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... forces far beyond our boldest speculations , and thence returning as blessed rain , as humble mill - race , or as active ... force of general attraction , must needs have its effect upon the waters also , and under the control of sun and ...
... forces far beyond our boldest speculations , and thence returning as blessed rain , as humble mill - race , or as active ... force of general attraction , must needs have its effect upon the waters also , and under the control of sun and ...
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... force into the Channel and past the western coast of England . There the rocky cliffs of Ireland and the numerous is- lands of the Northern seas arrest its rapid course , so that it reaches Norway only after an eight hours ' headlong ...
... force into the Channel and past the western coast of England . There the rocky cliffs of Ireland and the numerous is- lands of the Northern seas arrest its rapid course , so that it reaches Norway only after an eight hours ' headlong ...
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... forces of nature , even all- powerful steam into his service . But the minute polypi work quietly and si- lently ... force , though so minute , triumphs victoriously over the blind , terrible might of furious waves . Thus they build ...
... forces of nature , even all- powerful steam into his service . But the minute polypi work quietly and si- lently ... force , though so minute , triumphs victoriously over the blind , terrible might of furious waves . Thus they build ...
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... forces . Washington aimed at no elevation of his family , and dies a justice of the peace ; Napoleon writes to Joseph : I want a family of kings ( il me faut une famille de rois . ) Washington divests himself of the chief magistracy ...
... forces . Washington aimed at no elevation of his family , and dies a justice of the peace ; Napoleon writes to Joseph : I want a family of kings ( il me faut une famille de rois . ) Washington divests himself of the chief magistracy ...
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... Force , power , glory , French glory , centered in him , came to be his idols ; and soldiers , money , people , system , were mere means to serve them . We do not recollect in all these vo- lumes , one expression about the meliora- tion ...
... Force , power , glory , French glory , centered in him , came to be his idols ; and soldiers , money , people , system , were mere means to serve them . We do not recollect in all these vo- lumes , one expression about the meliora- tion ...
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Page 468 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? . . . When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 574 - White are his shoulders and white his crest. Hear him call in his merry note: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Look, what a nice new coat is mine, Sure there was never a bird so fine. Chee, chee, chee. Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Brood, kind creature; you need not fear Thieves and robbers while I am here. Chee,...
Page 280 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 575 - Soon as the little ones chip the shell, Six wide mouths are open for food; Robert of Lincoln bestirs him well, Gathering seeds for the hungry brood. Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; This new life is likely to be Hard for a gay young fellow like me. Chee, chee, chee.
Page 575 - Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can! Chee, chee, chee.
Page 565 - I was anxiously looking around for the river, one of them called out, geo affili (see the water), and looking forwards, I saw with infinite pleasure the great object of my mission — the long sought for majestic Niger, glittering to the morning sun, as broad as the Thames at Westminster, and flowing slowly to the eastward.
Page 469 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath ; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 283 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Page 298 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The Power, the Beauty, and the Majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths ; all these have vanished. They live no longer in the faith of reason...
Page 121 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.