Representative Men in Literature, Science and ArtBennett, 1868 - 139 páginas |
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Página 1854
... knowledge of European literature , particularly the lyrical , or rather the song - poetry of the different European nations , and in 1821-3 he gave to the public his ' Specimens of the Russian Poets ' ( 2 vols . ) ; this he followed up ...
... knowledge of European literature , particularly the lyrical , or rather the song - poetry of the different European nations , and in 1821-3 he gave to the public his ' Specimens of the Russian Poets ' ( 2 vols . ) ; this he followed up ...
Página 1854
... knowledge of European literature , particularly the lyrical , or rather the song - poetry of the different European nations , and in 1821-3 he gave to the public his ' Specimens of the Russian Poets ' ( 2 vols . ) ; this he followed up ...
... knowledge of European literature , particularly the lyrical , or rather the song - poetry of the different European nations , and in 1821-3 he gave to the public his ' Specimens of the Russian Poets ' ( 2 vols . ) ; this he followed up ...
Página 1865
... knowledge of modern European languages . In 1840 he entered as a commoner at Trinity College , Oxford , where he remained until 1842. His studies hitherto , whether abroad or at home , had been directed towards his entering the Church ...
... knowledge of modern European languages . In 1840 he entered as a commoner at Trinity College , Oxford , where he remained until 1842. His studies hitherto , whether abroad or at home , had been directed towards his entering the Church ...
Página 1886
... knowledge which have aided him in the maturity of his fame . The progress of an experimentalist is to be marked only by his discoveries . In the quiet of the laboratory there would be but few incidents which would add colour to the ...
... knowledge which have aided him in the maturity of his fame . The progress of an experimentalist is to be marked only by his discoveries . In the quiet of the laboratory there would be but few incidents which would add colour to the ...
Página 1887
... knowledge , for it showed that there was no branch of chemistry then cultivated with which he was not practically fami- liar . The desirability of producing a very perfect glass for opti- cal purposes engaged Mr. Faraday's attention for ...
... knowledge , for it showed that there was no branch of chemistry then cultivated with which he was not practically fami- liar . The desirability of producing a very perfect glass for opti- cal purposes engaged Mr. Faraday's attention for ...
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Página 1507 - O'er night's brim, day boils at last; Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and supprest it lay — For not a froth-flake touched the rim Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud, an hour away; But forth one wavelet, then another, curled, Till the whole sunrise, not to be...
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Página 1564 - Man can act only on external and visible characters.: Nature, if I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life.
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Página 1606 - I remember with devout thankfulness that I can never be much nearer parting company with my readers forever than I was then, until there shall be written against my life the two words with which I have this day closed this book : — THE END.
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