A Journey of Discovery All Around Our House: Or, The Interview : a Companion Volume to "Enquire Within Upon Everything."Houlston & Wright, 1867 - 378 стор. |
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... oxygen ; and when it cannot obtain this it becomes unfit for the support of life . Terres- trial animals obtain this gaseous ele- ment from the air ; aquatic animals ( that is , those which are strictly such ) obtain it from the water ...
... oxygen ; and when it cannot obtain this it becomes unfit for the support of life . Terres- trial animals obtain this gaseous ele- ment from the air ; aquatic animals ( that is , those which are strictly such ) obtain it from the water ...
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... oxygen and nitrogen , with an atom of carbonic acid blended , to form that ether which is at once our life , and the means by which we are enabled to keep our position on the face of the globe . According to the Japanese , " if an ...
... oxygen and nitrogen , with an atom of carbonic acid blended , to form that ether which is at once our life , and the means by which we are enabled to keep our position on the face of the globe . According to the Japanese , " if an ...
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... oxygen with which it is found com- bined , it might have been expected that immediately on its coming into contact with the oxygen of the air , it would at tract that element with the utmost avidity . So far from this being the case ...
... oxygen with which it is found com- bined , it might have been expected that immediately on its coming into contact with the oxygen of the air , it would at tract that element with the utmost avidity . So far from this being the case ...
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... oxygen to form phosphoric acid . When the fumes disappear you will see that the water has risen about one - fifth of the height in the jar , and the phos- phorus has become extinguished , be- cause it has exhausted all the oxygen ...
... oxygen to form phosphoric acid . When the fumes disappear you will see that the water has risen about one - fifth of the height in the jar , and the phos- phorus has become extinguished , be- cause it has exhausted all the oxygen ...
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... oxygen , or vital air ; and , from this moment it is probable , that the dead mutton , so lately frizzling upon the gridiron , has acquired life again in a new form . That it now exists in numerous little egg - shaped vesicles , and ...
... oxygen , or vital air ; and , from this moment it is probable , that the dead mutton , so lately frizzling upon the gridiron , has acquired life again in a new form . That it now exists in numerous little egg - shaped vesicles , and ...
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Сторінка 187 - Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore...
Сторінка 244 - So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Сторінка 187 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing...
Сторінка 314 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Сторінка 237 - Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Сторінка 225 - We never repent of having eaten too little. 7. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 8. How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened! 9. Take things always by the smooth handle. 10. When angry count ten before you speak ; if very angry, a hundred.
Сторінка 251 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fumes thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Сторінка 202 - THE BEGGAR. A BEGGAR through the world am I, — From place to place I wander by. Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me, For Christ's sweet sake and charity! A little of thy steadfastness, Rounded with leafy gracefulness, Old oak, give me, — That the world's blasts may round me blow, And I yield gently to and fro, While my stout-hearted trunk below And firm-set roots unmoved be. Some of thy stern, unyielding might...
Сторінка 53 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies ; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Сторінка 215 - Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tarn maun ride — That hour o...