A History of the earth and animated nature v.2, Volume 2A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... force of the same principle which inspired Adam , when he says , with Milton , " Thou sun , fair light , And thou enlightened earth , so fresh and gay , Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move ...
... force of the same principle which inspired Adam , when he says , with Milton , " Thou sun , fair light , And thou enlightened earth , so fresh and gay , Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move ...
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... force , are armed with these fibres . They are always united intimately with the nervous filaments , or threads ; but certain muscles are observed to execute motions altogether independent of the will , especially in the exercise of ...
... force , are armed with these fibres . They are always united intimately with the nervous filaments , or threads ; but certain muscles are observed to execute motions altogether independent of the will , especially in the exercise of ...
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... force exercised by particular muscles . The mouth and lips of a new - born animal are directed by this sense to their proper function ; and the adult would be in danger of a fall while engaged in walking , leaping , or other active ...
... force exercised by particular muscles . The mouth and lips of a new - born animal are directed by this sense to their proper function ; and the adult would be in danger of a fall while engaged in walking , leaping , or other active ...
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... force of steam , the descent of weights , the action of running water , or the recoil of a spring . No perpetual motion can ever be preserved by any arrangement of the parts of a machine among themselves ; they must rest ultimately upon ...
... force of steam , the descent of weights , the action of running water , or the recoil of a spring . No perpetual motion can ever be preserved by any arrangement of the parts of a machine among themselves ; they must rest ultimately upon ...
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Oliver Goldsmith. t arrangement also permits the accumulation of force upon one point ; for a great number of muscular fibres are employed to contract one tendon , in the same manner several horses may be employed to draw the same rope ...
Oliver Goldsmith. t arrangement also permits the accumulation of force upon one point ; for a great number of muscular fibres are employed to contract one tendon , in the same manner several horses may be employed to draw the same rope ...
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American lion animals appear Arabian horses argalis Ballymahon beauty become bezoar body breed Buffon called carbonic acid carnivorous cause climate colour considered continue covered creature deer degree domestic goat ears earth entirely extremely eyes fallow deer feet female flesh fluid former give globe goat Goldsmith greater hair head heat height History of Greenland horns horses inches inhabitants island kind known Lapland legs length less lion live mammæ manner miles motion mountains natives nature never object observed ocean OLIVER GOLDSMITH organs oviparous peculiar perceived Persia plants possessed prey produced proportion quadrupeds quantity race resembling river round scarcely seems seen Senegal sheep side skin sometimes species stag substance supposed surface tail teeth tiger tion vapours variety vegetable viviparous volcanoes whole wild wind wolf
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Page 4 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 5 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 4 - His house was known to all the vagrant train ; He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 5 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declared how much he knew— 'Twas certain he could write, and cipher too, Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And e'en the story ran that he could gauge.
Page 27 - I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him.
Page 14 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, A new creation rescued from his reign.
Page 10 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 48 - I know of no comedy for many years that has so much exhilarated an audience, that has answered so much the great end of comedy — making an audience merry.
Page 39 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place: The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Page 5 - The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round, Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned.