Representative Men in Literature, Science and ArtBennett, 1868 - 139 páginas |
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... labours of the Board of Longitude . In 1828 , being elected Plumian Professor of Astronomy , the manage- ment of the then newly - erected Cambridge Observatory devolved upon him . Notwithstanding that he retained the Experimental ...
... labours of the Board of Longitude . In 1828 , being elected Plumian Professor of Astronomy , the manage- ment of the then newly - erected Cambridge Observatory devolved upon him . Notwithstanding that he retained the Experimental ...
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... labour , and all of it so important , not merely to science , but to society , could not be allowed to pass without its honorary rewards . Mr. Airy has received the Lalande Medal of the French Institute , the Copley Medal of the Royal ...
... labour , and all of it so important , not merely to science , but to society , could not be allowed to pass without its honorary rewards . Mr. Airy has received the Lalande Medal of the French Institute , the Copley Medal of the Royal ...
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... labours of Mr. Frith and Mr. Ansdell ; the " Nearest Way in Summer - time , " of Mr. Creswick and our artist . Two other pictures , entirely from the pencil of Mr. Ansdell , " The Scotch Gamekeeper " and " The English Gamekeeper ...
... labours of Mr. Frith and Mr. Ansdell ; the " Nearest Way in Summer - time , " of Mr. Creswick and our artist . Two other pictures , entirely from the pencil of Mr. Ansdell , " The Scotch Gamekeeper " and " The English Gamekeeper ...
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... Labour , ' and read an elaborate paper on the same subject at the Dundee Meeting of the British Association in 1867 , being the chairman of a committee of magistrates appointed to investigate this important question . Sir John Bowring ...
... Labour , ' and read an elaborate paper on the same subject at the Dundee Meeting of the British Association in 1867 , being the chairman of a committee of magistrates appointed to investigate this important question . Sir John Bowring ...
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... labour or leisure , Then shame fall on Asolo , mischief on me ! " Mr. Browning's next production , in 1842 , was a tragedy , entitled ' King Victor and King Charles , ' founded on some stirring events in Italian history during the ...
... labour or leisure , Then shame fall on Asolo , mischief on me ! " Mr. Browning's next production , in 1842 , was a tragedy , entitled ' King Victor and King Charles , ' founded on some stirring events in Italian history during the ...
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Página 1510 - ... day boils at last: Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim Where spurting and suppressed 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 suppressed, Rose, reddened, and its seething breast Flickered in bounds, grew gold, then overflowed the world. Oh Day, if I squander a wavelet of thee, A mite of my twelve hours...
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...
Página 1507 - Kentish Sir Byng stood for his King, Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing: And, pressing a troop unable to stoop And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop, Marched them along, fifty-score strong, Great-hearted gentlemen, s:nging this song.
Página 1657 - I am obliged to go out of town, and shall not bo settled in town till the end of January ; I will then see you at any time you wish. It would gratify me to be of any service to you. I wish it may be in my power. I am, sir, your obedient, humble servant, H. DAVY.
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.
Página 1567 - 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. Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
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.
Página 1594 - Weller corduroys in breechesmakers' advertisements ; "Boz" cabs might be seen rattling through the streets, and the portrait of the author of "Pelham" or "Crichton" was scraped down or pasted over to make room for that of the new popular favourite in the omnibuses.