Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Bind 16,Oplag 136 –Bind 18,Oplag 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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... early educa- tion , we have not much information . From the extreme delicacy of his health when a child , he was able to attend the public school at Greenock only irregularly and at intervals ; so that much of his elementary instruction ...
... early educa- tion , we have not much information . From the extreme delicacy of his health when a child , he was able to attend the public school at Greenock only irregularly and at intervals ; so that much of his elementary instruction ...
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... early years , acquired much of that general information for which he was in after - life remarkable . His father having , as a means of amusement , presented him with a number of tools , such as are used in cabinet - work , he became ...
... early years , acquired much of that general information for which he was in after - life remarkable . His father having , as a means of amusement , presented him with a number of tools , such as are used in cabinet - work , he became ...
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... early residence in Glasgow - a young , amiable , and ingenious man , a great favourite with professors and students , occupied during the greater part of the day in his workshop , but con- stantly engaged in the evening in some profound ...
... early residence in Glasgow - a young , amiable , and ingenious man , a great favourite with professors and students , occupied during the greater part of the day in his workshop , but con- stantly engaged in the evening in some profound ...
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... early as 1781 , and that he had mentioned it verbally to Dr Priestley ; he does not say , however , whether , at the time of mentioning it to Dr Priestley , he had come to the grand conclusion , nor does he state at what time he first ...
... early as 1781 , and that he had mentioned it verbally to Dr Priestley ; he does not say , however , whether , at the time of mentioning it to Dr Priestley , he had come to the grand conclusion , nor does he state at what time he first ...
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... early as the 26th of April 1783 ; the question now would be , on the most favourable terms to Mr Cavendish , at what time previous to the summer of 1783 he had arrived at the conclusion . On this point Sir Charles Blagden's statement is ...
... early as the 26th of April 1783 ; the question now would be , on the most favourable terms to Mr Cavendish , at what time previous to the summer of 1783 he had arrived at the conclusion . On this point Sir Charles Blagden's statement is ...
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Side 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Side 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Side 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Side 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Side 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Side 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Side 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Side 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...