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... less than one - hundredth of an inch falls . The Instruments have all been supplied by the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society , compared at Kew , and the index error supplied to each . PRESIDENTS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING . OF ...
... less than one - hundredth of an inch falls . The Instruments have all been supplied by the Meteorological Committee of the Royal Society , compared at Kew , and the index error supplied to each . PRESIDENTS ADDRESS AT THE OPENING . OF ...
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... less opposed to Philosophy - a term which is gradually returning back to the domains of moral and mental speculation . " Well , these are , after all , but light matters , simply requiring the correction which , no doubt , is in store ...
... less opposed to Philosophy - a term which is gradually returning back to the domains of moral and mental speculation . " Well , these are , after all , but light matters , simply requiring the correction which , no doubt , is in store ...
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... less unbecoming the calm dignity of philosophy and science than unsuited to the sanctities of religion and faith , have been excited . Now it is impossible but that such ill - placed and unnatural rivalry has proved injurious both to ...
... less unbecoming the calm dignity of philosophy and science than unsuited to the sanctities of religion and faith , have been excited . Now it is impossible but that such ill - placed and unnatural rivalry has proved injurious both to ...
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... less sensitively felt . The Fauna becomes more uniform over a larger area . Going still deeper , the severity of the cold increases until we reach the vast undulating plains and valleys at the bottom of the sea , with their fauna partly ...
... less sensitively felt . The Fauna becomes more uniform over a larger area . Going still deeper , the severity of the cold increases until we reach the vast undulating plains and valleys at the bottom of the sea , with their fauna partly ...
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... less . It has stimulated research alike into the crudest and roughest forms of speech as uttered by the savage tribes of Africa or America , and into the polished and finished languages of both ancient and modern Europe and Asia . It ...
... less . It has stimulated research alike into the crudest and roughest forms of speech as uttered by the savage tribes of Africa or America , and into the polished and finished languages of both ancient and modern Europe and Asia . It ...
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Seite 292 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
Seite 433 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body as well as in the ' • * individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Seite 326 - When we reflect on this struggle, we may console ourselves with the full belief, that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply.
Seite 430 - ... absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral, or theological.
Seite 442 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us.
Seite 442 - For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Seite 432 - Because extremes, as we all know, in every point which relates either to our duties or satisfactions in life, are destructive both to virtue and enjoyment. Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.
Seite 104 - ... pulpit, words will not easily describe him. His delivery, though unconstrained, was not negligent; and, though forcible, was not turbulent ; disdaining anxious nicety of emphasis and laboured artifice of action, it captivated the hearer by its natural dignity, it roused the sluggish, and fixed the volatile, and detained the mind upon the subject without directing it to the speaker.
Seite 43 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Seite 380 - High actions, and high passions best describing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democracy, Shook the Arsenal and fulmined over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes...