Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, Volume 42Nineteenth Century and After Limited., 1897 |
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... appears to bring us a striking reward in a domain where its successes have not hitherto been conspicuous . I said we have apparently nothing to do but to accept the boon , yet all the world now knows the matter is not quite so simple as ...
... appears to bring us a striking reward in a domain where its successes have not hitherto been conspicuous . I said we have apparently nothing to do but to accept the boon , yet all the world now knows the matter is not quite so simple as ...
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... appear quite distinctly under the microscope . Golgi found out that if a piece of nerve - tissue be hardened in a solution of bichromate of potassium , and be plunged next for twenty - four hours into silver nitrate , a precipitation of ...
... appear quite distinctly under the microscope . Golgi found out that if a piece of nerve - tissue be hardened in a solution of bichromate of potassium , and be plunged next for twenty - four hours into silver nitrate , a precipitation of ...
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... appear , and they ramify more and more , in proportion as full mental development is attained . And , what is still more striking , whether we take those big cells in the grey cortex of the brain which are the organs of the highest ...
... appear , and they ramify more and more , in proportion as full mental development is attained . And , what is still more striking , whether we take those big cells in the grey cortex of the brain which are the organs of the highest ...
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... appear in its protoplasm ; 11 A number of experiments has been made in that direction by Edinger on snakes , and Wurm on birds ( quoted by Edinger ) . 12 See Professor L. Edinger's Zwölf Vorlesungen über den Bau der nervösen Central ...
... appear in its protoplasm ; 11 A number of experiments has been made in that direction by Edinger on snakes , and Wurm on birds ( quoted by Edinger ) . 12 See Professor L. Edinger's Zwölf Vorlesungen über den Bau der nervösen Central ...
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... appear that the connections between neurons are broken and re- established in some simpler , more mechanical way . In one thing , however , all authorities agree : the connections between the neurons are not permanent . They are broken ...
... appear that the connections between neurons are broken and re- established in some simpler , more mechanical way . In one thing , however , all authorities agree : the connections between the neurons are not permanent . They are broken ...
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Page 637 - ... that comes from abroad or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man ; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 205 - Too blest, if it tells me that, 'mid the gay cheer, Some kind voice had murmur'd, " I wish he were here ! " Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories...
Page 138 - Car nous voulons la Nuance encor, Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance! Oh! la nuance seule fiance Le rêve au rêve et la flûte au cor!
Page 67 - ... that which should follow ; whereas a slow speech confirmeth the memory, addeth a conceit of wisdom to the hearers, besides a seemliness of speech and countenance.
Page 880 - I want to know how it happens that what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander...
Page 302 - Each warrior vanished where he stood, In broom or bracken, heath or wood ; Sunk brand and spear and bended bow In osiers pale and copses low : It seemed as if their mother Earth Had swallowed up her warlike birth.
Page 254 - That Day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with Pearls of the Size of Beans, and over it a Mantle of black Silk, shot with Silver Threads; her Train was very long, the End of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of Gold and Jewels.
Page 637 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 68 - And once, when Johnson was ill, and unable to exert himself as much as usual without fatigue, Mr. Burke having been mentioned, he said " That fellow calls forth all my powers. Were I to see Burke now it would kill me.
Page 384 - He was opposed to all privilege, and indeed to all orders of men, except dukes, who were a necessity. He was also strongly in favour of the equal division of all property, except land. Liberty depended on land, and the greater the landowners, the greater the liberty of a country. He would hold forth on this topic even with energy, amazed at anyone differing from him; "as if a fellow could have too much land," he would urge with a voice and glance which defied contradiction.