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... called , and in many respects were , the dark ages . With Dante , the modern mind , having been completely formed , arose , and began to put forth its strength ; but there was little to fall back upon , except the literature of Greece ...
... called , and in many respects were , the dark ages . With Dante , the modern mind , having been completely formed , arose , and began to put forth its strength ; but there was little to fall back upon , except the literature of Greece ...
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... called , by adding which to the baser metals , lead , for instance , they might be changed into gold . P. Now you are upon the subject , did they not search for something else ? 7. Yes . They argued that as some medicines cured 18 ...
... called , by adding which to the baser metals , lead , for instance , they might be changed into gold . P. Now you are upon the subject , did they not search for something else ? 7. Yes . They argued that as some medicines cured 18 ...
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... called , elixir vitæ , the elixir of life . P. Why were they called alchemists ? T. Various derivations have been given to the word . One from the Greek . * But the Arabic prefix , al , seems to fix the origin of the word . It is ...
... called , elixir vitæ , the elixir of life . P. Why were they called alchemists ? T. Various derivations have been given to the word . One from the Greek . * But the Arabic prefix , al , seems to fix the origin of the word . It is ...
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... called gravi- tation and attraction . But when we come to bodies within our reach , and under our control , we find another kind of attraction , that of cohesion , as it is called ; that by which the particles constituting a body cohere ...
... called gravi- tation and attraction . But when we come to bodies within our reach , and under our control , we find another kind of attraction , that of cohesion , as it is called ; that by which the particles constituting a body cohere ...
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... called carbonate of lime ; and every particle of chalk , however minute , contains carbonic acid and lime , not mechanically mixed , but united in a manner which mechan- ical means cannot disturb , and this is what is called chemical ...
... called carbonate of lime ; and every particle of chalk , however minute , contains carbonic acid and lime , not mechanically mixed , but united in a manner which mechan- ical means cannot disturb , and this is what is called chemical ...
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Page 501 - Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Page 14 - Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of Power divine, Supremest Wisdom, and primeval Love. 19 Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
Page 231 - Which the great lord inhabits not; and so This grove is wild with tangling underwood, And the trim walks are broken up, and grass, Thin grass and king-cups grow within the paths. But never elsewhere in one place I knew So many nightingales; and far and near, In wood and thicket, over the wide grove, They answer and provoke each other's songs, With skirmish and capricious passagings, And murmurs musical and swift jug jug, And one low piping sound more sweet than all— Stirring the air with such an...
Page 461 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance : but as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; because it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy.
Page 240 - Prevailed by wrestling ere the sun did shine : Pour oil upon the stones, weep for thy sin, Then journey on, and have an eye to heaven.
Page 213 - And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host ; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Page 13 - In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, 5 Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death.
Page 280 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 284 - His dews drop mutely on the hill, His cloud above it saileth still, Though on its slope men sow and reap : More softly than the dew is shed, Or cloud is floated overhead, He giveth His beloved, sleep.
Page 221 - Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.