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... earliest examples realize those sweet , yet saddening , touches of human nature of his new inspiration was taken from ... early bereavement of the chosen one of his affections . In 1830 , Scheffer became the father of an infant daughter ...
... earliest examples realize those sweet , yet saddening , touches of human nature of his new inspiration was taken from ... early bereavement of the chosen one of his affections . In 1830 , Scheffer became the father of an infant daughter ...
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... Early on the 2nd of December Scheffer attempted to collect his company of the National Guard in defence of legal authority , but no one would respond to his call . The picture drawn of his grief and anguish at this event is deeply ...
... Early on the 2nd of December Scheffer attempted to collect his company of the National Guard in defence of legal authority , but no one would respond to his call . The picture drawn of his grief and anguish at this event is deeply ...
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... early frescoes on white - washed walls ; but I find him , after , I suppose , much hard - bought experience and much life - modelling , etc. , exhibiting in 1846 , at the precocious age of nineteen , his first picture at the Royal ...
... early frescoes on white - washed walls ; but I find him , after , I suppose , much hard - bought experience and much life - modelling , etc. , exhibiting in 1846 , at the precocious age of nineteen , his first picture at the Royal ...
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... early decay of not a few modern mansions and modern churches and chapels , while more ancient erections , that otherwise seemed destined to stand to the " crash of doom , " have become prematurely decrepit , and lose their scaling off ...
... early decay of not a few modern mansions and modern churches and chapels , while more ancient erections , that otherwise seemed destined to stand to the " crash of doom , " have become prematurely decrepit , and lose their scaling off ...
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... early rocks , -all point to a comparatively modern origin . But that no traces of him existed till within six or seven thousand years ago , may fairly be open to question . The principal argument relied upon in support of the commonly ...
... early rocks , -all point to a comparatively modern origin . But that no traces of him existed till within six or seven thousand years ago , may fairly be open to question . The principal argument relied upon in support of the commonly ...
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Стр. 1 - I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
Стр. 7 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 6 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...
Стр. 7 - Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
Стр. 14 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Стр. 29 - Seeva laid wait for me. I came suddenly upon Isis and Osiris : I had done a deed, they said, which the ibis and the crocodile trembled at.
Стр. 7 - It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of the attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, "as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion.
Стр. 29 - Deeper than ever plummet sounded," I lay inactive. Then, like a chorus, the passion deepened. Some greater interest was at stake ; some mightier cause than ever yet the sword had pleaded, or trumpet had proclaimed. Then came sudden alarms ; hurryings to and fro ; trepidations of innumerable fugitives.
Стр. 29 - ... heartbreaking partings, and then — everlasting farewells! and, with a sigh such as the caves of hell sighed when the incestuous mother uttered the abhorred name of Death, the sound was reverberated — everlasting farewells! and again, and yet again reverberated — everlasting farewells! And I awoke in struggles, and cried aloud, "I will sleep no more!
Стр. 11 - Their Superiority in the ART of LANDSCAPE PAINTING to all the Ancient Masters, proved by examples of the True, the Beautiful, and the Intellectual, from the Works of Modern Artists, especially from those of JM Turner, Esq., RA By a GRADUATE of OXFORD.