London Saturday Journal..., Volume 1W. Smith, 1839 |
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... called hydrogen gas ; and on the 1st of August , 1774 , Dr. Priestley made the great and important discovery of what he called dephlogisticated air , since termed oxygen gas . From that period chemistry has risen into a science of ...
... called hydrogen gas ; and on the 1st of August , 1774 , Dr. Priestley made the great and important discovery of what he called dephlogisticated air , since termed oxygen gas . From that period chemistry has risen into a science of ...
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... called the ' World . ' It was perfectly unintelligible , and therefore much read ; it was equally lavish of praise and abuse ; and , as its conductors were at once ignorant and conceited , they took upon them to direct the taste of the ...
... called the ' World . ' It was perfectly unintelligible , and therefore much read ; it was equally lavish of praise and abuse ; and , as its conductors were at once ignorant and conceited , they took upon them to direct the taste of the ...
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... called the Academy of Physics , the objects proposed being " the investigation of nature , the laws by which her phenomena are regulated , and the history of opinions concern- ing those laws . " Amongst the earliest members were ...
... called the Academy of Physics , the objects proposed being " the investigation of nature , the laws by which her phenomena are regulated , and the history of opinions concern- ing those laws . " Amongst the earliest members were ...
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... called out to beware of enlightening the masses , without , at the same time , amending their physical con- dition . Others looked jealously at an attempt to enlighten them at all , thinking it but a covert for insidious designs ...
... called out to beware of enlightening the masses , without , at the same time , amending their physical con- dition . Others looked jealously at an attempt to enlighten them at all , thinking it but a covert for insidious designs ...
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... called him by name ; and the poor little fellow might have been knocked down with a straw . It came from one who had frequently been a visitor at his father's house . After recognition , and the youth had felt somewhat reassured , he ...
... called him by name ; and the poor little fellow might have been knocked down with a straw . It came from one who had frequently been a visitor at his father's house . After recognition , and the youth had felt somewhat reassured , he ...
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Page 83 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed ; he proffered no request ; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the Power That made him ; — it was blessedness and love...
Page 233 - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 212 - And sage experience bids me this declare — 'If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 51 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 63 - I am amazed at his Grace's speech. The noble duke cannot look before him, behind him, or on either side of him, without seeing some noble peer, who owes his seat in this house to his successful exertions in the profession to which I belong.
Page 75 - Two men more different could perhaps not be selected out of all mankind. They had even attacked one another with some asperity in their writings ; yet I lived in habits of friendship with both. I could fully relish the excellence of each ; for I have ever delighted in that intellectual chemistry, which can separate good qualities from evil in the same person. Sir John Pringle, "mine own friend and my father's friend,
Page 197 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 3 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 23 - ... and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Page 75 - What do you mean, sir? What do you take me for? Do you think I am so ignorant of the world as to imagine that I am to prescribe to a gentleman what company he is to have at his table?