The North American Review, Հատոր 54Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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How they could have arrived at such different conclusions , varying almost one
hundred per cent . , is indeed a matter of wonder ; still , we cannot suppose that
they had any separate or distinct knowledge of the subject . There may have
been ...
How they could have arrived at such different conclusions , varying almost one
hundred per cent . , is indeed a matter of wonder ; still , we cannot suppose that
they had any separate or distinct knowledge of the subject . There may have
been ...
Էջ 89
Of these Dr . Harris has formed acquaintance with about five hundred species ,
which are natives of Massachusetts , and there are , he thinks , at least as many
which are not yet described . The greater part of them subsist on vegetable food ...
Of these Dr . Harris has formed acquaintance with about five hundred species ,
which are natives of Massachusetts , and there are , he thinks , at least as many
which are not yet described . The greater part of them subsist on vegetable food ...
Էջ 255
But a few days ' residence at the Governor ' s , even with a guard mounted night
and day , convinced him of his insecurity , and in a fortnight he left the city . "
Towards the close of January , a body of six hundred men assem . bled within a
few ...
But a few days ' residence at the Governor ' s , even with a guard mounted night
and day , convinced him of his insecurity , and in a fortnight he left the city . "
Towards the close of January , a body of six hundred men assem . bled within a
few ...
Էջ 453
86 , or one sixth of a mile , appears in the latitudes of Boston and Squam Light ;
and here the industry of Mr . Paine accumulated no less than four hundred and
eighty altitudes for the determination of these two places . Three hundred and ten
...
86 , or one sixth of a mile , appears in the latitudes of Boston and Squam Light ;
and here the industry of Mr . Paine accumulated no less than four hundred and
eighty altitudes for the determination of these two places . Three hundred and ten
...
Էջ 465
There were one hundred and eighty - five more public schools last year , than in
1837 , which is rather less than the ratio of increase in the number of children
between the ages of four and sixteen years . This favorable result is owing to the
...
There were one hundred and eighty - five more public schools last year , than in
1837 , which is rather less than the ratio of increase in the number of children
between the ages of four and sixteen years . This favorable result is owing to the
...
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Էջ 318 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Էջ 482 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Էջ 309 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big, manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange, eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
Էջ 245 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as he that was born among them...
Էջ 515 - SMYTH'S (Professor) Lectures on Modern History ; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution.
Էջ 308 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Էջ 312 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie...
Էջ 512 - The instruction derived from history thus written would be of a vivid and practical character. It would be received by the imagination as well as by the reason. It would be not merely traced on the mind, but branded into it. Many truths, too, would be learned, which can be learned in no other manner.
Էջ 379 - And let me speak to the yet unknowing world How these things came about : so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads : all this can I Truly deliver.
Էջ 308 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!