John Francis, Publisher of the Athenæum: A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century, Band 2R. Bentley & son, 1888 |
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... interest attached , the author having spent a part of the last day of his life in correcting its last pages for the press ; Sir George Barrow's ' Ceylon , Past and Present ' ; ' The Romany Rye : a Sequel to " Lavengro , ” by George ...
... interest attached , the author having spent a part of the last day of his life in correcting its last pages for the press ; Sir George Barrow's ' Ceylon , Past and Present ' ; ' The Romany Rye : a Sequel to " Lavengro , ” by George ...
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... interests and the consequent German war . ...... Although himself in some things abstemious to a miserly pitch , the Lord Mayor used to give City dinners which cost sometimes as much as 10,000l . each ...... The young heir , born 1789 ...
... interests and the consequent German war . ...... Although himself in some things abstemious to a miserly pitch , the Lord Mayor used to give City dinners which cost sometimes as much as 10,000l . each ...... The young heir , born 1789 ...
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... interest , assembled in Gresham Col- lege , and agreed to form themselves into a Society , having for its object the promoting of physico - mathematical experimental learning . When they reassembled in the following week , it was ...
... interest , assembled in Gresham Col- lege , and agreed to form themselves into a Society , having for its object the promoting of physico - mathematical experimental learning . When they reassembled in the following week , it was ...
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... interest , they threatened personal injury to Brunel , and the landlord of the hotel absolutely refused to provide him with a bed . " Thames Tunnel opened . The Thames Tunnel was opened on the 25th of March , 1843 , and , " though ...
... interest , they threatened personal injury to Brunel , and the landlord of the hotel absolutely refused to provide him with a bed . " Thames Tunnel opened . The Thames Tunnel was opened on the 25th of March , 1843 , and , " though ...
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... interest in the vegetable kingdom from all parts of the globe , a herbarium unrivalled for extent , arrangement , accuracy of nomenclature , and beauty of keep , and excellent botanical libraries , including small ones for the use of ...
... interest in the vegetable kingdom from all parts of the globe , a herbarium unrivalled for extent , arrangement , accuracy of nomenclature , and beauty of keep , and excellent botanical libraries , including small ones for the use of ...
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Seite 101 - 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 113 - 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 ; — Give us, O Lord, fresh hopes in Heaven, And trust in things divine.
Seite 108 - 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 101 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Seite 420 - 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 113 - The Story of Burnt Njal ; Or, Life in Iceland at the end of the Tenth Century.
Seite 193 - ... 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 362 - 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 284 - Read the Rede of this old Roof Tree. Here be trust fast. Opinion free. Knightly right hand. Christian knee. Worth in all. Wit in some. Laughter open. Slander dumb. Hearth where rooted Friendships grow. Safe as Altar even to Foe. And the eparks that upwards go When the hearth flame dies below If thy sap in them may be Fear no Winter old Roof Tree ! JAMES HOOPER.