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... , from which it is inferred , that excellence of body and of mind depends , in some measure , upon the temperature of the climate . - QUESTIONS . Explain the term Composition . What things 4 PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 1 .
... , from which it is inferred , that excellence of body and of mind depends , in some measure , upon the temperature of the climate . - QUESTIONS . Explain the term Composition . What things 4 PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 1 .
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... body ; this compounding is called Synthesis . 14. Analogy is a term employed to denote a sameness in the causes which produce similar effects . When similar cases are stated , and an inference is made that what is proved or acknowledged ...
... body ; this compounding is called Synthesis . 14. Analogy is a term employed to denote a sameness in the causes which produce similar effects . When similar cases are stated , and an inference is made that what is proved or acknowledged ...
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... body in which the birds fly a little above the earth . So , if I would explain what I meant by the word light , I might say , it is that medium whereby we see the colours and shapes of things ; or , it is that which distinguishes the ...
... body in which the birds fly a little above the earth . So , if I would explain what I meant by the word light , I might say , it is that medium whereby we see the colours and shapes of things ; or , it is that which distinguishes the ...
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... the most rapid , subtile , and divisible of all bodies ; and to the structure of the eye , the most wonderful organ of the human frame . Optics explains the manner in which vision is 22 PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 2 .
... the most rapid , subtile , and divisible of all bodies ; and to the structure of the eye , the most wonderful organ of the human frame . Optics explains the manner in which vision is 22 PRACTICAL ENGLISH COMPOSITION . [ CH . 2 .
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... bodies seen through transparent substances , as fish in water ; and Catop- trics , from a Greek word , signifying a looking - glass , which relates to seeing bodies by reflected light . To these may be added a third , which treats of ...
... bodies seen through transparent substances , as fish in water ; and Catop- trics , from a Greek word , signifying a looking - glass , which relates to seeing bodies by reflected light . To these may be added a third , which treats of ...
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Page 174 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, He bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 124 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 191 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him even into his ears. Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Page 171 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 51 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Page 59 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 171 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 160 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid Nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...
Page 137 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 62 - Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.