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To some it may appear that the profession of a civil engineer is but of modern
growth ; it certainly may be so considered as regards its recent progress , but to
the attentive observer a long chain of history is visible , which records the labours
of ...
To some it may appear that the profession of a civil engineer is but of modern
growth ; it certainly may be so considered as regards its recent progress , but to
the attentive observer a long chain of history is visible , which records the labours
of ...
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This epoch is therefore generally considered as the dawn of the English
language . Towards the close of the 13th century , we find many examples of
translation from the French romances ; and this perhaps may be considered as
the period at ...
This epoch is therefore generally considered as the dawn of the English
language . Towards the close of the 13th century , we find many examples of
translation from the French romances ; and this perhaps may be considered as
the period at ...
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He spares none of his own small miseries — a feature , in its own way , heroic - -
and entitled to be carefully considered by those critics who have sometimes been
so very severe on his free and easy method of tampering with the private ...
He spares none of his own small miseries — a feature , in its own way , heroic - -
and entitled to be carefully considered by those critics who have sometimes been
so very severe on his free and easy method of tampering with the private ...
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Two works on Criminal Jurisprudence may be considered of general interest ; the
first by Dr . Rees , on the existence of Arsenic as a natural constituent of human
bones ; and the second , Criminal Jurisprudence considered in relation to ...
Two works on Criminal Jurisprudence may be considered of general interest ; the
first by Dr . Rees , on the existence of Arsenic as a natural constituent of human
bones ; and the second , Criminal Jurisprudence considered in relation to ...
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... fair complexion , possessing a superior knowledge of the arts , and speaking a
language peculiar to themselves , who it was considered might be the lost Welsh
colony , who , if they still existed , it must be in a parallel of 42 degrees latitude .
... fair complexion , possessing a superior knowledge of the arts , and speaking a
language peculiar to themselves , who it was considered might be the lost Welsh
colony , who , if they still existed , it must be in a parallel of 42 degrees latitude .
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Página 201 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Página 6 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are and whereof ye are the governors : a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 202 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Página 202 - Above them all the arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge...
Página 205 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Página 202 - Archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrenched, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate* pride Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Página 433 - Who would have thought the old man had so much blood in him...
Página 200 - Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, That still for carrion carcases doth crave : On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle, And all about it wandring ghostes did wayle and howle.
Página 536 - Only Dick Christian,';}; answers Lord Forester, ' and it is nothing new to him.' ' But he'll be drowned,' exclaims Lord Kinnaird. ' I shouldn't wonder,
Página 6 - ... and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to. Therefore the studies of learning in her deepest sciences have been so ancient, and so eminent among us, that writers of good antiquity, and ablest judgment have been persuaded that even the school of Pythagoras, and the Persian wisdom took beginning from the old philosophy of this island.