Brief BiographiesJames R. Osgood, 1874 - 517 من الصفحات |
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... remained , " he says , " after the trial , nearly as much depressed as if we had lost it . The stimulus to action was gone , and but for the attentions of my friends I ran some risk of falling into stupidity . " In 1803 , " after he had ...
... remained , " he says , " after the trial , nearly as much depressed as if we had lost it . The stimulus to action was gone , and but for the attentions of my friends I ran some risk of falling into stupidity . " In 1803 , " after he had ...
الصفحة 51
... he had " given over living , " having departed with a basin of milk upon his knee , which remained unspilled . " We may all pray , " was the comment of Watt , " that our latter end may be like his ; he has truly gone JAMES WATT . 51.
... he had " given over living , " having departed with a basin of milk upon his knee , which remained unspilled . " We may all pray , " was the comment of Watt , " that our latter end may be like his ; he has truly gone JAMES WATT . 51.
الصفحة 52
... remained unimpaired by age . It was necessary to fit the pipes through which the water passed to the uneven and shifting bed of the river , and Watt , taking the tail of the lobster for his model , forwarded a plan of a tube of iron ...
... remained unimpaired by age . It was necessary to fit the pipes through which the water passed to the uneven and shifting bed of the river , and Watt , taking the tail of the lobster for his model , forwarded a plan of a tube of iron ...
الصفحة 54
... remained unfinished , and , what is a singular testimony to the skill and perseverance of a man who had invented so much , it is almost his only unfinished work . He was fully conscious of his approaching end , and ex- pressed from time ...
... remained unfinished , and , what is a singular testimony to the skill and perseverance of a man who had invented so much , it is almost his only unfinished work . He was fully conscious of his approaching end , and ex- pressed from time ...
الصفحة 60
... more , however , he remained under his father's eye , passing through the admira- ble discipline of the workshop , to which he himself in after years was accustomed to attach the greatest importance . At 60 ROBERT STEPHENSON .
... more , however , he remained under his father's eye , passing through the admira- ble discipline of the workshop , to which he himself in after years was accustomed to attach the greatest importance . At 60 ROBERT STEPHENSON .
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الصفحة 335 - thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted On this home by Horror haunted - tell me truly, I implore Is there - is there balm in Gilead? - tell me - tell me, I implore!
الصفحة 422 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
الصفحة 422 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
الصفحة 383 - Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name ; It was not her time to love ; beside, Her life had many a hope and aim, Duties enough and little cares, And now was quiet, now astir, Till God's hand beckoned unawares, — And the sweet white brow is all of her.
الصفحة 335 - Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
الصفحة 335 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
الصفحة 383 - I loved you, Evelyn, all the while ! My heart seemed full as it could hold ; There was place and to spare for the frank young smile, And the red young mouth, and the hair's young gold. So, hush, — I will give you this leaf to keep: See, I shut it inside the sweet cold hand! There, that is our secret : go to sleep ! You will wake, and remember, and understand.
الصفحة 264 - Androscoggin ; or shooting pigeons and gray squirrels in the woods ; or bat-fowling in the summer twilight ; or catching trouts in that shadowy little stream which, I suppose, is still wandering riverward through the forest, though you and I will never cast a line in it again...
الصفحة 290 - Immortality" still his: a king of men. The practical intellects of the world did not much heed him, or carelessly reckoned him a metaphysical dreamer: but to the rising spirits of the young generation he had this dusky sublime character; and sat there as a kind of Magus, girt in mystery and enigma; his Dodona oakgrove (Mr. Gilman's house at Highgate) whispering strange things, uncertain whether oracles or jargon.
الصفحة 267 - As a first step, the whole system of society is to be torn down, and built up anew. Then, the very nature of the opposite sex, or its long hereditary habit, which has become like nature, is to be essentially modified, before woman can be allowed to assume what seems a fair and suitable position.