Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Том 1Charles Dickens G.P. Putnam, 1853 - Всего страниц: 498 |
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... earth , and the events of ages are condensed into the span of a few seconds . The accidental jarring of a door , or any noise , will , at the same moment it awakens a person , suggest the incidents of an entire dream . Hence some ...
... earth , and the events of ages are condensed into the span of a few seconds . The accidental jarring of a door , or any noise , will , at the same moment it awakens a person , suggest the incidents of an entire dream . Hence some ...
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... earth and the monstrous animal was somewhat more melted than before , till the whole at length fell by its own weight on a bank of sand . Next year our fisherman came in the month of March , and cut off the tusks , which he soon sold ...
... earth and the monstrous animal was somewhat more melted than before , till the whole at length fell by its own weight on a bank of sand . Next year our fisherman came in the month of March , and cut off the tusks , which he soon sold ...
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... earth . was that of a very old man , whose hair was white as silver . ' That man , ' continued the Arab , who was addressing the travellers , is upwards of six hundred years old ! ' " Incredible ! ' our travellers exclaimed . " Hush the ...
... earth . was that of a very old man , whose hair was white as silver . ' That man , ' continued the Arab , who was addressing the travellers , is upwards of six hundred years old ! ' " Incredible ! ' our travellers exclaimed . " Hush the ...
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... earth . I am speaking of water so pure as to contain no air . Water of such severe purity would be very unmanageable stuff . No fishes could live in it , for one thing . I have already given you one good reason why it would be ...
... earth . I am speaking of water so pure as to contain no air . Water of such severe purity would be very unmanageable stuff . No fishes could live in it , for one thing . I have already given you one good reason why it would be ...
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... earth have been , in some way or other , sacrificed on the shrine of Bacchus . All the different grains destined for the support of man ; corn of every description ; esculent roots , potatoes , carrots , turnips ; grass itself , as in ...
... earth have been , in some way or other , sacrificed on the shrine of Bacchus . All the different grains destined for the support of man ; corn of every description ; esculent roots , potatoes , carrots , turnips ; grass itself , as in ...
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Стр. 83 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Стр. 208 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Стр. 215 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Стр. 19 - On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved.
Стр. 206 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Стр. 21 - The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time ; I sometimes seemed to have lived for 70 or 100 years in one night ; nay, sometimes had feelings representative of a millennium passed in that time, or, however,...
Стр. 15 - A remarkable circumstance in this case was, that after these experiments he had no distinct recollection of his dreams, but only a confused feeling of oppression or fatigue ; and used to tell his friends that he .was sure they had been playing some trick upon him.
Стр. 81 - Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
Стр. 84 - ... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning.
Стр. 180 - ... turn on his right side, place his head comfortably on the pillow, so that it exactly occupies the angle, a line drawn from the head to the shoulder would form, and then slightly closing his lips, take rather a full inspiration, breathing as much as he possibly can through the nostrils.