John Francis, Publisher of the Athenæum: A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century, Band 2R. Bentley & son, 1888 |
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... became so great that it was only owing to the perfect calmness of Lord Canning that anything like order was preserved . It is remarkable how slow the people in England were to realize the great calamity that had come upon them . It was ...
... became so great that it was only owing to the perfect calmness of Lord Canning that anything like order was preserved . It is remarkable how slow the people in England were to realize the great calamity that had come upon them . It was ...
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... became an important means of obtaining information with regard to the appearances of objects that had not hitherto been known . The theory of the use of this instrument has occupied the attention of the most eminent natural philo ...
... became an important means of obtaining information with regard to the appearances of objects that had not hitherto been known . The theory of the use of this instrument has occupied the attention of the most eminent natural philo ...
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... became a personage in society , as Garrick had been in the days of Goodman's Fields . Covent Garden borrowed the play , and engaged the actor , for an afterpiece . A hackney cab carried the tri- umphant William , in his blue jacket and ...
... became a personage in society , as Garrick had been in the days of Goodman's Fields . Covent Garden borrowed the play , and engaged the actor , for an afterpiece . A hackney cab carried the tri- umphant William , in his blue jacket and ...
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... in the street , and he annexed it to literature . He found it comparatively low in rank , and he spread it abroad on the wings of his genius , until its circulation became a marvel of the press ...... 28 THE ATHENÆUM , 1857 .
... in the street , and he annexed it to literature . He found it comparatively low in rank , and he spread it abroad on the wings of his genius , until its circulation became a marvel of the press ...... 28 THE ATHENÆUM , 1857 .
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A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century John Collins Francis. until its circulation became a marvel of the press ...... " His fault as a man - if it be a fault - was a too great tenderness of heart . He never could say No. His purse when ...
A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century John Collins Francis. until its circulation became a marvel of the press ...... " His fault as a man - if it be a fault - was a too great tenderness of heart . He never could say No. His purse when ...
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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.