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... miles behind us . For supposing such a journey to be accomplished , we should still be ten thousand miles distant from that orb . But a telescope which magnifies objects two hundred and forty times , can carry our views within one ...
... miles behind us . For supposing such a journey to be accomplished , we should still be ten thousand miles distant from that orb . But a telescope which magnifies objects two hundred and forty times , can carry our views within one ...
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... miles in length , from a single pound of raw cotton . Of the rapidity with which some portions of the machinery work , you may form an idea , when you learn that the very finest thread , which is used in making lace , is passed through ...
... miles in length , from a single pound of raw cotton . Of the rapidity with which some portions of the machinery work , you may form an idea , when you learn that the very finest thread , which is used in making lace , is passed through ...
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... mile in a minute . He ran round the course of Newmarket , which is little less than four miles , in six minutes and forty seconds . Few horses have since been found that could equal him ; and those of his breed have been remarkably ...
... mile in a minute . He ran round the course of Newmarket , which is little less than four miles , in six minutes and forty seconds . Few horses have since been found that could equal him ; and those of his breed have been remarkably ...
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... miles an hour , and their power of endurance is such , that journeys of one hundred and fifty miles in nineteen hours are not uncommon . We cannot close our account of the deer kind , without mentioning a singularly diminutive and grace ...
... miles an hour , and their power of endurance is such , that journeys of one hundred and fifty miles in nineteen hours are not uncommon . We cannot close our account of the deer kind , without mentioning a singularly diminutive and grace ...
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... miles a - day , and fifty or sixty regularly , without any violent effort . Next to the elephant , the Rhinoceros is the most powerful of animals . Twelve feet long from the tip of the nose to the insertion of the tail ; from six to ...
... miles a - day , and fifty or sixty regularly , without any violent effort . Next to the elephant , the Rhinoceros is the most powerful of animals . Twelve feet long from the tip of the nose to the insertion of the tail ; from six to ...
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Страница 198 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm...
Страница 198 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Страница 206 - Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
Страница 206 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.
Страница 222 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Страница 200 - Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Страница 213 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire ! Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son...
Страница 208 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Страница 28 - By degrees we let fall the remembrance of our original intention, and quit the only adequate object of rational desire. We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy, till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. We then look back upon our lives with horror, with sorrow, with repentance ; and wish, but too often vainly wish, that we had not forsaken the ways of virtue.
Страница 198 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.