The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 49Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1860 - American literature |
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... observation applies to those humid portions of the tropics where um- brellas and mackintosh capes are peculiarly required . Humboldt ascertained that the charge of salt was greatest between the fifteenth and the twenty - fifth degrees ...
... observation applies to those humid portions of the tropics where um- brellas and mackintosh capes are peculiarly required . Humboldt ascertained that the charge of salt was greatest between the fifteenth and the twenty - fifth degrees ...
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... observe how each pigmy mason assists in the great task , which must on no account be ne- glected , of keeping the waters in ceaseless circulation . Down in the deep the coral insect is at work on the huge edifice which he and his ...
... observe how each pigmy mason assists in the great task , which must on no account be ne- glected , of keeping the waters in ceaseless circulation . Down in the deep the coral insect is at work on the huge edifice which he and his ...
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... observed to leave their African birth- Another current to the south from the West of Africa was crossed by Captain Grant on one occasion when the tempera- ture of the water in the center ranged as high as 63 ° , whilst that of the ocean ...
... observed to leave their African birth- Another current to the south from the West of Africa was crossed by Captain Grant on one occasion when the tempera- ture of the water in the center ranged as high as 63 ° , whilst that of the ocean ...
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... observations on the spot , and even bringing up families , whose sur- prise , on ascending for the first time to survey the glories of this upper world , is joyously depicted . ' Tis a grievous pity that the project of this charming ...
... observations on the spot , and even bringing up families , whose sur- prise , on ascending for the first time to survey the glories of this upper world , is joyously depicted . ' Tis a grievous pity that the project of this charming ...
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... observed by the light of a candle a thick vapor reeking from the body , and visible around it to the distance of a foot or more . " Yet such is nature's wonderful alchemy , that these same effusions - the sweat of sea and land , of herb ...
... observed by the light of a candle a thick vapor reeking from the body , and visible around it to the distance of a foot or more . " Yet such is nature's wonderful alchemy , that these same effusions - the sweat of sea and land , of herb ...
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Page 34 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 32 - In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. ' " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Page 57 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 35 - I wanted warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot — now I see thee what thou art, Thou art the highest and most human too, Not Lancelot, nor another. Is there none Will tell the King I love him tho
Page 480 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 36 - Let no man dream but that I love thee still. Perchance, and so thou purify thy soul, And so thou lean on our fair father Christ, Hereafter in that world where all are pure We two may meet before high God, and thou Wilt spring to me, and claim me thine, and know; I am thine husband — not a smaller soul, f Nor Lancelot, nor another. Leave me that, I charge thee, my last hope. Now must I hence. Thro...
Page 51 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 119 - Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, saving as aforesaid.
Page 179 - And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Page 127 - ... tide They fling their melancholy music wide; Bidding me many a tender thought recall Of summer days, and those delightful years When by my native streams, in life's fair prime, The mournful magic of their mingling chime First waked my wondering childhood into tears! But seeming now, when all those days are o'er, The sounds of joy once heard and heard no more.