The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John DavySmith, Elder and Company, 1839 |
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... manner as a Lecturer - As an Experi- menter - His Habits at this time , and manner of living - Notice of his principal Scientific Labours and Discoveries between 1801 and 1807 - Dangerous Illness in 1807 - Lines written after his ...
... manner as a Lecturer - As an Experi- menter - His Habits at this time , and manner of living - Notice of his principal Scientific Labours and Discoveries between 1801 and 1807 - Dangerous Illness in 1807 - Lines written after his ...
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... manner in which the boys performed their exercises ; but occasionally severe , act- ing the tyrant , and punishing heavily slight offences . Pulling the boys ' ears was practised by him in the most capricious manner , and my brother was ...
... manner in which the boys performed their exercises ; but occasionally severe , act- ing the tyrant , and punishing heavily slight offences . Pulling the boys ' ears was practised by him in the most capricious manner , and my brother was ...
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... manner in which it is written at the end of the letter , when he had filled his paper with other matters , and was obliged to write it round the margin . During the early part of his life , to which he thus refers the formation of the ...
... manner in which it is written at the end of the letter , when he had filled his paper with other matters , and was obliged to write it round the margin . During the early part of his life , to which he thus refers the formation of the ...
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... of a father to them ; -and from regard to her , in a manner , adopted her son . † In an early unfinished poem is the following description of St. Mi- " Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks 6 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
... of a father to them ; -and from regard to her , in a manner , adopted her son . † In an early unfinished poem is the following description of St. Mi- " Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks 6 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF.
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... manner very little different from him , without being gifted with any unusual abilities ; and very many boys have shown indications of precoci- ous talent , superior to his , which has withered in the bud or flower . There belonged ...
... manner very little different from him , without being gifted with any unusual abilities ; and very many boys have shown indications of precoci- ous talent , superior to his , which has withered in the bud or flower . There belonged ...
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Էջ 473 - And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds ; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.
Էջ 473 - But his Fame is gone out like a Candle in a Snuff, and his Memory will always stink, which might have ever lived in honourable Repute, had not he been a notorious Traytor, and most impiously and villanously bely'd that blessed Martyr, King Charles the First.
Էջ 4 - I consider it fortunate that I was left much to myself when a child, and put upon no particular plan of study, and that I enjoyed much idleness at Mr. Coryton's school. I perhaps owe to these circumstances the little talents that I have, and their peculiar application. What I am I have made myself; I say this without vanity, and in pure simplicity of heart...
Էջ 401 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home : Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Էջ 444 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive...
Էջ 88 - Sir Joseph Banks, Count Rumford, and other distinguished philosophers, were present. The audience were highly gratified, and testified their satisfaction by general applause. Mr. Davy, who appears to be very young, acquitted himself admirably well. From the sparkling intelligence of his eye, his animated manner, and the tout ensemble, we have no doubt of his attaining distinguished excellence.
Էջ 211 - No ! my good friend, I never thought of such a thing : my sole object was to serve the cause of humanity ; and if I have succeeded, I am amply rewarded in the gratifying reflection of having done so.
Էջ 112 - Mr. Davy, whose frequent and powerful addresses from this place, supported by his ingenious experiments, have been so long and so well known to you, has for the last five weeks been struggling between life and death. The effects of...