Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Հատոր 16,Թողարկում 136 –Հատոր 18,Թողարկում 160William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1847 |
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Արդյունքներ 59–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... ment capable yet of being brought to great perfection for mul- tiplying copies of busts and pieces of sculpture ; all of which inventions he was led to make by the interest which he took in the arts in general , Mr Watt is now ...
... ment capable yet of being brought to great perfection for mul- tiplying copies of busts and pieces of sculpture ; all of which inventions he was led to make by the interest which he took in the arts in general , Mr Watt is now ...
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... ment , and in the enjoyment of that genial social intercourse for which he always exhibited so great a relish . The activity of his mind during this retirement will be illustrated by the following anecdote , related by M. Arago : - " A ...
... ment , and in the enjoyment of that genial social intercourse for which he always exhibited so great a relish . The activity of his mind during this retirement will be illustrated by the following anecdote , related by M. Arago : - " A ...
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... ment . For these reasons , however , people are only the more apt to mistake its real character , and to think and speak lightly of what ought not to be mentioned without emotions of detesta- tion . With the view of inculcating as ...
... ment . For these reasons , however , people are only the more apt to mistake its real character , and to think and speak lightly of what ought not to be mentioned without emotions of detesta- tion . With the view of inculcating as ...
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... ment to the besiegers of 1500 men , and charged by King James with the further conduct of the siege . Rosen was much better skilled in the art of besieging than the generals who had hitherto directed the operations against the town ...
... ment to the besiegers of 1500 men , and charged by King James with the further conduct of the siege . Rosen was much better skilled in the art of besieging than the generals who had hitherto directed the operations against the town ...
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... ment and praise were soon succeeded by their getting tired of the interruptions thus occasioned to that part of the business committed to me . They first became exacting , and then unjust . Ah , sir ! why did I learn to read and write ...
... ment and praise were soon succeeded by their getting tired of the interruptions thus occasioned to that part of the business committed to me . They first became exacting , and then unjust . Ah , sir ! why did I learn to read and write ...
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Էջ 9 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 28 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Էջ 11 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Էջ 15 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Էջ 20 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial, endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me?
Էջ 6 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Էջ 27 - Of those fierce darts Despair at me doth throw. 0 make in me those civil wars to cease: 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed, A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a weary head: And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace, thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stella's image see.
Էջ 9 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the sun...