Scientific Tracts and Family Lyceum: Designed for Instruction and Entertainment, and Adapted to Schools, Lyceums and Families, Volumen1Allen & Ticknor, 1834 |
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... mind ? ' * AN OPINION OF THE CELEBRATED DE WITT CLINTON . THE love of fame is the most active principle of our nature . To be honored when living - to be venerated when dead — is the parent source of those writings which have ...
... mind ? ' * AN OPINION OF THE CELEBRATED DE WITT CLINTON . THE love of fame is the most active principle of our nature . To be honored when living - to be venerated when dead — is the parent source of those writings which have ...
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... mind , a Report , made to the National Convention , or government of France , ascribes the invention of the modern telegraph to Mons . Chappe . His machine con- sisted of an upright post , with a bar of wood , or balance- beam eleven or ...
... mind , a Report , made to the National Convention , or government of France , ascribes the invention of the modern telegraph to Mons . Chappe . His machine con- sisted of an upright post , with a bar of wood , or balance- beam eleven or ...
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... mind than of the Chinese penal code , touching the whipping of Mandarins , were the savans who took bold posi- tions with reference to declaring for or against Phrenology . Now what has been the result of such spirited doings ...
... mind than of the Chinese penal code , touching the whipping of Mandarins , were the savans who took bold posi- tions with reference to declaring for or against Phrenology . Now what has been the result of such spirited doings ...
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... mind , declaring that he did not believe- ' Whatever is , is right . ' NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS . - Like a prudent physician , we never prescribe without seeing the patient : —the editor cannot examine the pulse , a la turque , through the ...
... mind , declaring that he did not believe- ' Whatever is , is right . ' NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS . - Like a prudent physician , we never prescribe without seeing the patient : —the editor cannot examine the pulse , a la turque , through the ...
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... minds of pupils , an idea of the course of light in passing through the various lenses and media of differ- ent degrees of density . A new species of apparatus , illustrative of the science of optics , will soon be exhibited to the ...
... minds of pupils , an idea of the course of light in passing through the various lenses and media of differ- ent degrees of density . A new species of apparatus , illustrative of the science of optics , will soon be exhibited to the ...
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Página 334 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Página 102 - Since this work was printed off, I have seen a substance excellently adapted to the purpose of wiping from paper the marks of a black-lead pencil.
Página 292 - There with its waving blade of green. The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter: There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral Sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms.
Página 296 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes : They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire; Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Página 90 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 362 - Dec. 16, 1714; educated at Oxford University; ordained 1736. In a ministry of thirty-four years, he crossed the Atlantic thirteen times, and preached more than 18,000 sermons...
Página 89 - Here is the finest air to live upon in the universe ; and if our trees and birds could speak, and our assemblymen be silent, the finest conversation too.
Página 148 - ... of our northern manufactures and this city. And why may we not look forward to the time when there shall be such a communication between this city and New York, Philadelphia, and Washington ? I dare not presume to predict such an event for some time to come ; and yet when we daily witness the extraordinary resources of this growing country — when we observe the wonderful results of an active and intelligent population incessantly occupied in developing their powers and resources — and stimulated,...
Página 306 - Turnips and carrots are thought indigenous roots of France. Our cauliflowers came from Cyprus ; our artichokes from Sicily ; lettuce from Cos, a name corrupted into gause, shallots, or eschallots from Ascalon.
Página 228 - In this engagement three men and a boy were killed, one boy was taken prisoner, and Miss Allen was wounded in the head and left for dead, but not scalped. In endeavoring to make her escape she was pursued by an Indian with an uplifted tomahawk and a gun. She was extremely active, and would have outran him, had he not fired upon her. The ball missed her, but she supposed that it had struck her, and in her fright, she fell.