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... mile distant . Buffon , by a combination of forty plain glass mirrors , of six inches by eight , set on fire a tarred beech plank sixty - six feet dis- tant ; and with a combination of one hundred and sixty- eight , he performed the ...
... mile distant . Buffon , by a combination of forty plain glass mirrors , of six inches by eight , set on fire a tarred beech plank sixty - six feet dis- tant ; and with a combination of one hundred and sixty- eight , he performed the ...
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... miles distant . The most intense light is that produced by galvanism in an exhausted receiver . There are some exceptions to this ; in the ash and the elder the outer rind is pale coloured , while the inner bark is green . ful burning ...
... miles distant . The most intense light is that produced by galvanism in an exhausted receiver . There are some exceptions to this ; in the ash and the elder the outer rind is pale coloured , while the inner bark is green . ful burning ...
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... miles in a minute . In illustra- tion of the smallness of the particles of light , supposing light to be a material body , if a candle be lighted and so placed that no object shall obstruct its rays , they will be diffused over a space ...
... miles in a minute . In illustra- tion of the smallness of the particles of light , supposing light to be a material body , if a candle be lighted and so placed that no object shall obstruct its rays , they will be diffused over a space ...
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... miles in extent , diver- sified with hill and dale , houses and fields , men and animals can be painted on so small a space as the retina of the eye . It may be observed that the magnitude of the object seen depends on the angle ...
... miles in extent , diver- sified with hill and dale , houses and fields , men and animals can be painted on so small a space as the retina of the eye . It may be observed that the magnitude of the object seen depends on the angle ...
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... mile further on the way . Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr. Solander , and happily succeeded ; but though he had not slept five minutes he had almost lost the use of his limbs , and the muscles were so shrunk that his shoes fell ...
... mile further on the way . Mr. Banks then endeavoured to wake Dr. Solander , and happily succeeded ; but though he had not slept five minutes he had almost lost the use of his limbs , and the muscles were so shrunk that his shoes fell ...
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Page 119 - And now I'm in the world alone, Upon the wide, wide sea: But why should I for others groan, When none will sigh for me? Perchance my dog will whine in vain, Till fed by stranger ,hands; But long ere I come back again, He'd tear me where he stands.
Page 173 - ... the infidel savage — against whom ? against your Protestant brethren ; to lay waste their country, to desolate their dwellings, and extirpate their race and name with these horrible hell-hounds of savage war — hell-hounds, I say, of savage war!
Page 117 - Eternal HOPE ! when yonder spheres sublime Peal'd their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have...
Page 126 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 168 - Bid him disband his legions, Restore the commonwealth to liberty, Submit his actions to the public censure, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Bid him do this, and Cato is his friend.
Page 165 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng'd legions, and charge home upon him. Perhaps some arm, more lucky than the rest, May reach his heart, and free the world from bondage.
Page 117 - The strife is o'er — the pangs of Nature close, And life's last rapture triumphs o'er her woes. Hark ! as the spirit eyes, with eagle gaze, The noon of Heaven undazzled by the blaze, On Heavenly winds that waft her...
Page 95 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 122 - Come, brightly wafting through the gloom Our Peace-branch from above ? Then sorrow, touched by Thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day...
Page 163 - I've had wrongs To stir a fever in the blood of age, Or make the infant's sinews strong as steel. This day's the birth of sorrow ; this hour's work Will breed proscriptions ! Look to your hearths, my Lords! For there, henceforth, shall sit, for household gods, Shapes hot from Tartarus ; all shames and crimes ; Wan Treachery, with his thirsty dagger drawn ; Suspicion, poisoning his brother's cup ; Naked Rebellion, with the torch and axe, Making his wild sport of your blazing thrones; Till Anarchy...