The Annual Biography and Obituary, Bind 14Longman., 1830 |
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... nature designed her , it might , perhaps , be suf- ficient praise to say , that , were we to collect every idea which has been suggested to us by books , or has been the result of our own observations on life , assisted by all that the ...
... nature designed her , it might , perhaps , be suf- ficient praise to say , that , were we to collect every idea which has been suggested to us by books , or has been the result of our own observations on life , assisted by all that the ...
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... nature whom he en- countered in the desert ; or his address in so quickly gaining , on his arrival at Bornou , the confidence of the good Sheikh with whom he resided eighteen months , an admirable union of courage and temper ...
... nature whom he en- countered in the desert ; or his address in so quickly gaining , on his arrival at Bornou , the confidence of the good Sheikh with whom he resided eighteen months , an admirable union of courage and temper ...
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... Nature's highly - gifted children ; and truly grateful , as he him- self was , for the ample measure of approbation and kindness with which his talents and successes were appreciated and rewarded . That Colonel Denham entered upon the ...
... Nature's highly - gifted children ; and truly grateful , as he him- self was , for the ample measure of approbation and kindness with which his talents and successes were appreciated and rewarded . That Colonel Denham entered upon the ...
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... nature and scenery of the country in which accident had planted him . Many of his friends and associates must have been connected with mining speculations ; shafts , cross courses , lodes , & c . were words fami- liarised to his ears ...
... nature and scenery of the country in which accident had planted him . Many of his friends and associates must have been connected with mining speculations ; shafts , cross courses , lodes , & c . were words fami- liarised to his ears ...
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... natural philosophy , and chemistry . But che- mistry soon arrested his whole attention . As far as can be ascertained , the first original experiment performed by him at Penzance was for the purpose of investigating the nature of the ...
... natural philosophy , and chemistry . But che- mistry soon arrested his whole attention . As far as can be ascertained , the first original experiment performed by him at Penzance was for the purpose of investigating the nature of the ...
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Side 395 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Side 133 - Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona Multi, sed omnes illacrymabiles Urgentur, ignotique longa Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.
Side 160 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods ; And time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Side 268 - Thoughts on the English Government — addressed to the quiet good sense of the people of England...
Side 201 - Essays on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the Poet Thomson: Biographical, critical, and political.
Side 47 - ... in a state of intense activity ; and a platina wire, communicating with the positive side, was brought in contact with the upper surface of the alkali. The whole apparatus was in the open atmosphere.
Side 50 - In sciences kindred to chemistry, the knowledge of the nature of the alkalies, and the analogies arising in consequence, will open many new views; they may lead to the solution of many problems in geology, and shew that agents may have operated in the formation of rocks and earths which have not hitherto been suspected to exist.
Side 144 - For the repeated thanks and grants bestowed upon you by this house, in gratitude for your many and eminent services, you have thought fit this day to offer us your acknowledgments; but this nation well knows that it is still largely your debtor. It owes to you the proud satisfaction, that amidst the constellation of illustrious warriors, who have recently visited our country...
Side 63 - The Bakerian Lecture, on some of the Combinations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygen, and on the Chemical Relations of these Principles to inflammable Bodies.