Appletons' Journal, Том 14D. Appleton and Company, 1875 |
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... hundred feet from the ground . Many of these superb vegetable giants have been found shading a diameter of six hundred feet , some of them growing on mountain - slopes twenty - two thousand feet above the sea - level . The other Indian ...
... hundred feet from the ground . Many of these superb vegetable giants have been found shading a diameter of six hundred feet , some of them growing on mountain - slopes twenty - two thousand feet above the sea - level . The other Indian ...
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... hundred and fifteen years , there would seem to be a good chance of having our various centennial celebrations dignified by the presence of individuals old enough to remember , if not to have participated in , the opening scenes of the ...
... hundred and fifteen years , there would seem to be a good chance of having our various centennial celebrations dignified by the presence of individuals old enough to remember , if not to have participated in , the opening scenes of the ...
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... hundred and nine years . Having been born , according to this account , on March 16 , 1766 , he was , if it is true , nine years old at the out- break of our Revolutionary War . It is said that he taught Marie Antoinette to play upon ...
... hundred and nine years . Having been born , according to this account , on March 16 , 1766 , he was , if it is true , nine years old at the out- break of our Revolutionary War . It is said that he taught Marie Antoinette to play upon ...
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... hundred and sixty - two or one hundred and sixty - three years was based on Horace Walpole's mis- taken identification of her with another mem- ber of the family , and the statement that she had danced with Richard III . , while perhaps ...
... hundred and sixty - two or one hundred and sixty - three years was based on Horace Walpole's mis- taken identification of her with another mem- ber of the family , and the statement that she had danced with Richard III . , while perhaps ...
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... hundred and sixty feet long , and propelled by a twen- ty - horse - power machine . When the wind was fair , light , square sails were used to in- crease her speed . Her accommodations in- cluded fifty - two berths , besides sofas , and ...
... hundred and sixty feet long , and propelled by a twen- ty - horse - power machine . When the wind was fair , light , square sails were used to in- crease her speed . Her accommodations in- cluded fifty - two berths , besides sofas , and ...
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Стр. 116 - I may take this opportunity of remarking that my critics frequently assume that I attribute all changes of corporeal structure and mental power exclusively to the natural selection of such variations as are often called spontaneous; whereas, even in the first edition of the
Стр. 129 - We will return no more;" And all at once they sang, "Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
Стр. 13 - To-day I saw the dragon-fly Come from the wells where he did lie. "An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk : from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. "He dried his wings: like gauze they grew: Thro' crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.
Стр. 60 - THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY is published in a large octavo, handsomely printed on clear type. Terms, Five Dollars per annum, or Fifty Cents per copy. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Just the publication needed at the present day.
Стр. 180 - ... always been left so much alone, I had generally my own little affairs to see after ; and, on the whole, by the time I was seven years old, was already getting too independent, mentally, even of my father and mother; and, having nobody else to be dependent upon, began to lead a very small, perky, contented, conceited, Cock-Robinson-Crusoe sort of life, in the central point which it appeared to me, (as it must naturally appear to geometrical animals,) that I occupied in the universe.
Стр. 94 - Now the broad shield complete the artist crowned With his last hand, and poured the ocean round ; In living silver seemed the waves to roll, And beat the buckler's verge, and bound the whole.
Стр. 80 - ... suggestive of a dish of rural doughnuts and pie, his calico sun-bonnets, his flannel shirts, his cowhide boots. He has chosen the least pictorial features of the least pictorial range of scenery and civilization ; he has resolutely treated them as if they were pictorial, as if they were every inch as good as Capri or Tangiers; and, to reward his audacity, he has incontestably succeeded.
Стр. 244 - The tone should not be pitched high ; it should be idiomatic, and rather in the conversational key ; the rhythm should be crisp and sparkling, and the rhyme frequent and never forced, while the entire poem should be marked by tasteful moderation, high finish, and completeness : for, however trivial the subject-matter may be, indeed rather in proportion to its triviality, subordination to the rules of composition and perfection of execution should be strictly enforced.
Стр. 188 - Wars; But shall a Poet thence fancy that they will set a Negro to be their General; or trust a Moor to defend them against the Turk?
Стр. 179 - The chief— who seems to be principal sorcerer, and indeed to possess little authority save for his connection with the preterhuman powers — goes off to the loneliest and wildest retreat he knows of or can discover in the mountains or forest, and half starves himself there for some weeks, till...