John Francis, Publisher of the Athenæum: A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century, Band 2R. Bentley & son, 1888 |
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... Daily News Reduced- Southwark Bridge - Death of Effingham Wilson - Of Samuel Lover - Of J. Douglas Cook- " The spacious firmament on high " — Death of Dean Milman — Of Principal Forbes Twelfth Night at Drury Lane - Great Melbourne ...
... Daily News Reduced- Southwark Bridge - Death of Effingham Wilson - Of Samuel Lover - Of J. Douglas Cook- " The spacious firmament on high " — Death of Dean Milman — Of Principal Forbes Twelfth Night at Drury Lane - Great Melbourne ...
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... Daily Telegraph - Death of Tom Hood - ' Life of the Prince Consort ' - Livingstone's ' Last Journals ' — Obituary of 1874 - George Smith's ' Assyrian Discoveries ' and ' Chaldean Account of Genesis ' -Death of Canon Kingsley - Of George ...
... Daily Telegraph - Death of Tom Hood - ' Life of the Prince Consort ' - Livingstone's ' Last Journals ' — Obituary of 1874 - George Smith's ' Assyrian Discoveries ' and ' Chaldean Account of Genesis ' -Death of Canon Kingsley - Of George ...
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... daily put forth , should be listened to ; if our native army is to be superseded entirely by Europeans , if the native princes are to be dethroned , and the people entirely disarmed , we shall descend at once from the grand position of ...
... daily put forth , should be listened to ; if our native army is to be superseded entirely by Europeans , if the native princes are to be dethroned , and the people entirely disarmed , we shall descend at once from the grand position of ...
Seite 52
... daily life ? Even to stand beneath its fretted roof is to be impressed with a sentiment of awe and humbleness . Earnest men have said this- or something apart from the like this - to themselves ; and the answer is 52 THE ATHENÆUM , 1858 .
... daily life ? Even to stand beneath its fretted roof is to be impressed with a sentiment of awe and humbleness . Earnest men have said this- or something apart from the like this - to themselves ; and the answer is 52 THE ATHENÆUM , 1858 .
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... daily life , as he grew His kindly older he became kindly and considerate to a fault . When he had passed fifty , he no more could have written the philippic against the Regent than he could have fought a duel . The indignation against ...
... daily life , as he grew His kindly older he became kindly and considerate to a fault . When he had passed fifty , he no more could have written the philippic against the Regent than he could have fought a duel . The indignation against ...
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Seite 97 - As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Cambrian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence we may look with some confidence to a secure future of great length. And as natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection.
Seite 104 - That boy," said one of my masters, pointing the attention of a stranger to me, " that boy could harangue an Athenian mob better than you or I could address an English one.
Seite 97 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Seite 126 - Let peace, O Lord, Thy peace, O God, Upon our souls descend ; From midnight fears and perils, Thou Our trembling hearts defend ; Give us a respite from our toil, Calm and subdue our woes ; Through the long day we suffer, Lord, Oh, give us now repose ! THE INNER CHAMBER.
Seite 436 - I do not cling to life. You do ; but I set no store by it. If I knew that those I love were well cared for, I should be quite ready to die to-morrow.
Seite 126 - The Story of Burnt Njal ; Or, Life in Iceland at the end of the Tenth Century.
Seite 207 - ... that matter. Finally, through his good efforts I went to the Royal Institution early in March of 1813, as assistant in the Laboratory; and in October of the same year, went with him abroad as his assistant in experiments and in writing. I returned with him in April 1815, resumed my station in the Royal Institution, and have, as you know, ever since remained there.
Seite 376 - I can assure the reader that I have, by the help of a distended wire, propagated the sound to a very considerable distance in an instant, or with as seemingly quick a motion as that of light, at least, incomparably swifter than that, which at the same time was propagated through the air ; and this not only in a straight line, or direct, but in one bended in many angles.
Seite 125 - Slowly the rays of daylight fade ; So fade within our heart The hopes in earthly love and joy, That one by one depart : Slowly the bright stars, one by one, Within the heavens shine ; — t -A.
Seite 125 - Before Thy throne, O Lord of heaven, We kneel at close of day ; Look on Thy children from on high, And hear us while we pray.