The Life and Correspondence of Henry Salt ... Consul General in Egypt, Band 1John James Halls R. Bentley, 1834 |
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... March 6 , 1833 . " I am sorry that it is not in my power to communicate to you any particulars or anec- dotes of the late Mr. Henry Salt , with whom I was at school when quite a boy , almost a child , and I do not recollect seeing him ...
... March 6 , 1833 . " I am sorry that it is not in my power to communicate to you any particulars or anec- dotes of the late Mr. Henry Salt , with whom I was at school when quite a boy , almost a child , and I do not recollect seeing him ...
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... March 1801 he accidentally met an acquaint- ance in the street , who had just arrived from Lichfield , and from whom he received the melan- choly intelligence that his mother was dying . Her situation , whether from the fear of inter ...
... March 1801 he accidentally met an acquaint- ance in the street , who had just arrived from Lichfield , and from whom he received the melan- choly intelligence that his mother was dying . Her situation , whether from the fear of inter ...
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... March 1801. " H. S. " In a day or two afterwards I received the following , upon the same melancholy subject . " DEAR HALLS , " Lichfield , March 24th , 32 THE LIFE OF.
... March 1801. " H. S. " In a day or two afterwards I received the following , upon the same melancholy subject . " DEAR HALLS , " Lichfield , March 24th , 32 THE LIFE OF.
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John James Halls. " DEAR HALLS , " Lichfield , March 24th , 1801 . " I am scarcely able to address you , the pre- sent melancholy state of my mother bears so heavily on my mind . She is very much worse since I wrote last , and every hour ...
John James Halls. " DEAR HALLS , " Lichfield , March 24th , 1801 . " I am scarcely able to address you , the pre- sent melancholy state of my mother bears so heavily on my mind . She is very much worse since I wrote last , and every hour ...
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... March 25th , 1801. " This was the last letter I received from him for several months . I sent him the implements for painting , & c . and I afterwards understood that he painted a portrait of his father , which he was not able to ...
... March 25th , 1801. " This was the last letter I received from him for several months . I sent him the implements for painting , & c . and I afterwards understood that he painted a portrait of his father , which he was not able to ...
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Seite 275 - There are one or two points to which I should like to call your attention, if it would not be too late. " Believe me, my dear sir, With much sincerity yours, &c. HENRY SALT.
Seite 457 - ... in its front scarcely room for the proscenium. Of this, however, it is not possible to judge very correctly till the whole shall have been laid open — an operation neither very expensive nor difficult to accomplish, as the inhabitants are almost like a colony of English, and would be glad to give their assistance in any work that would tend to the renown of their island.
Seite 197 - extending of the disorder to the spine of the neck, which at last becomes callous, so that it is not any longer in the power of the animal to lift its head :' they all prove to be merely ingenious conjectures, thrown out by the author solely for the exercise of his own ingenuity. I should not venture to speak so positively upon this matter...
Seite 153 - I thought it possible. I know not, (indeed, who can know?) whether the spirits of the just are ever permitted to hover over those whom they have loved most tenderly ; but if such permission be given, and who can say it is impossible ? then it must greatly increase your brother's present happiness, and greatly diminish that painful sense of separation which even the souls of the righteous may be supposed to feel...
Seite 114 - ... stewed fish, which was thought very delicious by some of our party. We had a pretty good example of the Ras's watchfulness, for about twelve o'clock he sent us some clouted cream, and at four I was called up to receive the compliments of the morning. " August 29. — At about ten in the morning we were invited to breakfast with the Ras, and were received with the same distinction as yesterday, being seated on a sofa, while his minister was placed close by on the carpet. We were very plentifully...
Seite 455 - Milo, where the inhabitants have lately discovered a tlieatre of white marble, which appears, from the little that has yet been exposed to view, to be in very perfect preservation. The seats at present opened are seven in number, beautifully worked out of large masses of the finest marble, and forming the segment of a circle, whose diameter...
Seite 461 - ... the molecular concentration of each substance engaged in the reaction. This is universal and holds for all chemical changes, whether they are reversible or not. In case of reversible reactions, the law holds for the change from right to left as well as from left to right, and hence the final chemical equilibrium reached is also determined by the law of mass action. One can best comprehend this by thinking of the equilibrium as reached when the rate of speed of the forward action just equals that...
Seite 153 - ... be given, (and who can say it is impossible ?) then it must greatly increase your brother's present happiness, and greatly diminish that painful sense of separation which even the souls of the righteous may be supposed to feel, if he sees you resigned, patient, hopeful, trusting on that same Cross which was his refuge in the hour of dread, and that good Providence to whose care he fervently and faithfully committed you.
Seite 197 - Ras having subsequently made me a present of three of these animals alive, I found them not only in excellent health, but so exceedingly wild, that I was obliged to have them shot. The horns of one of these are now deposited in the museum of the Surgeons' College, and a still larger pair are placed in the collection of Lord Valentia, at Arley Hall.
Seite 456 - Papa obliged the inhabitants to break in pieces, to prevent the Europeans from disturbing his holy retreat — a cottage which he had built on an adjoining hill, where many remains of a white marble temple are still to be traced. This priest is luckily dead, or otherwise the theatre would...