The Popular Educator, Volumen5John Cassell, 1856 |
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... called England and Ireland not only with Spain , but also with the islands to the west of Africa . 5. At that time the Pyrenees , the Alps , Apennines , the Grecian Mountains , the Caucasus , the Carpathians , etc. , formed a chain of ...
... called England and Ireland not only with Spain , but also with the islands to the west of Africa . 5. At that time the Pyrenees , the Alps , Apennines , the Grecian Mountains , the Caucasus , the Carpathians , etc. , formed a chain of ...
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... called Fusus contrarius , is found , having the whorl and the mouth in a contrary direction . Qthers are fresh - water shells ; such as the Cyclostoma , 6 - the Planorbis , 10 - the Helyx , 12 - the Cyrena cuneiformis , 1 . the crested ...
... called Fusus contrarius , is found , having the whorl and the mouth in a contrary direction . Qthers are fresh - water shells ; such as the Cyclostoma , 6 - the Planorbis , 10 - the Helyx , 12 - the Cyrena cuneiformis , 1 . the crested ...
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... called the Xipho- don , from tipos , xiphos , a sword , and bowv , odón , a tooth , a creature very different in size , in proportions , and in habits from the first species . The graceful elegance of its skeleton reminds one of the ...
... called the Xipho- don , from tipos , xiphos , a sword , and bowv , odón , a tooth , a creature very different in size , in proportions , and in habits from the first species . The graceful elegance of its skeleton reminds one of the ...
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... called a semitone , and the series of these twelve semitones is called the Chromatic Scale , from the coloured mark used by the Greeks to point out that the music was to be softened by lowering the sounds half a tone . This series ...
... called a semitone , and the series of these twelve semitones is called the Chromatic Scale , from the coloured mark used by the Greeks to point out that the music was to be softened by lowering the sounds half a tone . This series ...
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... called a Semibreve . If this measure be divided into two notes of equal length or duration , these are call Minims ; conse- quently , two Minims are equal to one Semibreve . When the same measure ( that of the semibreve ) is divided ...
... called a Semibreve . If this measure be divided into two notes of equal length or duration , these are call Minims ; conse- quently , two Minims are equal to one Semibreve . When the same measure ( that of the semibreve ) is divided ...
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Página 120 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 30 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Página 262 - In its sublime research, philosophy May measure out the ocean deep, may count The sands or the sun's rays : but, God, for thee There is no weight nor measure ; none can mount Up to thy mysteries. Reason's brightest spark, Though kindled by thy light, in vain would try To trace thy counsels, infinite and dark ; And thought is lost ere thought can soar so high, Even like past moments in eternity.
Página 182 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Página 182 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates, the superiority must with some hesitation be allowed to Dryden.
Página 262 - A million torches lighted by thy hand Wander unwearied through the blue abyss : They own thy power, accomplish thy command. All gay with life, all eloquent with bliss What shall we call them? Piles of crystal light— A glorious company of golden streams — Lamps of celestial ether, burning bright — Suns lighting systems with their joyous beams ? But thou to these art as the noon to night.
Página 118 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine...
Página 182 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs, he has not better poems.
Página 182 - For this reason he kept his pieces very long in his hands, while he considered and reconsidered them. The only poems which can be supposed to have been written with such regard to the times as might hasten their publication, were the two satires of ' Thirty- eight ; ' of which Dodsley told me, that they were brought to him by the author, that they might be fairly copied.