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Richard Hiley. 3. Suppose we had never seen an animal move upon the ground without feet , and that the problem was , —— Muscular action , that is , reciprocal contraction and relaxation , being given , to describe how such an animal ...
Richard Hiley. 3. Suppose we had never seen an animal move upon the ground without feet , and that the problem was , —— Muscular action , that is , reciprocal contraction and relaxation , being given , to describe how such an animal ...
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... ground , bravely resisting the attack of our men . The troops in ad- vance , however , thinking themselves at too great a distance from immediate attack , nor being held under any discipline , when they heard a clamour behind , broke ...
... ground , bravely resisting the attack of our men . The troops in ad- vance , however , thinking themselves at too great a distance from immediate attack , nor being held under any discipline , when they heard a clamour behind , broke ...
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... ground . Frequently he was seen working in his ground before sun - rise ; and if his day's labour had not been hard , he would work in an evening by moonlight . In a few years , he rendered it much more val- uable than when he took it ...
... ground . Frequently he was seen working in his ground before sun - rise ; and if his day's labour had not been hard , he would work in an evening by moonlight . In a few years , he rendered it much more val- uable than when he took it ...
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... ground . 2. We have not room , curious as it might be , to describe all his various plans of this kind , the pursuit of which gene- rally kept him low in his class at school . Little , therefore , did his master and schoolfellows ...
... ground . 2. We have not room , curious as it might be , to describe all his various plans of this kind , the pursuit of which gene- rally kept him low in his class at school . Little , therefore , did his master and schoolfellows ...
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... ground . The Normans flew to the aid of their sovereign , and the bold Englishman was pierced by their lances . 2. About the same time , the tide of battle took a momen- tary turn . The Kentish men and East Saxons rallied , and repelled ...
... ground . The Normans flew to the aid of their sovereign , and the bold Englishman was pierced by their lances . 2. About the same time , the tide of battle took a momen- tary turn . The Kentish men and East Saxons rallied , and repelled ...
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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.