe , but an eccentric speck , so the naturalists find man to be no centre of the living world , but one amidst endless modifications of life ; and as the astronomer observes the mark of practically endless ...
... earth no centre of the universe , but an eccentric speck , so the naturalists find man to be no centre of the living world , but one amidst endless modifications of life ; and as the astronomer observes the mark of practically endless ...
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... earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of time , infinite . They have further acquired the idea that man is but ...
... earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of time , infinite . They have further acquired the idea that man is but ...
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... earth goes round the sun ; that England underwent a great revolution in 1688 , and France another in 1789 ; that there once lived certain notable men called Chaucer , Shakspeare , Milton , Voltaire , Goethe , Schiller . The first might ...
... earth goes round the sun ; that England underwent a great revolution in 1688 , and France another in 1789 ; that there once lived certain notable men called Chaucer , Shakspeare , Milton , Voltaire , Goethe , Schiller . The first might ...
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الصفحة 42 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 40 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
الصفحة 15 - As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
الصفحة 33 - THE PRINCE'S PROGRESS, AND OTHER POEMS. With two Designs by DG ROSSETTI. Fcap. 8vo. 6s. " Miss Rossetti 's poems are of the kind which recalls Shelley's definition of Poetry as the record of the best and happiest moments of the best- and happiest minds.
الصفحة 43 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
الصفحة 39 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
الصفحة 40 - Such an one and no other, I conceive, has had a liberal education; for he is, as completely as a man can be, in harmony with Nature. He will make the best of her, and she of him. They will get on together rarely; she as his ever beneficent mother; he as her mouthpiece, her conscious self, her minister and interpreter.
الصفحة 6 - Galileo. — THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GALILEO. Compiled principally from his Correspondence and that of his eldest daughter; Sister Maria Celeste, Nun in the Franciscan Convent of S.
الصفحة 26 - From the higher mind of cultivated, all-questioning, but still conservative England, in this our puzzled generation, we do not know of any utterance in literature so characteristic as the poems of Arthur Hugh Clough." — ERASER'S MAGAZINE. Clunes THE STORY OF PAULINE: an Autobiography.
الصفحة 31 - One quality in the piece, sufficient of itself to claim a moment's attention, is that it is unique — original, indeed, is not too strong a word — in the manner of its conception and execution.