The Quarterly review, Band 53Murray, 1835 |
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... produced by the volcano , or by lightning , or meteors . No it is the light of phosphorus , as the matter truly is , pale , dull , approaching to a white or very pale yellow , casting a melancholy light on objects around , only emitting ...
... produced by the volcano , or by lightning , or meteors . No it is the light of phosphorus , as the matter truly is , pale , dull , approaching to a white or very pale yellow , casting a melancholy light on objects around , only emitting ...
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... produced ; but after a few days they be- come accustomed to its use , and then thrive and fatten exceedingly upon it . These insects are held in such estimation among the aborigines , that they assemble from all parts of the country to ...
... produced ; but after a few days they be- come accustomed to its use , and then thrive and fatten exceedingly upon it . These insects are held in such estimation among the aborigines , that they assemble from all parts of the country to ...
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... produce those dwarf trees , which we mentioned in our last number when reviewing Messrs . Fischer and Meylan : - The Chinese procure the dwarf orange trees , laden with fruit , by selecting a branch of a larger tree upon which there may ...
... produce those dwarf trees , which we mentioned in our last number when reviewing Messrs . Fischer and Meylan : - The Chinese procure the dwarf orange trees , laden with fruit , by selecting a branch of a larger tree upon which there may ...
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... produced almost simultaneously . It is impos- sible , however , to imagine a stronger contrast than these works exhibit ; and we can boldly and conscientiously pronounce that , in every respect but one , the comparison is in favour of ...
... produced almost simultaneously . It is impos- sible , however , to imagine a stronger contrast than these works exhibit ; and we can boldly and conscientiously pronounce that , in every respect but one , the comparison is in favour of ...
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... produced very deplorable consequences . Before we arrive with M. Jacquemont at Calcutta , we must notice a curious incident that took place on his passage out . Soon after they had left the Cape of Good Hope , the French brig - of- war ...
... produced very deplorable consequences . Before we arrive with M. Jacquemont at Calcutta , we must notice a curious incident that took place on his passage out . Soon after they had left the Cape of Good Hope , the French brig - of- war ...
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Seite 92 - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; 6 this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.
Seite 173 - ... from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Seite 170 - Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the Lord.
Seite 463 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Seite 148 - And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night...
Seite 476 - Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Seite 157 - What we have said of miracles, may be applied, without any variation, to prophecies; and indeed all prophecies are real miracles, and as such only can be admitted as proofs of any revelation.
Seite 84 - What would'st thou have a good great man obtain? Place? titles? salary? a gilded chain? Or throne of corses which his sword hath slain ? Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures, love, and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Seite 92 - Genius must have talent as its complement and implement, just as in like manner imagination must have fancy. In short, the higher intellectual powers can only act through a corresponding energy of the lower.