The Popular Educator, Volumen5John Cassell, 1856 |
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... Things continued long in this tranquil state until a vol- canic power threw up the Wealden of Kent and Sussex , and a gradual upheaval of the land took place , and the aforesaid islands rose gradually higher and higher above the ocean ...
... Things continued long in this tranquil state until a vol- canic power threw up the Wealden of Kent and Sussex , and a gradual upheaval of the land took place , and the aforesaid islands rose gradually higher and higher above the ocean ...
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... thing ) , with the addition of ut , the name of the first or lowest note in the natural scale . The sounds of the Gamut were originally indicated by letters , of which the lowest was the Greek T , Gamma , cor- responding to our C ...
... thing ) , with the addition of ut , the name of the first or lowest note in the natural scale . The sounds of the Gamut were originally indicated by letters , of which the lowest was the Greek T , Gamma , cor- responding to our C ...
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... thing will take place between si and ut , which are separated by a semitone in the normal scale ; but in raising ut by a semitone , the order from the sixth to the seventh degree , and from the seventh to the eighth degree , would be ...
... thing will take place between si and ut , which are separated by a semitone in the normal scale ; but in raising ut by a semitone , the order from the sixth to the seventh degree , and from the seventh to the eighth degree , would be ...
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... things or persons , one of which is on a higher locality than the other , or one of which surpasses the other with ... thing ; só - pra mô - do , beyond measure , exceedingly ; só- * Star só - pra di se means : to stand absorbed in ...
... things or persons , one of which is on a higher locality than the other , or one of which surpasses the other with ... thing ; só - pra mô - do , beyond measure , exceedingly ; só- * Star só - pra di se means : to stand absorbed in ...
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... thing is to choose one of their number as conductor , who regulates the postage , the time of circulation , etc. He commences by writing a Our correspondent's answer is 4 inches 3-16ths ; and nearly the same answer has been sent by ...
... thing is to choose one of their number as conductor , who regulates the postage , the time of circulation , etc. He commences by writing a Our correspondent's answer is 4 inches 3-16ths ; and nearly the same answer has been sent by ...
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Pasajes populares
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.