Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 49John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1860 |
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... hundred feet , being a gradient of five or six feet to the mile . It is noticeable , also , that the surface of this ocean river slopes from the center or axis to the sides ; in other words , it resembles the roof of a house , though of ...
... hundred feet , being a gradient of five or six feet to the mile . It is noticeable , also , that the surface of this ocean river slopes from the center or axis to the sides ; in other words , it resembles the roof of a house , though of ...
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... hundred fathoms and wound on mates of ocean profundity . " The reels of ten thousand fathoms , can be greatest ... hundred miles from St. Helena , but his plummet could apparently find no resting - place at a depth of twenty - seven ...
... hundred fathoms and wound on mates of ocean profundity . " The reels of ten thousand fathoms , can be greatest ... hundred miles from St. Helena , but his plummet could apparently find no resting - place at a depth of twenty - seven ...
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... hundred that some cabbages which were subjected and sixty times heavier than air , ( at a to experiment gave off one pound three temperature of sixty degrees at the level ounces during the day , whilst some sun- of the sea , ) it is ...
... hundred that some cabbages which were subjected and sixty times heavier than air , ( at a to experiment gave off one pound three temperature of sixty degrees at the level ounces during the day , whilst some sun- of the sea , ) it is ...
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... hundred and nine for Wastdale Head , one hundred and twenty - one for Grasmere , and not less than one hundred and fifty - one for Seathwaite in Borrowdale . The latter place , there- fore , received from seven to eight times as copious ...
... hundred and nine for Wastdale Head , one hundred and twenty - one for Grasmere , and not less than one hundred and fifty - one for Seathwaite in Borrowdale . The latter place , there- fore , received from seven to eight times as copious ...
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... hundred and twelve feet , whilst 25.706 in . of fluid were found in a gauge on the ground . A difference in altitude ... hundred and fifty - two or one hundred and fifty - five days out of the three hundred and sixty - five ; in the Neth ...
... hundred and twelve feet , whilst 25.706 in . of fluid were found in a gauge on the ground . A difference in altitude ... hundred and fifty - two or one hundred and fifty - five days out of the three hundred and sixty - five ; in the Neth ...
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Page 52 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley he has viewed ; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie Some random truths he can impart, — The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
Page 34 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 397 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 56 - Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh; In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.
Page 174 - But the prophet, which shall presume to speaK a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 397 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 57 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 35 - I wanted warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot — now I see thee what thou art, Thou art the highest and most human too, Not Lancelot, nor another. Is there none Will tell the King I love him tho
Page 32 - In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. ' " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Page 42 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.