The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Band 3Redfield & Lindsay, 1843 |
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... considered , in a great tube over a lamp . measure , as comparative ; for in any compound of two bodies of the same class , for instance of the electro negative , one will be less electro negative than the other , and will consequently ...
... considered , in a great tube over a lamp . measure , as comparative ; for in any compound of two bodies of the same class , for instance of the electro negative , one will be less electro negative than the other , and will consequently ...
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... considered as resting upon the " shoul- ders of the secondary mountains . " The plains of Quito , for instance , are 12,000 feet above the level of the sea ; and those of Karakorum , in Chinese Mon- golia , are probably as elevated ...
... considered as resting upon the " shoul- ders of the secondary mountains . " The plains of Quito , for instance , are 12,000 feet above the level of the sea ; and those of Karakorum , in Chinese Mon- golia , are probably as elevated ...
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... considered the best situation for the de- velopment of the lad's talents for the mechanical arts . His opportunities for acquiring information were , however , small , and these advantages , such as they were , did not continue long ...
... considered the best situation for the de- velopment of the lad's talents for the mechanical arts . His opportunities for acquiring information were , however , small , and these advantages , such as they were , did not continue long ...
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... considered himself as a citizen of the world . Science was his pursuit , usefulness his object ; and although he en- joyed his own opinions and exercised his rights , yet he never stopped to join a party or to warm himself by political ...
... considered himself as a citizen of the world . Science was his pursuit , usefulness his object ; and although he en- joyed his own opinions and exercised his rights , yet he never stopped to join a party or to warm himself by political ...
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... considered as a Roman invention . POETRY . ART . - CHARLES SPRAGUE . When from the sacred garden driven , Man fled before his Maker's wrath , An angel left her place in heaven , And cross'd the wanderer's sunless path . " Twas Art ...
... considered as a Roman invention . POETRY . ART . - CHARLES SPRAGUE . When from the sacred garden driven , Man fled before his Maker's wrath , An angel left her place in heaven , And cross'd the wanderer's sunless path . " Twas Art ...
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Seite 293 - For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest — A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Seite 4 - And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Seite 82 - No, they are all unchained again: The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges.
Seite 5 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Seite 467 - There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile on the flower, And a laugh from the brook that runs to the sea.
Seite 464 - Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Seite 467 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground...
Seite 271 - I reflect that all this grand portion of our Union, instead of being in a state of nature, is now more or less covered with villages, farms, and towns, where the din of hammers and machinery is constantly heard; that the woods are fast disappearing under the axe by day, and the fire by night; that hundreds of steam-boats are gliding to and fro, over the whole length of the majestic river, forcing commerce to take root and to prosper at every spot...
Seite 58 - As blows the north wind, heave their foam, And curl around the dashing oar, As late the boatman hies him home. How sweet, at set of sun, to view Thy golden mirror spreading wide, And see the mist of mantling blue Float round the distant mountain's side ! At midnight hour, as shines the moon, A sheet of silver spreads below, And swift she cuts, at highest noon, Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, O ! I could ever sweep the oar, When early birds at morning wake,...
Seite 425 - twas the self-same power divine Taught you to sing, and me to shine; That you with music, I with light, Might beautify and cheer the night.