The British Quarterly Review, Volumen6Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1847 |
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Henry Allon. than abruptly to terminate . On an instrument of higher power being brought to bear upon them , their light , almost invariably with the first excess of power , began to undergo an entire and remarkable change . The ...
Henry Allon. than abruptly to terminate . On an instrument of higher power being brought to bear upon them , their light , almost invariably with the first excess of power , began to undergo an entire and remarkable change . The ...
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... brought them into view . Such were the undoubted facts upon which Sir William Herschel proceeded . Two explanations of the remarkable peculiarities characterising these unresolved nebulæ were admissible ; and , so far as we can even yet ...
... brought them into view . Such were the undoubted facts upon which Sir William Herschel proceeded . Two explanations of the remarkable peculiarities characterising these unresolved nebulæ were admissible ; and , so far as we can even yet ...
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... brought upon his scheme , the honour of a noble attempt to read by the light of present appearance the indefinite past of the heavens , and to unveil the majestic processes of stellar organisation and progression . The world's standard ...
... brought upon his scheme , the honour of a noble attempt to read by the light of present appearance the indefinite past of the heavens , and to unveil the majestic processes of stellar organisation and progression . The world's standard ...
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... brought to it : and in March , 1846 , the problem was solved at last , and the resolution of the Orion nebula announced . With its manifestation as a firmament , or cluster of stars , Herschel's lofty speculations fall to the ground ...
... brought to it : and in March , 1846 , the problem was solved at last , and the resolution of the Orion nebula announced . With its manifestation as a firmament , or cluster of stars , Herschel's lofty speculations fall to the ground ...
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... brought down to us , and the phases of a few centuries back , compared with those of the far more distant eras of which alone we can at present take cognizance , might suggest to us something with regard to the mighty progressions which ...
... brought down to us , and the phases of a few centuries back , compared with those of the far more distant eras of which alone we can at present take cognizance , might suggest to us something with regard to the mighty progressions which ...
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Página 331 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Página 507 - Good speed!" cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Página 507 - I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gate-bolts undrew;
Página 473 - And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians...
Página 473 - ... and it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Página 497 - Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags, — were they purple, his heart had been proud...
Página 62 - And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents...
Página 184 - These dictates of reason men used, to call by the name of laws, but improperly; for they are but conclusions or theorems concerning what conduceth to the conservation and defence of themselves; whereas law, properly, is the word of him that by right hath command over others.
Página 508 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track ; And one eye's black intelligence, — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance ! And the thick heavy...
Página 185 - This is more than consent, or concord; it is a real unity of them all, in one and the same person, made by covenant of every man with every man...