The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke, LL. D., Professor of Mineralogy in the University of CambridgeJ. F. Dove, 1824 - 670 páginas |
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... respecting Cadmium - Election to the office of Sub - Librarian — Inscription for Sir John Moore - Dissertation on the Lituus - Illness - Death - Character • 582 626 THE LIFE OF EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . CHAPTER I. Ancestors CONTENTS .
... respecting Cadmium - Election to the office of Sub - Librarian — Inscription for Sir John Moore - Dissertation on the Lituus - Illness - Death - Character • 582 626 THE LIFE OF EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . CHAPTER I. Ancestors CONTENTS .
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... respecting the fate of his expe- riment . On the day appointed , a vast concourse of people was assembled , both within and around the College ; and the balloon having been brought to its station , the grass - plat within the cloisters ...
... respecting the fate of his expe- riment . On the day appointed , a vast concourse of people was assembled , both within and around the College ; and the balloon having been brought to its station , the grass - plat within the cloisters ...
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... respecting the success of his work had begun to pre- dominate over his hopes ; and he afterward confessed to a friend , that he never was more delighted in his life , than when this accident so completely put an end to both . One copy ...
... respecting the success of his work had begun to pre- dominate over his hopes ; and he afterward confessed to a friend , that he never was more delighted in his life , than when this accident so completely put an end to both . One copy ...
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... respecting these Cambro - Britons , because they have already been men- tioned by other authors . The character and customs of the Welsh have been delivered to us , principally through the par- tial medium of their own writers , or ...
... respecting these Cambro - Britons , because they have already been men- tioned by other authors . The character and customs of the Welsh have been delivered to us , principally through the par- tial medium of their own writers , or ...
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... the extracts , when selected by another . This obstacle was the unsettled nature of his opinions respecting certain facts , connected with Geology , accidentally a prominent feature in the tour . 2E 2 EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . 211.
... the extracts , when selected by another . This obstacle was the unsettled nature of his opinions respecting certain facts , connected with Geology , accidentally a prominent feature in the tour . 2E 2 EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE . 211.
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Página 316 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 464 - That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Página 77 - Praesentiorem et conspicimus Deum Per invias rupes, fera per juga, Clivosque praeruptos, sonantes Inter aquas, nemorumque noctem...
Página 103 - Hamilton had conceived that no stones thrown upon a current of lava would make any impression. We were soon convinced of the contrary. Light bodies of five, ten, and fifteen pounds weight made little or no impression even at the source ; but bodies of sixty, seventy, and eighty pounds were seen to form a kind of bed on the surface of the lava, and float away with it. A stone of three hundred weight that had been thrown out by the crater, lay near the source of the current of lava.
Página 179 - Where, midst the changeful scenery, ever new, Fancy a thousand wondrous forms descries, More wildly great than ever pencil drew, Rocks, torrents, gulfs, and shapes of giant size, And glittering cliffs on cliffs, and fiery ramparts rise.
Página 660 - I have lived," said Dr. Adam Clarke, " long enough to know that the great secret of human happiness is this : never suffer your energies to stagnate. The old adage of " too many irons in the fire,
Página 397 - AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship...
Página 654 - Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Página 509 - Solitude! to thee His early vows were paid, From heart sincere and warm and free, Devoted to the shade. Ah, why did Fate his steps decoy In stormy paths to roam, Remote from all congenial joy...
Página 234 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...