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... present in the field against him , and that the diffi- before him . The only thing impracticable culties in his own camp would be as heavy was to return to the languid misery of Italian a strain on his courage and patience as any ...
... present in the field against him , and that the diffi- before him . The only thing impracticable culties in his own camp would be as heavy was to return to the languid misery of Italian a strain on his courage and patience as any ...
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... present the surface - details of so dis- Mars , are precisely those which enable us tant an object as the planet Mars . And by to assign to them their real importance . a singular accident Herschel was not even It is well known that Mr ...
... present the surface - details of so dis- Mars , are precisely those which enable us tant an object as the planet Mars . And by to assign to them their real importance . a singular accident Herschel was not even It is well known that Mr ...
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... present writer , Secchi Continents . Between Dawes Ocean Mr. Dawes pointed out the existence of a and Delarue Ocean there lie two large isl- dark marking near the border of the disc ands , Phillips Island , lying within the Mar- ( in ...
... present writer , Secchi Continents . Between Dawes Ocean Mr. Dawes pointed out the existence of a and Delarue Ocean there lie two large isl- dark marking near the border of the disc ands , Phillips Island , lying within the Mar- ( in ...
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... present no constancy , -a thin va- porous atmosphere probably resting on a surface of land , snow , and water . It is also remarked that the outer parts of the disc are nearly always much more indistinct than the central parts ; the ...
... present no constancy , -a thin va- porous atmosphere probably resting on a surface of land , snow , and water . It is also remarked that the outer parts of the disc are nearly always much more indistinct than the central parts ; the ...
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... present in our atmosphere , would suffice to render the climate of the earth intolerable through the excess of heat ( just as glass walls cause a hot- house to be as an oven long after the sun has set ) , we shall not fail to see that ...
... present in our atmosphere , would suffice to render the climate of the earth intolerable through the excess of heat ( just as glass walls cause a hot- house to be as an oven long after the sun has set ) , we shall not fail to see that ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 311 - Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Página 460 - ... the passage from' the current to the needle, if not demonstrable, is thinkable, and that we entertain no doubt as to the final mechanical solution of the problem. But the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable. Granted that a definite thought, and a definite molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously ; we do not possess the intellectual organ, nor apparently any rudiment of the organ, which would enable us to pass, by a process...
Página 286 - That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Página 448 - The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Página 47 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on Earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner...
Página 461 - ... to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why. Were our minds and senses so expanded, strengthened and illuminated as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain ; were we capable of following all their motions, all their groupings, all their electric discharges, if such there be ; and were we intimately acquainted with the corresponding states of thought and feeling, we should be as far as ever from the • solution of the problem, ' How are these physical processes...
Página 199 - Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Página 80 - Sin has educated Donatello, and elevated him. Is Sin, then — which we deem such a dreadful blackness in the universe — is it, like Sorrow, merely an element of human education, through which we struggle to a higher and purer state than we could otherwise have attained? Did Adam fall, that we might ultimately rise to a far loftier paradise than his?
Página 448 - Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim. Who is the owner ? The slave is owner, And ever was. Pay him.
Página 254 - Would God it were evening !' and, in the evening,