The North British Review, Том 40W. P. Kennedy, 1864 |
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... less , I have to load and fire as fast as I can , as they fly over . I prefer shooting them on the wing , for if I let them pitch in the water , my dog has a swim every time I kill one , and gets half dead with ice and frozen snow ...
... less , I have to load and fire as fast as I can , as they fly over . I prefer shooting them on the wing , for if I let them pitch in the water , my dog has a swim every time I kill one , and gets half dead with ice and frozen snow ...
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... less , trumpet- ing and calling loudly . " With the glass I watched the bird I had fired at , as I knew he was hard hit . He still , however , held his way with the rest , and they were gradually getting indistinct when I saw him ...
... less , trumpet- ing and calling loudly . " With the glass I watched the bird I had fired at , as I knew he was hard hit . He still , however , held his way with the rest , and they were gradually getting indistinct when I saw him ...
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... less mellow tone , and its song is interspersed with passages which partake of the nature of a chirp rather than of a whistle . of the latter bird is further characterized by the iteration of short pas- sages , composed each of from two ...
... less mellow tone , and its song is interspersed with passages which partake of the nature of a chirp rather than of a whistle . of the latter bird is further characterized by the iteration of short pas- sages , composed each of from two ...
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... less frequent , and are grown , mostly to a limited extent , on trees trained against a wall in the gardens of the wealthy . Those which are sold in the market have been packed and shaken and unpacked , and tumbled from basket to basket ...
... less frequent , and are grown , mostly to a limited extent , on trees trained against a wall in the gardens of the wealthy . Those which are sold in the market have been packed and shaken and unpacked , and tumbled from basket to basket ...
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... less presumptuous , and therefore ( if on no other account ) less fallible , student of the laws of matter . We shall not waste much time in a preliminary sketch of the early history of our subject . It might , perhaps , be made very ...
... less presumptuous , and therefore ( if on no other account ) less fallible , student of the laws of matter . We shall not waste much time in a preliminary sketch of the early history of our subject . It might , perhaps , be made very ...
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Стр. 89 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had great possessions.
Стр. 294 - Eximia veste et victu convivia, ludi, pocula crebra, unguenta coronae serta parantur, nequiquam, quoniam medio de fonte leporum surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat...
Стр. 91 - Now, Spring returns ; but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Стр. 268 - Ah me ! how quick the days are flitting ! I mind me of a time that's gone, When here I'd sit, as now I'm sitting, In this same place — but not alone. A fair young form was nestled near me, A dear, dear face looked fondly up, And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me — There's no one now to share my cup.
Стр. 271 - The race not always to the swift. The strong may yield, the good may fall, The great man be a vulgar clown, The knave be lifted over all, The kind cast pitilessly down.
Стр. 250 - I took a little flower off the hillock and kissed it, and went my way like the bird that had just lighted on the cross by me, back into the world again.
Стр. 249 - ... than the fancy. This seems, however, to have been the case with Bacon. His boyhood and youth appear to have been singularly sedate. His gigantic scheme of philosophical reform is said by some writers to have been planned before he was fifteen; and was undoubtedly planned while he was still young. He observed as vigilantly, meditated as deeply, and judged as temperately, when he gave his first work to the world as at the close of his long career. But in eloquence, in sweetness and variety of expression,...
Стр. 270 - Oh, the sad old pages, the dull old pages ! Oh, the cares, the ennui, the squabbles, the repetitions, the old conversations over and over again ! But now and again a kind thought is recalled, and now and again a dear memory. Yet a few chapters more, and then the last : after which, behold Finis itself come to an end, and the Infinite begun.
Стр. 60 - It is impossible, by means of inanimate material agency, to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects.
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