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... fortune for finding readers willing to allow him any degree of reputation . It has been re- marked that almost every character which has excited either attention or praise , has owed part of its success to merit , and part to an happy ...
... fortune for finding readers willing to allow him any degree of reputation . It has been re- marked that almost every character which has excited either attention or praise , has owed part of its success to merit , and part to an happy ...
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... fortunes were nearly equal , their studies the same , and they were natives of the two most celebra- ted cities in the world ; for Alcander was of Athens , Septimius came from Rome . In this mutual harmony they lived for some time ...
... fortunes were nearly equal , their studies the same , and they were natives of the two most celebra- ted cities in the world ; for Alcander was of Athens , Septimius came from Rome . In this mutual harmony they lived for some time ...
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... fortune wrought an unex- pected change in the constitution of the now happy Septimius . In a few days he was perfectly recovered , and set out with his fair partner for Rome . Here , by an exertion of those talents of which he was so ...
... fortune wrought an unex- pected change in the constitution of the now happy Septimius . In a few days he was perfectly recovered , and set out with his fair partner for Rome . Here , by an exertion of those talents of which he was so ...
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... fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindica- tion of the Newtonian system , is his treatise entituled , Sur la figure des Astres , if I remember right ; a work at ...
... fortune have united his fame with that of our human prodigy . The first of his performances , openly , in vindica- tion of the Newtonian system , is his treatise entituled , Sur la figure des Astres , if I remember right ; a work at ...
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... fortune , when employed in mathematical en- quiries , he disregarded his person to such a degree , and loved retirement so much , that he has been more than once put on the list of modest beggars by the cu- rates of Paris , when he ...
... fortune , when employed in mathematical en- quiries , he disregarded his person to such a degree , and loved retirement so much , that he has been more than once put on the list of modest beggars by the cu- rates of Paris , when he ...
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Página 281 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Página 281 - To die ; — to sleep ; — To sleep ! perchance to dream ; — ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Página 69 - I destroyed this, and the insect set about another. When I destroyed the other also, its whole stock seemed entirely exhausted, and it could spin no more. The arts it made use of to support itself, now deprived of its great means of subsistence, were indeed surprising. I have seen it roll up its legs like a ball, and lie motionless for hours together, but cautiously watching all the time ; when a fly happened to approach sufficiently near, it would dart out all at once, and often seize its prey.
Página 298 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, <*> The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's...
Página 281 - The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more...
Página 90 - This was a very grave personage, whom at some distance I took for one of the most reserved, and even disagreeable, figures I had seen ; but as he approached his appearance improved, and when I could distinguish him thoroughly, I perceived that, in spite of the severity of his brow, he had one of the most good-natured countenances that could be imagined.
Página 281 - No traveller returns! — puzzles the will; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of.
Página 68 - Now then, in peaceable possession of what was justly its own, it waited three days with the utmost impatience, repairing the breaches of its web, and taking no sustenance that I could perceive. At last, however, a large blue fly fell into the snare, and struggled hard to get loose. The spider gave it leave to entangle itself as much as possible, but it seemed to be too strong for the cobweb. I must own I was greatly surprised when I saw the spider immediately sally out, and in less than a minute...
Página 66 - ... nature for a state of war, not only upon other insects, but upon each other. For this state nature seems perfectly well to have formed it. Its head and breast are covered with a strong natural coat of mail, which is impenetrable to the attempts of every other insect, and its belly is enveloped in a soft pliant skin, which eludes the sting even of a wasp.
Página 68 - In three days the web was with incredible diligence completed ; nor could I avoid thinking that the insect seemed to exult in its new abode. It frequently traversed it round, examined the strength of every part of it, retired into its hole, and came out very frequently.