The Monthly Repository and Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Том 3Francis S. Wiggins, 1833 |
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... observed , actually discovered two of the most im- portant elementary truths in mechanics - the lever , and the wheel and axle ; he afterwards hit upon others ; and , all the while , he had not only possessed neither book nor teacher to ...
... observed , actually discovered two of the most im- portant elementary truths in mechanics - the lever , and the wheel and axle ; he afterwards hit upon others ; and , all the while , he had not only possessed neither book nor teacher to ...
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... observations on the heavenly bodies : " I used to stretch , " says he , " a thread with small beads on it , at arms - length , between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye , in ...
... observations on the heavenly bodies : " I used to stretch , " says he , " a thread with small beads on it , at arms - length , between my eye and the stars ; sliding the beads upon it till they hid such and such stars from my eye , in ...
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... Observe the form of the fan used by this figure : it re- sembles a small shovel , with a long handle ; unlike any kind of corn fan , or winnowing machine used in this country the representation of it therefore is well . adapted to ...
... Observe the form of the fan used by this figure : it re- sembles a small shovel , with a long handle ; unlike any kind of corn fan , or winnowing machine used in this country the representation of it therefore is well . adapted to ...
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... observed ; and if each of them contain as many stars as the Milky Way , several hun- dreds of millions of stars must ... observations that va- rious changes are occasionally taking place in the re- gions of the stars . Several stars have ...
... observed ; and if each of them contain as many stars as the Milky Way , several hun- dreds of millions of stars must ... observations that va- rious changes are occasionally taking place in the re- gions of the stars . Several stars have ...
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... observation extends , that matter exists solely for the sake of sensitive and intel- ligent beings , and that the Creator made nothing in vain ; it is a conclusion to which we are necessarily led that the planetary globes are inhabited ...
... observation extends , that matter exists solely for the sake of sensitive and intel- ligent beings , and that the Creator made nothing in vain ; it is a conclusion to which we are necessarily led that the planetary globes are inhabited ...
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Стр. 29 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Стр. 348 - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Стр. 180 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green, So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Стр. 226 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust Him out of the city, and led Him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast Him down headlong.
Стр. 210 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness, and the night, Become the touches of swedt harmony.
Стр. 140 - It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves ; springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Стр. 144 - If Thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Стр. 57 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? or will he harrow the valleys after thee...
Стр. 210 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Стр. 403 - It is a happy world after all. The air, the earth, the water, teem with delighted existence. In a spring noon, or a summer evening, on whichever side I turn my eyes, myriads of happy beings crowd upon my view. " The insect youth are on the wing.