John Francis, Publisher of the Athenæum: A Literary Chronicle of Half a Century, Band 2R. Bentley & son, 1888 |
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... December National loss 21st says : by his death . " In the Prince who is gone the Arts and Sciences have lost their truest friend , -Manners and Morals their first example , - Education and Public Progress their strongest support ; and ...
... December National loss 21st says : by his death . " In the Prince who is gone the Arts and Sciences have lost their truest friend , -Manners and Morals their first example , - Education and Public Progress their strongest support ; and ...
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... December , 1849 in the eighty - first year of his age . " Henry Thomas Buckle , author of the ' History of Civilization , ' died on the 29th of May at Damascus . He was born on the 24th of November , 1822 , was the son of a rich mer ...
... December , 1849 in the eighty - first year of his age . " Henry Thomas Buckle , author of the ' History of Civilization , ' died on the 29th of May at Damascus . He was born on the 24th of November , 1822 , was the son of a rich mer ...
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... December 20 , 1862 ( the day on which we are making these notes ) , we find 40 pages at threepence . To this it must be added that our large - type columns are now 4 lines longer and 4 letters broader . No. 271 gives 37 columns of ...
... December 20 , 1862 ( the day on which we are making these notes ) , we find 40 pages at threepence . To this it must be added that our large - type columns are now 4 lines longer and 4 letters broader . No. 271 gives 37 columns of ...
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... December , 1863 , the evening papers announced that Mr. Thackeray had that morning been found dead in his bed . An earth- quake ob- served at Greenwich . William Makepeace This Thackeray . sudden loss was felt as a shock by thousands in ...
... December , 1863 , the evening papers announced that Mr. Thackeray had that morning been found dead in his bed . An earth- quake ob- served at Greenwich . William Makepeace This Thackeray . sudden loss was felt as a shock by thousands in ...
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... December 31st , 1884 , there were marked 3,122 gold and 31,658 silver cases , and in 1885 , 2,740 gold and 26,365 silver . At Birmingham for the year ending June 30th , 1884 , the number of gold cases was 3,914 , and the weight of ...
... December 31st , 1884 , there were marked 3,122 gold and 31,658 silver cases , and in 1885 , 2,740 gold and 26,365 silver . At Birmingham for the year ending June 30th , 1884 , the number of gold cases was 3,914 , and the weight 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.