Training school reader. [Ed.] by W.J. UnwinWilliam Jordan Unwin 1862 |
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... separate cellule consists of innumerable atoms of the substance of which it is formed , each atom being compounded of several elementary atoms . There are animalcules , according to the researches of Ehren- burgh , so small , that ...
... separate cellule consists of innumerable atoms of the substance of which it is formed , each atom being compounded of several elementary atoms . There are animalcules , according to the researches of Ehren- burgh , so small , that ...
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... separately , and after arranging his type to touch them with ink and then take his impressions ; in the year 1450 A. D. , he formed a partnership with a rich man of the name of Faust , who advanced all the necessary funds . The part ...
... separately , and after arranging his type to touch them with ink and then take his impressions ; in the year 1450 A. D. , he formed a partnership with a rich man of the name of Faust , who advanced all the necessary funds . The part ...
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... separate them . The forces of attraction are cohesion , chemical affinity , capillary attraction , and gravity . Cohesion acts on similar molecules of matter . The mole- cules of a piece of sulphur are held together by this force ...
... separate them . The forces of attraction are cohesion , chemical affinity , capillary attraction , and gravity . Cohesion acts on similar molecules of matter . The mole- cules of a piece of sulphur are held together by this force ...
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... separate ropes meeting in a thicker rope attached to the bell . forces may be applied at different points of the body . A carriage , for instance , is drawn by a pair of horses abreast . The forces may have the same or different ...
... separate ropes meeting in a thicker rope attached to the bell . forces may be applied at different points of the body . A carriage , for instance , is drawn by a pair of horses abreast . The forces may have the same or different ...
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... separate parts , a con- siderable portion of it may overhang the base without falling . The tower of Pisa , which is one hundred and thirty feet high , overhangs its base sixteen feet , but its centre of gravity is within the base ...
... separate parts , a con- siderable portion of it may overhang the base without falling . The tower of Pisa , which is one hundred and thirty feet high , overhangs its base sixteen feet , but its centre of gravity is within the base ...
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Page 20 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 103 - MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 146 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire, % Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
Page 192 - Even so doth God protect us if we be Virtuous and wise: Winds blow, and Waters roll, Strength to the brave, and Power, and Deity, Yet in themselves are nothing!
Page 37 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior '. His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 173 - Their palaces were houses not made with hands ; their diadems crowns of glory which should never fade away. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Page 200 - And all amid them stood the tree of life, High eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold; and next to life Our death the tree of knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.
Page 146 - Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down. So stalked he when he turned to flight, on that famed Picard field, Bohemia's plume, and Genoa's bow, and Caesar's eagle shield.
Page 146 - With his white hair unbonneted, the stout old sheriff comes; Behind him march the halberdiers; before him sound the drums; His yeomen round the market cross make clear an ample space; For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace.
Page 212 - As in her natural form, swelled vast to Heaven ! Awake, my soul ! not only passive praise Thou owest ! not alone these swelling tears, Mute thanks and secret ecstasy ! Awake, Voice of sweet song ! Awake, my Heart, awake ! Green vales and icy cliffs, all join my Hymn.