Littell's Living Age, Volume 201Living Age Company Incorporated, 1894 |
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... means of determining the thickness of the shell accurately , but to do so is not essential for us . It may be that the photosphere bears the same ratio to the bulk of the sun that the delicate skin of a peach bears to the luscious ...
... means of determining the thickness of the shell accurately , but to do so is not essential for us . It may be that the photosphere bears the same ratio to the bulk of the sun that the delicate skin of a peach bears to the luscious ...
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... means moving with the same average significant manner . They provide us , velocities . It is certain that , on the in fact , with another criterion by which whole , the molecules of nitrogen are we can sift out from the remaining list ...
... means moving with the same average significant manner . They provide us , velocities . It is certain that , on the in fact , with another criterion by which whole , the molecules of nitrogen are we can sift out from the remaining list ...
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... means of relieving much suffering ; and the Pawnbroking Office helped many a poor family to keep the grey wolf from the door . The doctor was doing what he could too for all classes , providing them with news , amusement , and ...
... means of relieving much suffering ; and the Pawnbroking Office helped many a poor family to keep the grey wolf from the door . The doctor was doing what he could too for all classes , providing them with news , amusement , and ...
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In reviews to the condition of the inhab - ants , whose means do not allow their itants of the rural districts in France . sons to learn a trade . For the most It is alleged that their condition , owing part they work on the farms ; the ...
In reviews to the condition of the inhab - ants , whose means do not allow their itants of the rural districts in France . sons to learn a trade . For the most It is alleged that their condition , owing part they work on the farms ; the ...
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... mean to infer that these expenses were alto- gether useless , but it is none the less true that the money could have ... means , if not , the parish paid for them ; in that way the salary of the teacher was larger the greater the number ...
... mean to infer that these expenses were alto- gether useless , but it is none the less true that the money could have ... means , if not , the parish paid for them ; in that way the salary of the teacher was larger the greater the number ...
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Page 161 - Of aspect more sublime : that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world. Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood. In which the affections gently lead us on...
Page 567 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 69 - ... mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 386 - On the South there is a small, but pleasant Common where the Gallants a little before Sun-set walk with their Marmalet-Madams, as we do in Morefields, &c. till the nine a clock Bell rings them home to their respective habitations, when presently the Constables walk their rounds to see good orders kept, and to take up loose people.
Page 306 - Sorrow is hard to bear, and doubt is slow to clear, Each sufferer says his say, his scheme of the weal and woe: But God has a few of us whom he whispers in the ear; The rest may reason and welcome: 'tis we musicians know.
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Page 565 - I no sooner (saith he) come into the library, but I bolt the door to me, excluding lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, whose nurse is Idleness, the mother of Ignorance, and Melancholy herself, and in the very lap of eternity, amongst so many divine souls, I take my seat with so lofty a spirit and sweet content, that I pity all our great ones, and rich men that know not this happiness.