Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Bind 2G. P. Putnam, 1852 |
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... earth , and every where discovers new sources of profit for industry , took advantage of this discovery . The quantity of this valuable salt proved to be inexhaustible , as it exists in beds extending over more than two hundred square ...
... earth , and every where discovers new sources of profit for industry , took advantage of this discovery . The quantity of this valuable salt proved to be inexhaustible , as it exists in beds extending over more than two hundred square ...
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... earth in some places . is what stupefies the dogs in the Crotto del Cane . Well , but how is carbonic acid gas made by the candle ? " a great deal of it Carbonic acid gas " I hope with your candle you'll throw some light upon the ...
... earth in some places . is what stupefies the dogs in the Crotto del Cane . Well , but how is carbonic acid gas made by the candle ? " a great deal of it Carbonic acid gas " I hope with your candle you'll throw some light upon the ...
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... earth , as it seemed to me ; the walls oozing with slimy damp in some parts ; dry and saltpetry in others . A bun- dle of keys , which were jingling in my guide's hand , made noises which reminded me of the description of prisoners ...
... earth , as it seemed to me ; the walls oozing with slimy damp in some parts ; dry and saltpetry in others . A bun- dle of keys , which were jingling in my guide's hand , made noises which reminded me of the description of prisoners ...
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... master the physical elements , has always been the great aim of man . He commenced with earth , his own nat- ural , obvious , and immediate element , and he has succeed- ed to a prodigious extent , being able to do BALLOONING,
... master the physical elements , has always been the great aim of man . He commenced with earth , his own nat- ural , obvious , and immediate element , and he has succeed- ed to a prodigious extent , being able to do BALLOONING,
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... earth and ocean ; -the sublime highways of air , are , to all appearance , denied to his wanderings . Wild and daring as was the act , it is no less true that men's first attempts at a flight through the air were literally with wings ...
... earth and ocean ; -the sublime highways of air , are , to all appearance , denied to his wanderings . Wild and daring as was the act , it is no less true that men's first attempts at a flight through the air were literally with wings ...
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Side 83 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Side 215 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Side 209 - Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired ; Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee ; How small a part of time they share That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Side 208 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Side 211 - WHY so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
Side 214 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory, Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Side 140 - A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums: And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried.
Side 206 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Side 213 - To all you ladies now on land, We men at sea indite ; But first would have you understand How hard it is to write : The muses now, and Neptune too, We must implore to write to you.
Side 84 - ... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning.